On Wednesday, Queensland’s public school teachers will walk off the job in their first statewide strike in 16 years.
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Despite the high numbers of casual academic staff in Australia, surprisingly little research has been done on their working conditions and experiences.
Paying good teachers more sounds like a great idea. The problem is the research on performance pay shows it’s counterproductive – and inflicting it on a system in crisis is terrible timing.
Front-line workers employed both inside and outside of the classroom are an integral part of schooling, yet we deny their work conditions are relevant to quality education.
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