A new report from the University of Melbourne has mounted a case for change, calling for targeted efforts to boost ...
Ensuring diversity in teaching ‘a vital solution to a system in crisis’: new report
A severe lack of diversity within Australia’s teaching workforce is hindering our most disadvantaged students and schools, but current recruitment campaigns only focus on plugging the staffing shortfall, researchers have warned.
Just 6 per cent of Australian teachers report a disability, only 17 per cent are born overseas, and less than 2 per cent identify as Indigenous, the report found.