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Australia’s teacher workforce has a diversity problem. Here’s how we can fix it

Australia’s teacher workforce has a diversity problem. Here’s how we can fix it

Australia’s teaching workforce does not reflect the diversity of the Australian community, a situation that has far-reaching implications for our education system. As we outline in our new research, published today, teachers are predominantly Australian-born, female, and non-Indigenous. Most hail from middle-class backgrounds with urban upbringings, and are less likely to have disabilities. So why is […]…