Posts about: teaching assistants

Australia spends $5 billion a year on teaching assistants in schools but we don’t know what they do

Australia spends $5 billion a year on teaching assistants in schools but we don’t know what they do

This Friday, state and federal education ministers will meet for the first time since the federal election. The stakes are high. Ministers meet as teacher shortages and workload pressures are dominating education headlines and severely stressing schools. We need to address teacher supply concerns and better support the teachers who are already in schools. But as our new research shows, we can’t […]…