Australia’s top teachers should be able to earn $80,000 a year more, and top school-leavers should receive $10,000-a-year scholarships if they take up teaching, according to a $1.6 billion Grattan Institute blueprint to boost teacher quality and student performance:
Australia needs more high achievers in teaching. People who are good learners themselves are far better placed to teach. And as we expect more from schools, we need the best and brightest teachers, so that our students have the skills for work and life.
Today in Australia, bright young people rarely see teaching as an attractive option. Only 3 per cent of high achievers choose teaching for their undergraduate studies…
