The polling reveals that 85 per cent of public school teachers are spending, on average, $885 each a year, with ...
Constantly dipping into their own pockets, public school educators have had enough
National polling of principals, teachers and support staff has revealed that educators are being left with no choice but to spend hundreds of their own dollars each year to ensure that students don't miss out on vital education activities, due to the underfunding of public schools by governments.
A Melbourne teacher says: “we’re supposed to be producing learners for the 21st century, but we’ve been given a budget basically from the 18th century to do that.” PHOTO: Hero Images