Laming vs the teachers in our Headline Maker of the Year

Danielle Kutchel

By Danielle Kutchel
Published December 17, 2018

In a year in which we really were spoilt for choice with enlightening, uplifting and, often controversial headlines about education, it was difficult to choose just one memorable moment to revisit.

In the end, controversy won out as we considered the impact of comments made by federal Coalition backbencher Dr Andrew ...

This story appeared in the December 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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