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I got my final letter confirming my separation from the NSW Department of Education yesterday. Not even signed or attributed to a person, let alone the Minister or Secretary. 29 years. Here is the last part:

urgh.... Students will need to score higher marks under proposed NAPLAN overhaul smh.com.au/education/stud…

The NSW Syllabus browse page on MathsLinks has been updated for the new 3 - 6 and 7 - 10 syllabus. Many existing resources have been mapped to the new syllabus. mathslinks.net/browse/nsw-syl…

After 44 years teaching, 27 as principal and authored six education books today I was told I can not teach in NSW schools because I haven't paid NESA for their 'support'. I wonder why there is a shortage of teachers?

I understand the sentiment here, but, this is so wrong. We need to stop this martyr thing we have going that we need to run ourselves to the ground in order to help others.

greg wilson What a disgraceful, misleading headline! It isn't that 33% drop out, most of these 33% leave school for work, further training or apprenticeships. Political pressure regarding retention to year 12 is deliberately misplaced and contradicts other agendas around school-work.

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