<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Teachers&#039; Alliance &#187; Featured</title> <atom:link href="http://www.teachers-alliance.org/category/featured/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org</link> <description>For a dynamic and strong AEU</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:23:53 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>Thoughts on the ultranet</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/08/09/thoughts-on-the-ultranet/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/08/09/thoughts-on-the-ultranet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:00:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joseph Nadler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=192</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s midday and I’m writing this article instead of using the ultranet. Progress has been made though, I can now logon, even if I can’t do anything after that. The entire state education system has stopped today to learn, explore and use the new system, but nothing is happening. It raises some interesting questions such [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/08/09/thoughts-on-the-ultranet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Teachers brace for another New York initiative</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/02/24/teachers-brace-for-another-new-york-initiative/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/02/24/teachers-brace-for-another-new-york-initiative/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:20:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pedagogy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unionism]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=187</guid> <description><![CDATA[Job tenure tied to student performance may be just around the corner, writes Heath Gilmore. Julia Gillard is fuelling speculation the federal government will consider report cards for teachers, based on class performance. The Minister for Education has refused to back away from supporting new measures being introduced by the New York schools chancellor, Joel Klein, tying tenure of teachers to the performance of their students in standardised testing. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/02/24/teachers-brace-for-another-new-york-initiative/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Call to boycott NAPLAN and stop the Government’s misinformation campaign</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/26/call-to-boycott-naplan-and-stop-the-government%e2%80%99s-misinformation-campaign/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/26/call-to-boycott-naplan-and-stop-the-government%e2%80%99s-misinformation-campaign/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:37:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter Curtis</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unionism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[naplan]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=148</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National conference of the Australian Education Union announced that it will call on members to boycott the National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). This is because NAPLAN results are being used as the primary indicator of school performance. The corporate media has, and will use this information to develop crude league tables of winners and losers. The Deputy PM Gillard has said that this is not the intention of the government, meanwhile she refuses to ensure that these media interests will not construct such league tables.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/26/call-to-boycott-naplan-and-stop-the-government%e2%80%99s-misinformation-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why is Teachers&#8217; Alliance blacked-out?</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/25/why-is-teachers-alliance-blacked-out/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/25/why-is-teachers-alliance-blacked-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:01:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joseph Nadler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=144</guid> <description><![CDATA[Teachers' Alliance  is spending the 25th-29th of January in black. Why? Because the Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force Internet Service Providers to censor the Internet for all Australians. This plan will waste millions of dollars and won’t make anyone safer.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/25/why-is-teachers-alliance-blacked-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Non-Governemnt schools free-for-all!</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/non-governemnt-schools-free-for-all/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/non-governemnt-schools-free-for-all/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:16:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Peter Curtis</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[funding]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=101</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stephen Elder’s ‘Fair access for all’ 20/01/10. Who is disingenuous? A church that doesn’t pay tax, and behaves selfishly toward its own flock, also wants the public’s taxpayers to pay more to foot ‘their’ bill. He omits that catholic school system looks after ‘their’ very wealthy at the expense of ‘their’ neediest. There is no equity in the Catholic hierarchy. I say, if he is so concerned about fair access, they could rob Xavier to pay for Paul in Sunshine.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/non-governemnt-schools-free-for-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Boycott is the only answer to Gillard’s intransigence on league tables</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/boycott-is-the-only-answer-to-gillard%e2%80%99s-intransigence-on-league-tables/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/boycott-is-the-only-answer-to-gillard%e2%80%99s-intransigence-on-league-tables/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:02:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unionism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[naplan]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=97</guid> <description><![CDATA[Save Our Schools today called on parents to support the planned teachers’ boycott of the national literacy and numeracy tests this year. SOS National Convenor, Trevor Cobbold, said that parents should consider withdrawing their children from the tests.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/boycott-is-the-only-answer-to-gillard%e2%80%99s-intransigence-on-league-tables/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Teachers face pay being docked over tests boycott</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/teachers-face-pay-being-docked-over-tests-boycott/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/teachers-face-pay-being-docked-over-tests-boycott/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:18:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[naplan]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=91</guid> <description><![CDATA[PUBLIC school teachers face sanctions and penalties, including docked pay, with a planned boycott of national literacy and numeracy tests likely to be deemed illegal under federal workplace laws.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/22/teachers-face-pay-being-docked-over-tests-boycott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Forums are now open!</title><link>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/21/forums-are-now-open/</link> <comments>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/21/forums-are-now-open/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:01:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unionism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[forums]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teachers-alliance.org/?p=32</guid> <description><![CDATA[The members of Teachers' Alliance recently held a planning day; and we decided that we wanted to connect to more teachers no matter where they are. One of the ways we are doing this is through our forums on our website.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teachers-alliance.org/2010/01/21/forums-are-now-open/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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