TWO NATIONS OF SCHOOLING: THE RICH AND THE POOR
NOTE: This a revised and updated version of an article first published in 2016. State school teachers called a stop-work meeting in New South Wales, Australia in December, 2016. More industrial action looks likely. Teachers are seeking better pay and conditions of work. The usual complaints will be made by the press: teachers are irresponsible, they are abandoning children, they already have lots of holidays, and so on. Yet teachers have a long list of grievances. Teachers’
