Regional Schools Face Crisis as Teacher Shortages Deepen

1,700 unfilled positions in Queensland; 78% of regional principals report shortages. Federal plan allocates $328M but systemic issues remain.

The Daily Perspective

🤬 #SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*

A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-trump-teacher-training-grants-dei/

Supreme Court allows Trump officials to freeze teacher grants for now

Lower courts had blocked the Trump administration’s effort to cut funding from teacher training and development programs created by Congress.

The Washington Post
What are Labour’s six pledges and how likely is their success?

Commitments range from cutting NHS waiting times to delivering economic stability – and are united by a lack of detail

The Guardian
Steep rise in schools in England recruiting teachers from Jamaica

Exclusive: Schools following NHS and social care in recruiting from overseas as work visas for secondary school teachers double

The Guardian
Teachers call for action to save crisis-hit state nursery schools

Critics say years of neglect and indecision by the government have left a funding deficit