John (@jfcatto) takes haven in the safe ground of Edutopia looking at some of the benefits new teachers have over their experienced but perhaps stale colleagues and urges teachers to focus on the positives rather than the negatives of new teachers. 

Pete (@mr_v_w) looks at comments made by former NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli. Apparently parents are also somewhat to blame for their children's school results. Who would have thought?

 

John: The Advantage of Being a New Teacher - Matthew M. Johnson

https://www.edutopia.org/article/advantages-being-new-teacher 

 

Pete: Former education minister blames complacent parents for school results - Michael Koziol

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-education-minister-blames-complacent-parents-for-school-results-20180221-p4z13h.html