If they are unhappy with government telling them what to do it does not show

There’s a plan for a policy to allocate student places to teacher education faculties according to performance on measures the government approves of (CMM February 25).

But instead of outrage there’s a measured response from the Australian Council of Deans of Education. “All members of ACDE are committed to ensuring that initial teacher education for prospective teachers is the best it can be,” president Michele Simons (Western Sydney U) says.

And while ACDE warns, “careful implementation will be needed,” it says members “look forward” to working with Uni Sydney VC Mark Scott. Professor Scott is charged by the government with over-sighting change.