Teachers' $50k bush bonus

ABORIGINAL leader Noel Pearson is embarking on an ambitious plan to recruit experienced teachers and the brightest graduates to work in the most disadvantaged indigenous communities by offering performance-linked incentives of up to $50,000 a year. Called Teach for Australia, the program developed by Mr Pearson's Cape York Institute and Sydney's Macquarie University aims to raise funds largely from the private sector to install 500 high-quality teachers in four years in remote schools.

Aust 18 Jan 2008