Hechinger Report | How an Australian company won the top spot in teacher training in New York City

Hechinger Report | How an Australian company won the top spot in teacher training in New York City:

How an Australian company won the top spot in teacher training in New York City

by Sarah Garland

Olivia Atanasovska, a consultant for AUSSIE, gives tips to teachers at P.S. 279 in the Bronx on how to design a curriculum. (Photo by Sarah Garland)

A decade ago, Australia nearly topped the charts when it came to teaching children to read, though it lagged behind countries like Canada and Finland. These days, Australia has fallen further in the international ranks. But in New York City, many schools still look to Australians for the secret to academic success—and pay them millions of taxpayer dollars each year to help train teachers, records show.
One company, Australian United States Services in Education—or AUSSIE—has dominated the New York City