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Queensland teachers told to withdraw own children from Naplan tests as union pushes for reform

In a letter to its members, the QTU called on its members to send a “clear message” that the test needed to be changed. “Widespread disengagement from Naplan sends a clear message that parents and teachers don’t value the test in its current form and oppose its negative consequences for students and school communities.” QTU president Cresta Richardson said the union had recently conducted a survey of their members, and found they overwhelmingly believed Naplan was “broken” and that it needs to be “overhauled.” “Basically, the test is not fit for purpose. “When the test came out 12 years ago, it was supposed to be a low-stakes diagnostic test, apparently. And now, 12 years down the track, it hasn’t been revisited, hasn’t been reframed, hasn’t been revised, it’s just the same old thing every year.”

Needs to go : Teachers call to scrap broken NAPLAN

by Stephanie Bennett Premium Content Subscriber only Scared kids and stressed teachers have prompted intense calls to scrap NAPLAN as the controversial testing regime gets udnerway across the nation this week. Costing millions of dollars every year, education experts have told The Courier-Mail NAPLAN is outdated, misused, and causes undue angst to kids, parents and teachers. Queensland Teachers Union president Cresta Richardson. Queensland Teachers Union president Cresta Richardson said the majority of teachers loathe the test and most feel the testing method is broken . The message from members is clear - NAPLAN in its current form needs to go, she said.

Labour Day Brisbane: Pathology staff don hazmat suits for march

Thousands have gathered in Brisbane’s CBD on Monday for the Labour Day march. Workers from several unions, including the United Workers Union, Queensland Teachers’ Union and Australian Workers’ Union, congregated to demand better working conditions across multiple industries. Pathology staff don hazmat suits for the Labour Day march in Brisbane. Credit:Cloe Read Staff who worked during the pandemic at QML Pathology and Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology donned hazmat suits in protest over what they called a “litany of poor practices”. Queensland Council of Unions president Kate Ruttiman said the economy needed to rebuild with safe work places. She said there needed to be an end to occupational violence.

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