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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 Costing millions of dollars every year, education experts have told The Courier-Mail NAPLAN is outdated, misused, and causes undue angst to kids, parents and teachers.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.
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UOW and University of Newcastle team up to deliver groundbreaking leadership program in NSW public schools
UOW and University of Newcastle researchers win government tender to deliver a first-of-its-kind professional learning program for school leaders
The Schools of Education at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the University of Newcastle, have been selected by the NSW Department of Education to deliver a first-of-its-kind professional learning program for middle leaders in NSW public schools.
Researchers from UOW and the University of Newcastle will work with the NSW School Leadership Institute to co-design and deliver a world class program that is evidence-based, accessible across different geographical locations and will cater to the different needs of diverse schools and middle leaders.