[Greens-Media] NAPLAN bans lifted but 'my school' problems remain

[John Kaye]

NAPLAN bans lifted but 'my school' problems remain
 
Media release: 6 May 2010
 
NSW Education Minister Verity Firth and her Federal colleague Julia Gillard must guarantee that they will adopt the advice of the expert panel to reform the 'my school ' website to stop the damage it is doing, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
 
Dr Kaye said: "Having driven schools and teachers to the brink, it is time the Ministers acted in good faith and learned to listen to the genuine concerns of the education profession.
 
"Verity Firth has a lot of work ahead of her to repair the damage done by her intemperate threats of scab labour and yesterday's school raids.
 
"She can start by working with teachers to stop the formation of school league tables and to pressure her federal colleague to change the data on the 'my school' website.
 
"It is appalling that teachers had to threaten industrial action to force state and federal ministers to implement their promise made in June last year to take action to stop the formation of league tables and simplistic comparisons based on test results.
 
"NSW public sector teachers should be congratulated for acting to protect the state's students and schools from the damage done by misleading comparisons," Dr Kaye said. 
 

For more information: John Kaye 0407 195 455 
 
 
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John Kaye
Greens member of the NSW Parliament
phone: (02) 9230 2668
fax: (02) 9230 2586
mobile: 0407 195 455
email: john.kaye at parliament.nsw.gov.au
web: www.johnkaye.org.au
 
mail: Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000