School threat amid pressure to protect unruly students

The Teachers’ Professional Association of Queensland says it has dealt with multiple instances of senior leaders being discouraged to expel kids following serious incidents in recent times.TPAQ secretary Jack McGuire said there had been multiple incidents involving teachers being physically assaulted by students, but not being excluded due to pressure from senior education department executives.“It’s quite clear to us that the department wants to keep its exclusion numbers down, to the detriment…



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