The IEU commends the strong emphasis on tackling education inequality and improving learning opportunities for all students as recommended in the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) Expert Panel’s report to the Federal Government.
Despite this positive element of the report, IEU-QNT Federal Secretary Brad Hayes said a failure to deploy a complementary strategy to address excessive teacher workloads may doom many of the proposed reforms to fail.
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