Australian Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John said he was extremely disappointed at evidence given by the Queensland Teachers’ Union President, Kevin Bates, during this morning\u2019s Disability Royal Commission hearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was absolutely shocked to hear Mr Bates confirm that the Queensland Teachers Union support the segregation of disabled children into \u2018special schools\u2019 and would be supportive of building new segregated schools in Queensland, contrary to the inclusive education policy of the Queensland Government,\u201d Steele-John said.<\/p>\n
\u201c I was equally shocked to hear Mr Bates describe the segregation of disabled children into special education settings – separated from their non-disabled peers – as an \u2018unfortunate compromise\u2019 required by \u2018economic rationalism\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s be really clear, there is zero academic evidence to support the suggestion that segregated \u2018special schools\u2019 are appropriate learning environments for disabled kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust yesterday, the Commission heard examples of the horrendous abuse that occurs in these settings with experts making it clear that the future of education must be inclusive of all children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe human rights of disabled kids are violated by these institutions. Families are forced, everyday, to place their children in these settings because of discriminatory practices and a lack of resourcing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Australia, and indeed around the world, the union movement has played a critical role in ending segregationist policies based on race and gender. IOt is so disappointing to see the QTU depart from this history when it comes to the rights of disabled kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisabled kids deserve their human rights, and supporting these rights is union business. The Queensland Teachers\u2019 Union\u2019s position is a barrier to ending the violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of children in Queensland\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n
I will urgently be seeking a meeting with the Queensland Teachers’ Union to discuss these concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australian Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John said he was extremely disappointed at evidence given by the Queensland Teachers’ Union President, Kevin Bates, during this morning\u2019s Disability Royal Commission hearing. \u201cI was absolutely shocked to hear Mr Bates confirm that the Queensland Teachers Union support the segregation of disabled children into \u2018special schools\u2019 and would be supportive … Continue reading “GREENS EXPRESS EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT OVER UNION SUPPORT FOR SEGREGATED EDUCATION”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}