The outcome of a trial at 46 Queensland schools will determine how the state's youngest students are taught into the future, in what the Education Minister hopes will allay parents who feel their children are being pushed "too hard, too fast".

Former teacher Kathy Margolis, who quit the profession she loved in February, announcing the decision in what became a viral Facebook post detailing her disillusionment with the education system, has submitted a petition to the parliament calling attention to the "problems within our school system".

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It quickly ticked over more than 4000 signatures, with more coming every day, as more parents examine what their children are being taught.

"Teachers are being forced to teach an age inappropriate and crowded curriculum which is pushing students too hard, too fast," Ms Margolis wrote as the petitioner.