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In response to NZ Herald – Every child’s chance to learn second language: National’s education policy – 27 August 2017. Whilst some schools are struggling to get students to learn a first language, we’ll be teaching them coding and a…
In response to – August 26, 2017. Measure. Measure. Measure. Weigh. Weigh. Weigh. Data. Data. Data. “The Government has made a decision to shift towards a system that measures student progress, alongside National Standards / Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori,…
Three years ago the government announced their latest plan for collectives of schools to get together and share in the pot of $359 Million to share teachers, resources, and knowledge. Naturally, and rightly, NZEI took the initiative to their members.…
“A controversial risk modelling tool to guide Government spending in schools is reportedly close to being signed off as a replacement for the decile system. The predictive risk modelling index would replace the decile system, Newshub has reported. The Government had…
Thanks Minister. Thanks for belittling every single effort that principals, teachers, and support staff make in trying to redirect student energy away from problem behaviour and towards learning. Thanks for having a strong behavioural theory that is based on solid…
Two point five billion dollars. $2.5 billion dollars. $2,500,000,000.00 That’s a lot of dollar coins. Let me tell you what they will spend it on. No. Not fixing the poverty problem sweeping the country. No. Not assisting children living in…
As a follow up to my post from last year, I came across a step by step guide to how to get rid of any public education system a country has. As you look through, you can see where Hekia has…
I do love it when the Minister writes an open letter. It means she says what she thinks people want to hear, rather than what she actually does when people aren’t looking, taking the leadership stance of “Do as I say,…
Global (Bulk) Funding In the weekend just been, I caught up with Ms Parata’s latest palava regarding schooling and in particular, the funding of it. Needless to say, there was lots of conjecture, and I found it hard (yet again)…
In 2018, the New Zealand Curriculum is destined to have a new addition to its subjects. From the age of five, children will now be taught about coding, logic, problem solving, if-else statements, app making, social media analytics, and probably…