The All Blacks and Education – Hekia Parata
In response to Hekia Parata’s Facebook image this week.
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Student achievement to be used to fund schools under new model
How well students perform in the classroom will soon play a part in how much funding a school gets. Source: Student achievement to be used to fund schools under new model | Stuff.co.nz Here we go. All the haters out…
Flag it!
Last month I wrote about the true cost of charter schools, after getting infuriated by the decision by the government to continue pumping money into embattled charter schools, which are failing miserably. The reality is, this government turned down the…
The Other Side of the PaCT Coin
Last time I was here Last year I wrote an article about the Progress and Consistency Tool. I tried to take a fairly positive approach to it, and tried to advocate as best I could for schools getting involved. This…
No to League Tables
“Have we introduced league tables? No.” Hekia Parata said this in a meeting at a school as she rattled off a number of things ‘scaremongers’ had said would happen in regards to GERM. This included things like Performance Pay. This statement…
Ministry website ‘gold-plated’?
The Ministry of Education has spent a whopping $1.2million on a new website. Source: Ministry website ‘gold-plated’? I am dumbfounded. Absolutely speechless. For once, two of my main passions collide for the first time since designing and building our school…
The True Cost of Charter Schools
Its time to face some facts here. There is something terribly wrong with the current government’s focus for its funding, especially when it comes to education. I decided to do some comparisons on money spent (or not spent) and see…
Education Changes – 2008-2015
In the last five years there has been a dramatic shift in Education. Since this government (National) came into power in 2009, they have been non-stop in making wholesale changes across the sector. There is an old Māori whakataukī that…
IES and the Poisoned Apple
Over the next few weeks, primary teachers are meeting to discuss the proposed changes to the IES (Investing in Educational Success) announced last year. The changes are, to some, significant and, before I get too cynical, NZEI have done a…
The White and Blue National Standard Box
This week the internet world was bombarded with seemingly pointless debate around the colour of a dress. To me, it was quite clearly white and gold, and impossible for me to see how it could be any other way. While…