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ERO strikes again. Seriously!?

In their latest document of propaganda, ERO have made the following recommendations for schools to work towards improving the way they deliver education for their students. It is, however, only in draft format in it’s present state, but makes pretty…

Inherit Racism in NZ Education

Time and time again, we are told about the ‘long tail of underachievement’ and the hideously stereotyped over representation of Māori students within it. And because there is a ‘problem’, it seems that everyone is solely focussed on the achievement…

ERO Shrine

ERO Publications Over the last few months; actually since the start of this year, I have noticed a definite increase in propaganda…I mean… publications from our beloved at the Education Review Office (the independent reviewer of schools that is run…

How Teachers See Children

I was thinking today about the different professional views on how we should be seeing children, and how completely different that is from any kind of reality that actually faces us in the classroom. The only way to try and…

Rangiora High principal ‘bullied’

Rangiora High School’s principal alleges ”sustained bullying” by the school’s commissioner. Source: Rangiora High principal ‘bullied’ This follows on from this ongoing saga for this school and this principal that has been happening since the start of last year. Finally…

Assessment Assessment Assessment

In the current education climate, teachers are finding themselves with the responsibility of making OTJ’s (Overall Teacher Judgements) to report to parents about their child’s academic achievements, but the requirement to have evidence for these judgements. These are rarely school…