Walk on Water
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Steam-rolled!
In relation to: Protests against education reform – Stuff.co.nz
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…
Reliability of National Standards Assessments Called into Question
A recent report has cast doubts over the reliability of teachers’ National Standards assessments and rises in student achievement. It found that just 40 per cent of overall teacher judgments (OTJs) matched the ratings generated by the Progress and Consistency…
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…
The PaCT Tool
There has been many thoughts around the PaCT tool and it’s use or non-use by New Zealand schools. New Zealand Educational Institute (union for primary teachers, NZEI) has warned against it, but they are bound to do so given the current…
Charter Schools: The Future of Success
Managed to catch the encore screening of 3rd Degree (TV3) this week which had an exposé on the 5 trial Charter Schools being run in Auckland at the moment. 3rd Degree: Charter Schools All in all Charter Schools have been…
National Standards Again
Today Nigel Latta launched on the offensive at the press release from Hekia “how-do-you-say-her-name-Potato” Parata and “the Media”. Here’s what was on his Facebook page (Wednesday 12 June, 10:14am) ‘National Standards’ aren’t. The latest national standards ‘results’ being reported in…
Natural Standards
Natural Standards I don’t need to say anything else.
Performance Pay Gets in the Way
In Education in New Zealand over the last couple of months, we have heard the threats of performance pay, and bumping up class sizes, and developing better teachers. This has been well documented in the press, with recent articles on…