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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…
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…
There’s been quite a lot on the go this week in educational politics. But this one is one that should have every parent, school, and child very concerned. Education Minister Hekia Parata defends trainee teachers in new legislation At the…
Today Chris Hipkins’ bill was drawn out of a hat in parliament to undergo vigorous debate as to the abolishment of the charter school policy brought in by ACT, even though all historic evidence and international examples of this have…
———- Forwarded message ———- From: “The Right Honorable Minister” <HerMajestyParata@ministryofed.govt.nz> Date: 4/02/2016 7:26 PM Subject: Ongoing Expenditure and Orders To: “Accounts” <MrFudge@ministryofed.govt.nz> Good morning sir, However, it is a short lived good morning as this morning has not been good at…