by Bruce Hammonds Reposted from Leading-Learning. ‘Education in America is at a crossroads’, writes American educator Yong-Zhao Ironically while China is busy trying to transform its test orientated education into a talent orientated system, writes Chinese born but now a respected American educator Yong- Zhao, America ( and now New Zealand) is moving towards a standardized test driven […]
Leading the way in education – instead of following the failing neo liberal agenda
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Charter schools are not about charter schools
April 16, 2013 By 2 Comments
By Kelvin Smythe Reposted from Networkonnet. The education situation is dire, western economies are struggling, with one of its manifestations being the rich and powerful acting to undermine public schools. Charter schools not being about charter schools is emblematic of that dire situation. Let us look at how this is playing out in New Zealand. Throughout […]
A new creative agenda for education required
April 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By Bruce Hammonds Over the weekend thousands of teachers throughout New Zealand expressed their anger about their dissatisfaction about government’s plans for education. I wonder what the public think about it all? Don’t get me wrong I am pleased that teachers have decided that ‘enuf is enuf’. The government spin doctors have done a good […]
Why Are Kiwis Taking To The Streets?
April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
by Dianne Khan Reposted from SaveOurSchoolsNZ They are mighty pigged off, that’s why. This Saturday, 13th April, thousands of teachers, parents, students and other supporters up and down New Zealand will march to protest some very disconcerting things that are afoot. What are we protesting? Well I’m glad you asked. Charter schools: The government is hell bent […]
Public education is a treasure we must protect
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Public education is a treasure we must protect by Peter O’Connor Associate Professor Peter O’Connor is director of the Critical Research Unit in Applied Theatre at the University of Auckland. Reposted from the New Zealand Herald. (New Zealand) Teachers know they are in an ideological battle over the future of public education. That is why […]
The Standardised Testing Racket
April 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Reposted from Save Our Schools Canberra. The Standardised Testing Racket Monday April 8, 2013 It is NAPLAN test week next month in Australia. It is also testing season in the United States which has coincided, once again, with another round of cheating scandals highlighted by the dramatic indictment of one of the nation’s top school […]
Let’s Get This Right
March 23, 2013 By 4 Comments
Pat Buoncristiani has a remarkable bi-cultural background. For instance, she has been the principal of a school in Victoria, Australia and in Virginia, USA. for several years each. She says “ Perhaps it is only when you look at an environment from the outside that you see it for what it really is. It was only when […]
Right Wing Takeover of New Zealand Education
March 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New Zealand teacher ‘Boonman’ wrote the following article on his blog http://boonman.wordpress.com . I felt that this provided another insight into the mad rush to ‘reform’ and privatise New Zealand education. I’ve added explanatory notes in italics. Allan ———– The Right Doesn’t Know What the Right Hand is Doing Hello y’all. This week has been pretty […]
He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata. (Maori proverb)
March 14, 2013 By 4 Comments
What is the most important thing? It is people. It is people It is people. I am reminded of this each time I see spin from New Zealand’s National government assuring us that charter schools are about the kids, about bolstering their achievement, raising their grades, helping them learn better. And that they are in […]
Pride in Primary
March 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Queued in alphabetical order, I was the third to walk through the door to the Queensland Legislative Council Chambers up to the podium where I was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II by name. As she hung the Medal of the Order of Australia on my lapel, someone announced : “For services to education.” Her Majesty […]
The Oxygen of Homeschooling.
March 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
From http://treehornexpress.wordpress.com Australian Ken Woolford is a strong advocate for learning at home and the importance of the family in developing effective, enthusiastic, long-life learning skills. Ken was a Principal who sent back the boxes of testing material when it arrived at his school and who, with wife Suesi, tried to open their own school in Toowoomba […]
Charter schools ‘undemocratic’
March 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As part of the New Zealand government’s mindless rush to show like minded governments that they too can implement GERM without rhyme or reason, the process of establishing charter schools is underway, in as undemocratic a fashion as it is possible to imagine in the New Zealand environment. Public and expert opinion is being, and […]
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