September 2011
6 posts
This is the statement preceding the NS target in...
STATEMENT OF DURESS
Under duress, the Board of Trustees has reluctantly agreed to comply with Ministry of Education direction to include a student achievement target in reference to the “national standards”.
While we have been unanimous, consistent and open in our ethical opposition to National Standards: having literally run out of alternatives, our Board of Trustees has now been forced to...
What's next?
Last week, Aranga School was in the firing line:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/85372/claim-school-being-put-under-statutory-management
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/85423/number-of-schools-threatened-by-ministry-nzei
So Kelvin Smythe wrote ...
Tolley has been suckered into a mistake by NZPF, BTAC, NZEI, this web site, and the courage of schools.
I recommend decisive action on this one. We can call Anne Tolley’s bluff.
Recommendations for how to do this follow.
On Tuesday, the ministry was all over my web site. I have learnt from experience that this often occurs around the time of the ministry making a move. I rang up a friend and said...
From our Board...
As members of our Waverley Park school community you will be well aware of our Board’s opposition to National Standards.
We believe our decision to oppose National standards is an informed one. Sound research undertaken in many countries has found that it leads to a narrowing of the curriculum, an increase in the divide between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ and a detrimental effect on the...
Is this our kids future too? →
Very good and right on the button...
Hat’s off to the creator of this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mywMNyMLko