More reason than ever to worry…

I have always trusted and admired Kelvin Smythe’s educational ‘nous’.  He has a proven track record of being “on the money” with things educational. Worryingly, his latest blog concludes:

“What a spot we are in. Social democracy is a more fragile thing than we might suppose. The Orwellian characteristics of the current control over schools are ominous. There is the rushed legislation, the lying, the scapegoating, the puppet advisory groups, the bent reporting of the review office, the bullying over charters and statutory interventions, the bent behaviour of the ministry, the stifling of universities, the lack of variety in professional development, the industrialisation and narrowing of the curriculum, and to finish it off, a compliant, facile media.

We need to be united to fight off this latest education obscenity. Are you up for it?” 

Read how he reached his conclusion regarding the need to continue the fight:

http://www.networkonnet.co.nz/index.php?section=latest&id=363