Even Catherine Isaac thinks Parata has no idea

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1. One Anonymous Bloke 1

   8 October 2015 at 5:26 pm

   Perhaps that’s the one virtue of strict ideologues: they are less susceptible to bribery.

   That said, a school that couldn’t achieve better returns on 300% funds would have to be run by the National Party.

   As for Hekia, I wonder if she has done enough to secure a directorship or two yet.
2. kenny 2

   8 October 2015 at 5:59 pm

   Of course she is only doing as she is told by John Key. There is no way she would be acting independently.
   • One Anonymous Bloke 2.1

     8 October 2015 at 6:03 pm

     John Key has enough time to posture and lie and preen and supervise the vegetables? Unlikely.
     • Draco T Bastard 2.1.1

       8 October 2015 at 6:43 pm

       It’ll be a general instruction to hold back as much information as possible and then leading by example.
       • One Anonymous Bloke 2.1.1.1

         8 October 2015 at 6:47 pm

         Except for SNAFU I expect your analysis has some currency 😉
   • NZJester 2.2

     8 October 2015 at 8:42 pm

     I think you mean Crosby Textor, not John Key.
     • ropata 2.2.1

       9 October 2015 at 8:00 am

       I think you mean the Nat party directives from the USA to screw teachers’ unions, not CT
3. mick 3

   8 October 2015 at 7:12 pm

   The entire National party has caught Key’s affliction …Key is King Midas but instead of everything he touches turning to gold …it all turns to shit!
   Everything National does turns to shit!
   • NZJester 3.1

     8 October 2015 at 8:47 pm

     Everything they touch does not turn to shit. Shit is useful and can be used as fertilizer or as a fuel. Everything National touches turns to something that is far more worthless than shit, a toxic sludge.
     Shit can be easily cleaned up and used.
     Toxic sludge on the other hand is not easily cleaned up and needs to be stored away somewhere safe as it is near impossible to eliminate and can stay around for a very long time poisoning the environment.
4. Anita 4

   8 October 2015 at 7:52 pm

   Catherine Isaac is many things, and “wife of” is one of the least important, particularly in this context.

   How about “(past ACT Party President and candidate, member of the Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua Working Group and chair of the Kura Hourua Authorisation Board)”?
   • Tracey 4.1

     9 October 2015 at 7:55 am

     Fair comment . The wife of was to show her connection to the most right-wing organisation we had in NZ (now renamed to hide that fact), and I did refer to her as an ACT Party stalwart and “Isaac has been involved in a number of National Government’s initiatives, including the Welfare Working Group, and the Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua Working Group. She is currently Chair of the Kura Hourua Authorisation Board “
5. Doug Mackie 5

   9 October 2015 at 7:04 am

   Thanks Anita,
   I saw that and it bothered me also. Very occasionally such connections are relevant (e.g. Orivida) and very often such connections *should* be disclosed so as to *invite* inspection. But it isn’t relevant in this case. I’ll judge Isaac by her actions (and goodness knows I have sufficient material to form an opinion) just as I judged wassername – previous prime minister, wife of a well known sociologist.
   • Tracey 5.1

     9 October 2015 at 7:56 am

     Fair comment, please see my response to Anita
   • ropata 5.2

     9 October 2015 at 8:08 am

     Are you saying that Isaac is *not* a far right wing ideologue then?
6. Andrew Campbell 6

   9 October 2015 at 8:01 am

   Indeed that which National touches turns sour. New Zealand is suffering in so many ways. A lack of transparent democracy being the most obvious. The malaise spreads and infects all manner of quasi government bodies such as community tertiary education providers. New Zealanders are being shown a very dishonest model by National and many are embracing it wholeheartedly.
   • ropata 6.1

     9 October 2015 at 8:10 am

     They are deliberately dismantling the machinery of State and public service so that it can be carved up and transferred to their mates.
7. tracey 7

   9 October 2015 at 8:30 am

   From RNZ on 6 October 2015;

   “The report by consultancy firm Martin Jenkins was commissioned by the government and considered whether three of the first five schools set up in 2014 were doing anything new.

   It said the schools’ governance, management and use of funding was innovative. The schools were governed by people selected for their expertise, rather than because they were parents, and management was split between a chief executive and a principal in charge of education.”

   In theory that is not related to them being a Charter School? Or did supporters of Charter Schools and networks of folks such as Isaac and Seymour attract good caliber volunteers to the governance? Or are governors paid an allowance? If yes, then how can that be rolled out to ALL schools? It simply can’t can it?

   As for having a CEO (of admittedly small schools) AND a principal, that sounds costly?

   Will Parata recommend this model for all State schools, you know, seeing as how it is effective?
8. tracey 8

   9 October 2015 at 8:37 am

   Overview of the specialist Board overseeing Charter Schools here

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