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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:23 am, February 12th, 2018"Went to school?" Yes. And learned to spot liars. Particularly those who claim some kind of academic advantage, but can't read GDP data. https://thestandard.org.nz/the-problem-with-charter-schools/#comment-1447079
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:21 am, February 12th, 2018Cite? I'm calling you out because you lied about the GDP data. https://thestandard.org.nz/the-problem-with-charter-schools/#comment-1447079
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:20 am, February 12th, 2018"OAB: *links to the pathway*" No you didn't. What you claim is a pathway is like a shotgun wedding. That's not a pathway.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:20 am, February 12th, 2018"Failure in State schools I have seen, is entirely because of the hidebound, financially focused performance, over-measured, micromanaged model, forced on them by the same people who advocate charter schools." Rubbish. Although it is ironic you want to ...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:18 am, February 12th, 2018"SO the answer is for the state system to be able to more flexible..." Regrettably, that just isn't possible. The state system is, virtually by definition, not flexible enough. That is not it's fault, per se, it is simply the outcome of trying to educate a...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:16 am, February 12th, 2018"They are not funded the same as state schools. They have minimum enrolement funding – state schools don’t have that." They are funded the same. But (PS's) don't have building provided by the MoE. PS's often provide uniforms, and in the cases I have cited ...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:13 am, February 12th, 2018"So why do you think that character schools are worse at providing the supposed outcomes of (some) charter schools?" Character schools can do an excellent job, but they run differently. PS's were set up with a specific group in mind, and they have been ...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:10 am, February 12th, 2018"No, it really hasn’t and to keep up it has to keep up with inflation and population growth." Yes, it really has, and I have provided the stats to prove that.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:08 am, February 12th, 2018"Except currently they have no accountability, " That is another falsehood. PS's are vitally accountable, and in fact endure even greater scrutiny than most state schools.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:07 am, February 12th, 2018"As far as I can see, you understand 1 or 2 charter schools which are doing well and are using them to say that ‘virtually all’ charter schools are ok. " Not so. I have referred to at least four partnership schools that I can recall. "GIven that any ‘good’...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 10:04 am, February 12th, 2018You_Fool...can I engage with you seriously. I have no ideological bias, in fact I previously had serious doubts about partnership schools. But I have seen the results, and they are impressive. I also understand the opposition, and I will engage with it ...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:57 am, February 12th, 2018It's not me you're laughing at. It's the children Jacinda Ardern gives awards to and then shuts their school. It's the children who the state system failed, and who PS's have given hope. They are the ones you are laughing at.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:55 am, February 12th, 2018Yes. But I understand the sector, you don't.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:54 am, February 12th, 2018The best way to take into account the needs of the children is to leave these schools alone.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:53 am, February 12th, 2018Far from pointless. Have you read this guys blog?
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:53 am, February 12th, 2018http://www.partnershipschools.education.govt.nz/pskh/what-are-partnership-schools "Partnership Schools are funded by the state on a per-student basis. However, unlike regular state schools, whose relationship with the Crown is based on regulation, these ...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:50 am, February 12th, 2018So you are asked for evidence and you send me the Dept of Stats website? In other words you cannot support your claim. OK. Let me help you: https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/gdp-per-capita Now stop telling lies.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:47 am, February 12th, 2018More lies. PS's are funded on the same basis as state schools. You know this. You lie to cover up an ideological bias that simply means children failed by the state system will return to that system. Well done.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:45 am, February 12th, 2018Now I understand. You are a bitter little man with zero empathy for those less well off. And a time waster.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:43 am, February 12th, 2018"So “successfully” that the Government had to hide their “success” by exempting them from the OIA." They are not hidden. Their results are publically available, both at their own websites and at ERO. The fact you need to spread such misinformation suggests...
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:42 am, February 12th, 2018Evidence. Not anecdotes.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:41 am, February 12th, 2018No.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:40 am, February 12th, 2018That is not a pathway, and you know it. It is a shotgun.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:39 am, February 12th, 2018The government have announced these schools must change or close. There is no pathway. Discussions with PS's have been lip-service, at best.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:38 am, February 12th, 2018The pathway for failed state schools is of course to have more state money thrown at them, aye.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:37 am, February 12th, 2018The solution is simple. Retain the existing PS's as is. They are doing a better job with this select group of children than the state schools ever did.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:34 am, February 12th, 2018PS's receive the same funding as state schools. You are the one who is lying.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:34 am, February 12th, 2018Do I really have to spell this out? Non-state players have been delivering education for longer than state players. There is no 'cloud'.
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:33 am, February 12th, 2018So you now concede most PS's are not for profit?
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:29 am, February 12th, 2018Cite?
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Comment:The problem with Charter Schools
Date published: 9:28 am, February 12th, 2018That doesn't cut it. And bragging about your supposed knowledge, when you haven't backed a single claim you have made, doesn't either.
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