https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101223266/no-kids-and-no-fulltime-staff--but-tuturumuri-school-in-wairarapa-remains-open
The evidence shows Charter Schools work for the more disadvantaged. I have already posted from the Credo Survey, and the evidence is now building in NZ.
It's not a straw man. It's an accurate description of your ambivalence to those in need.
Cite? Relevance?
"Access to adequate funding remains an issue today." No, that's a cop out, along with "Your child struggled because access to change or resources has been limited for many years. " The state system has never succeeded with all children. The state system is...
It is luck. Pity you don't support less fortunate children receiving the same opportunities.
"…once the same method was used chartered schools did not do so well." No lies Anon, perhaps just you're failure to understand. Partnership/Charter schools do best for those less advantaged. The ones I assumed you spoke for. "That the percentage of high-...
I will requote what I said: "I have a son with a serious learning difficulty who the state system utterly failed. Not because of a lack of money, but because of a lack of will and imagination." I did not blame the school. I did not blame the unions. My ...
What is the relevance? When have I tied personal responsibility into this discussion?
"Total failure to comprehend the relationship between household income and educational achievement:" Irony alert...Anon pretends to care for the disadvantaged, but supports the end of an initiative that has proven results in their favour.
Hi Stuart - thanks for at least being open minded. I would just note from your source that you said was 'generally negative' above these comments: "Impacts on measures of both student and parent satisfaction were positive and statistically significant." ...
...or, this could be strike 3 for Chris Hipkins. Bigger bonus.
"it’s being taken away because it was a ridiculously expensive way of improving things for a tiny fraction of the people who need it" False. Clearly you didn't read the content I posted. It is a highly cost effective way. Far more cost effective than ...
...and there you have it. Compassion and concern for students the state system failed.
"It is a travesty that some of our kids are dropping out of mainstream education and are finding that alternative education is their only chance. " And yet that has always happened. It happened when I was a child in the 1960's and a teen in the 1970's. The...
Yes arguably their nastiest policy of all did. Delightful to see Sue Bradford giving both NZF and the Greens a serve on that: "The Greens really need to get a grip on what being part of a government coalition requires. There is a basic rule of negotiation:...
"There you go again, reading what you think I wrote rather than what I actually wrote." I suspect you just don't understand why I wrote what I wrote, because it related directly to the points you raise. "My simple point was that your crowing about “full ...
"Probably because what they indicate has actually become more significant in the last 35 years or so." You may be surprised how close our views are on that, McFlock, but I'm sure we will differ on the reasons and the solutions. The economic landscape over ...
"The fact is that the aggregate measures we use to measure the wellbeing of our nation are not fit for the purpose – average wage, “employment”, GDP, OCR –" These are all internationally recognised measurements, and therefore we can benchmark our position ...
"The schools just have to become integrated special character and the owners drop their demands for bulk funding." What demands? How do these 'demands' differ from any other school? "They must use qualified teachers..." They do now. "...and pay them the ...
Oh I see anon. You hit and run posts about whatever takes your fancy, abuse other contributors, and then refuse to engage. I hadn't realised you were so shallow.
School Certificate was removed in 2002. The stats on Maori achievement are referring to the period of the last decade. School Cert isn't even relevant to that data. The comparisons are valid.
Oh give them time. They're politicians. It's in their blood. One and all.
That's precisely the sort of reaction I expect from those who oppose Partnership Schools. Irrational.
Rikki is not credible, until he gives examples. One of the schools listed by the author still only has 16 pupils. And that's somehow a good thing?
I support titular honours, but I'd far rather see them go to those who have made a genuine difference in peoples lives outside of their own occupations, or not primarily for financial gain. I have a good laugh at much of what Bob Jones writes, but ...
Perhaps, although to be fair I was referring to Renae Maihi. And in answer to your question to Adam, my advice to Renae would be to grow up.
You're really clutching. Or perhaps your new job as a mind reader qualifies you to determine how many hours a week every working age NZ'er wants to work. Meanwhile: “The employment rate remained at 67.8 percent, as growth in employment kept pace with ...
It does seem rather strange that someone who so detests the article would draw so much attention to it. Some kind of derangement, I would suggest.
"From another link that happened to be in your first attempt at linking to a source." Which is what I said here https://thestandard.org.nz/we-are-beneficiaries/#comment-1445094. You could have saved yourself all that time and embarrassment.
"Semi-privatisation is not the way to go for all NZ’s children." Carolyn are you aware that: 1. Virtually all Partnership Schools are not-for-profit? 2. ECE is delivered in NZ in a large part by non government providers, including many for profit. 3. That ...
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