@ Drowsy And that leads me to wonder why it's so very important poverty be tackled in this way (by raising education standards), and only this way – am I missing something? I don’t believe it is only through education, but that is a sustainable, long term ...
You are satisfied that 20% of students are failing? You also haven't demonstrated that Charter schools failed. Your link is from 2016, and is well out of date when considered alongside the MoE commissioned report published in 2018 (which can be accessed ...
You forgot the numeracy project, which my neurodiverse child was subject to in the early to mid 2000's.
In 2013, Colin Espiner wrote this (Espiner: What's wrong with Partnership Schools? | Stuff): The vitriol spouted by the Post-Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) and the Educational Institute (NZEI) at the Government's announcement last week that it would ...
@Drowsy It seems both heartless and frankly dumb to continue with our current tax settings (e.g. billions in tax relief to landLords)... IMHO, we don't have a tax issue, we have a spending issue. According to the OECD, we faced the second-biggest tax ...
It’s interesting how we all view these things. I line the two up side by side and have difficulty seeing anything inspiring in either of them.
Based on the net favourability from the latest Curia poll https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/taxpayers_union_curia_poll_may_2024, Hipkins. As for the US, God bless them
”Who was/is claiming "the bad actors" (?) "specifically refered to by Michael Wood" "were coordinated groups"” That refers back to my discussion with Weka, where we were talking about the distinction between individual people at the protest and organised ...
"I’m pointing out that all the things he names are things not people." Ok. I see people in those things, consistent with my view that I haven't seen any evidence of organisation. But I hear what you're saying. "I think he let the rhetoric get ahead of just...
@Drowsy Thanks for the links. I've enjoyed the exchange, so I'll have one last crack at putting my thoughts together. In NZ, attempts have been made to address income inequality through a redistributive tax policy, and mechanisms such as Working for ...
@ Drowsy Wood's speech was certainly polarising, and imho NZ could do with less of that – but sometimes, for example during a global pandemic, lines may need to the drawn. In general terms, I didn't have any particular problem with the wording Michael ...
@ Weka "Not who, but what." Are you distinguishing between the "violence" and "menace" and "islamophobia" and an "emergent and dangerous far-right movement" as 'movements' and the people who comprise those movements? If so, I understand your point, but I ...
"Not sure this makes the picture better for integrated or private schools. Having any in the bottom 25% percentile demonstrates pretty clearly what ever they are doing which differentiates them it doesn't have to work." I don't think anyone's arguing that ...
Not at all. Here are his exact words, from the Hansard: But underneath all of that, there is a river of filth. There is a river of violence and menace. Who is he talking about? And before you answer, the read my comment.
Part of a throwaway description of the’loons’ (At least the hangers on) by Michael Wood.
Thanks Shanreagh. I would not for a moment expect mandates in the health sector to be what is in mind.
He was asked by the journo?
Yet Raewyn Tipene claims that teachers had higher expectations of them with the charter school model. My view is there were problems with the previous model that would have been ironed out, if they were not cancelled (for purely ideological reasons IMHO).
Apologies. The one above is a direct quote from Belladonna's link. In future I will repost the link.
Weird, sorry. It is a PDF linked to from: Research Note: The State of Schooling | The New Zealand Initiative (nzinitiative.org.nz) It refers to research published in 2020 that compares outcome from the three school 'types' in NZ, private, integrated and ...
I wasn't in the 'river of filth', Phillip.
"In a letter informing Poole that his application was unsuccessful, Hipkins said one reason for declining it was “that there are available supports for all learners in existing state schools”." That’s something parents of current and former Mt Hobson ...
@Drowsy "As Liang observed, the gap between rich and poor is wider than we like to admit and it's possible – depending on where you live and work – that you won't be exposed to certain views, such as the idea wealthy Kiwis are in danger of becoming prey, ...
To add to that: Research-Note-The-State-of-Schooling (6).pdf This report also raises concerns about the quality of public schools in New Zealand. While 15.5% of state schools perform in the top 25%, we show 31.8% of state schools perform in the bottom 25% ...
No. I mean workplace mandates that are no longer necessary could be removed. There may not even be any for all I know. Which is why it's a non-story.
Why would they need to do that? They could simply say there are to be no workplace mandates. It's a non-story.
Well that's a stretch. I'm not aware of any of the Iwi land owners doing that.
Iwi is already buying school land. Iwi buys school's land - Times In fact they've become the MoE's biggest landlords! Historical land ownership deal for iwi secured in land back efforts. (nzte.govt.nz)
Interesting to read the reasons Raewyn Tipene gave for revisiting the charter school model: Raewyn Tipene opened Whangārei-based Te Kāpehu Whetu in 2014 as part of the original kura hourua charter school initiative and then took the option to turn it into ...
@Drowsy Imho, some Kiwis who believe they are well-served by systemic inequality will resist meaningful change with every fibre of their being – they know the benefits of keeping bottom feeders hungry. I don't know anyone who fits that description. It's ...
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