A coalition of parents, teachers, and educational organisations at all levels has just forced the government into a substantial backdown on its ill conceived plan to increase class sizes.
Well and good – but don’t waste the momentum! While the links and the energy that drove them are still fresh, while the public’s attention is focused on educational issues, use the platform to press for change on the Nats other damaging educational initiatives, national standards and charter schools. Like increased class sizes they damage children’s education, and like increased class sizes they can be chucked out if there is sufficient opposition…
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