Gareth Morgan ups the ante on Education by directly inviting Teachers to policy launch

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Morgan’s clever marketing of policy continues, this time by directly inviting Teachers to discuss his education policy…

…most Political Parties run from having to directly engage with Teachers and the ocean of competing educational theories and complaints they have, so directly asking Teachers to sit down for their education launch is as courageous as it is  dangerous.

TOP are resonating and gaining support and writing them off is a mistake.

They are taking Mt Albert very seriously and they have their eyes on September.

I think TOP are the result to watch in the Mt Albert by-election as that will give evidence to any underlying dissatisfaction by the middle classes with the current political offerings.

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  1. Well, he’s a real battler, and clearly believes in what hes saying. A rare thing in Politics these days.
    He is very interactive on his FB page, and not shy of the pithy put down when required. In fact I haven’t seen such a willingness to reply to ‘comments’ since Glenn Greenwald(another street brawler since way back) was writing in The Guardian.

  2. Martyn, why the hell are you giving oxygen to this rich prick’s vanity project? Do you want National to get in again? This guy is the new Peter Dunne. What are you doing?

    • This guy is the new Peter Dunne.
      What a lazy comparison, or are you trying to create some sort of cheap soundbite?

      Let’s remember, Gareth Morgan was a climate change sceptic/denier then conducted his research and changed his mind based on research and reason.
      Dunne changes his mind on drug policy on a monthly basis based on what?
      Morgan is open and engaging, Dunne is opaque and defensive.

    • probably because it’s slightly better than various other vanity projects across the political sphere. John Key’s for a start, then maybe Steven Joyce’s or Paula Bennett’s, or Finlayson’s, or various in the Murrey Party….

      and probably because he’s not YET quite as disconnected from the real world as many others of our political elite (though he’s certainly on the way)
      Maybe teachers could make a deal: they’ll attend so long as Gareth undertakes his best to get over his mid-life crisis and never rides a bike again. I’m sure wifey would be pleased (or maybe not)

      • Go Gareth. If you critics tried listening to him you might learn something. We all know we need something better than the current establishment. Show me some better policies than TOPs from either National or National lite.

  3. Just wait and see and don’t be misled by his ‘interesting’ face and Pancho Villa moustache.

    He is definitely trying to present as an iconoclast…

  4. Is he getting them along as teachers or as taxpaying citizens?

    If it’s as citizens, is to canvass how well they’ll accept the idea of selling off schooling in NZ?

  5. engaging with teachers at the forefront is a good idea…and the teacher unions….and the education academics

    Charter Schools in the USA is a failure

    the best education system and educators and teaching and schools are state run….as in Finland…most teachers and education academics can tell you that!

    • teachers/educators in Finland are also highly qualified ( cf. not in USA Charter Schools)….and in Finland teachers/educators are well respected and well paid….education belongs to professional educators

      ( not wannabe corporates /businessmen who think they know best and want to indoctrinate)

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