Is Erica Stanford Aiming to Become the Worst Ever Minister of Education?
There’s an old saying that you can judge a person’s character by the company they keep. In Erica Stanford’s case,…
Author: Allan Alach
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An Educational Expert We Should All Be Listening To
I’ve written a number of articles where I have bemoaned the current situation in education where the National led government…
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What’s Going On Here? More National Corruption?
Can someone please explain how Crimson Education were all geared up to go with this at the same time the…
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What’s the Real Reason Behind the NCEA Replacement?
The government has announced that they will undertake a major overhaul of the secondary school qualification system and that they…
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Knowledge-rich curriculum? More Neoliberal Rubbish
This week it was reported by Radio NZ that the “School curriculum rewrite had serious problems, managers considered using AI…
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Maybe Listening to Experts Would be a Good Idea?
I’ve written a few times about politicians and Ministry of Education officials who ignore educational experts – like teachers and…
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Please Spare Us From Ignorant Politicians
Once again, we have evidence of another Minister of Education opening her mouth and revealing she hasn’t a clue what…
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“Beyond Checklists: Why New Zealand’s $100M Maths Plan Misses the Mark”
A few days ago the Minister of Education announced a $100 million package to improve results in mathematics: “Next week’s…
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Follow-up: The Decline of NZ’s Primary Education (And Why We Keep Going in Circles)
I really appreciated the comments on my last piece (“Demonisation of NZ’s Public Education is a Scam“), especially two that…
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Demonisation of NZs public education is a scam
When I retired as a primary school principal over 13 years ago, I decided to stay out of the education…