Charter School manipulations quietly added while no one is looking
This is pretty dirty…
Govt announces changes to Education and Training Amendment Bill two days before submissions close
The government has announced changes to the bill reintroducing charter schools just two days before submissions on the legislation close.
The changes limit teachers’ employment bargaining rights and give the publicly-funded private schools access to resources available to state schools.
Submissions to the bill were due to close on Thursday night but RNZ understands the deadline could be extended.
Associate minister of education David Seymour said the late changes were necessary to stop teacher unions from hamstringing the schools.
He said Cabinet had agreed to progress an amendment stopping unions from initiating multi-employer collective agreement bargaining for charter school staff.
“Unions will still be able to engage in single-employer collective agreement bargaining and charter schools will have independence to negotiate changes to employment terms and conditions relevant to their school,” Seymour said.
He said the change was necessary because multi-employer agreements would affect charter school sponsors’ influence over the terms and conditions offered to their employees “and could therefore influence the flexibility the schools can provide in teaching and other aspects of school operations”.
…this has alway been about breaking the Unions with State money!
So these Private Schools will get the same resourcing as State schools while allowing them to bypass the Unions…
Government Desperately Trying To Patch Up Charter School Model Even Before It’s Started
“Cabinet’s decision to allow charter schools to have access to the same level of teaching resources as state schools, is an acknowledgement that the charter school model of state funded private schools is unworkable.
Chris Abercrombie said the Cabinet’s decision to not allow unions to negotiate multi-employer collective agreements for charter schools staff, was its second significant departure from New Zealand’s current employment law. “We will be very interested to see what the International Labor Organisation, for example, thinks of this in relation to teachers’ freedom to negotiate and to the ILO conventions to which the New Zealand government is a signatory.
…This is another attack on public education to fund private education at a time when we should be investing more in public schools, not less!
The damage this Government are looking to establish in 3 years will have a generational impact.
Teachers on the whole great people but hate being held to account by others for their level of achievement. They are predominantly left wing as they often have little comprehension of the real world . Many students leave school ill prepared for the real world .They know their rights but not their obligation
Teachers on the whole great people but hate being held to account by others for their level of achievement. They are predominantly left wing as they often have little comprehension of the real world . Many students leave school ill prepared for the real world .They know their rights but not their obligation
Charter schools are parasites sucking much needed resources from public education, generally for the benefit of the wealthy, privileged or often religiously motivated groups.
They further stratify society and mock any pretence of keeping separate the roles of religion and state.
Froebel was a German educator in 17-1800s. How about using some of the findings that were made then when starting from next to nothing. Now we are starting from a scrapheap of systems and programs gathered into a sticky mess. Climb up, smell the trees and plants, learn a mix of human behaviour, factual knowledge, useful knowledge and skills and human interaction not through sport alone, try group dancing, and debating, practising decision-making skills. Prepare kids for the real world and help them to be strong enough to cope with its complexities, lies, contradictions and addictions and obsessions.
Welcome Froebel:
What are Froebel’s core values?
Froebel’s notion of the adult making rich provision, guiding children in their play and interactions, opening up possibilities rather than constraining them, helping children develop autonomy and self-discipline within a framework of respect for others remains a powerful approach today.
Froebel’s principles and practice today
Froebel Trust
https://www.froebel.org.uk › uploads › documents › FT-…
Could try Montessori, or early on A.S.Neill’s Summerhill program summed up as ‘Freedom, not Licence’. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School#Notable_former_pupils
https://whichschooladvisor.com/uk/school-review/summerhill
https://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/shows-about-summerhill/
Further https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/education/21269292.summerhill-documentary-celebrates-schools-centenary/
Even ants manage to organise themselves better than we do; without proper concern, overview and loving control, our active brains may lead us into foolhardy behaviours and programs. Perhaps we can learn from their ways and add our own cuteness on top.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095335/Underground-ant-city-Brazil-rivals-Great-Wall-China-labyrinth-highways.html
https://www.good.is/scientists-surprised-after-uncovering-underground-ant-city-equivalent-to-the-great-wall-of-china
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafcutter_ant
Also for info:
2000 NZ Tomorrows schools assessed from USA – https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/080600edlife-fiske-edu.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_Tawhiti
The school is one of eleven schools running under the “Designated Special Character” criteria of the Education Act 1989.[3]
Students are given the flexibility to pick from a variety of interchangeable classes and subjects to design their own customised learning programme, including working on individual projects as an alternative to total classroom learning. They also have the option to learn subjects which are not traditionally taught in New Zealand secondary schools, such as philosophy, video game design, DJing and music production.
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Four Avenues : a school without walls? : a social history of …
UC Research Repository https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz › … Whakamāoritia tēnei whārangi
Abstract. This thesis provides a social history of Four Avenues Alternative School in Christchurch, New Zealand, beginning with the school’s establishment in …
Four Avenues : a school without walls? : a social history of Four Avenues Alternative School in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Four Avenues School students
canterburystories.nz
https://canterburystories.nz › … Whakamāoritia tēnei whārangi
A large group of students stood outside and sat on the roof of Four Avenues alternative school on Gloucester Street during end of semester celebrations.