National’s contempt for Teachers finally outed with talk of on-line education
National see teachers as Taxi drivers in an uber world.
education
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Removing the word ‘special needs’ so you don’t have to fund ‘special needs’
The latest assualt on civil society by the National Government is this desire to cut funding to special needs children by dumping the word ‘special needs’…
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Higher Education – a Privilege of the Rich and the Young?
Tertiary education becomes less accessible each year, with fee increases, reduced student allowance availability, increases in loan repayments, lowering of the income threshold for repayments and unrealistic means testing.
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National are failing our children
Latest research shows we are spending billions on early education yet children are turning up at school without the skills to succeed…
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God I hate to agree with Cameron Slater – but he’s right – the NZEI has some explaining to do
That a man as damaged and as much of a predator as Burrett was allowed to continue anywhere near children is disgraceful enough, that schools and unions may have been complicit in giving him that opportunity is abhorrent.
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Defending Free Tertiary Education: Chris Trotter responds to Dr Oliver Hartwich’s defence to the user-pays university
let me respond in kind by declaring that my own experience of free tertiary education threw up not one case of a recipient who did not value their opportunity to explore the life of the mind in their late teens and early twenties. Quite the reverse, actually.
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How do hungry kids afford education?
According to the NZ Herald, parents are paying a record high amount for school donations, with costs for public secondary schools amounting to $3139 a year and $2047 for primary.
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Arresting students at the border – how to mix racism, classism, sexism, neoliberal social engineering & intergenerational theft all into one
Education is for the people, and our society prospers from an educated population. 30 years of neoliberalism has transformed it into a privileged class made impotent by user pays culture.
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GUEST BLOG: Kelvin Smythe – In cold blood: the Rangiora Horror Show Part 2
The institutionalised lying, the organization for cheating, and in this case, the endemic bullying – it’s the system stupid.
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GUEST BLOG: Kelvin Smythe – In cold blood: terror as an instrument of control in state education Part 1
The nature of government intervention in schools, either statutory or commissioner, perfectly fits Hekia Parata’s personality and the government’s philosophy.