Enough About Erica: What Does Labour Have to Say?
After a year of Erica Stanford’s wrecking-ball education reforms, Labour has finally put something on the table, and it’s bigger than just undoing the damage.

After a year of Erica Stanford’s wrecking-ball education reforms, Labour has finally put something on the table, and it’s bigger than just undoing the damage.

Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.

Erica Stanford says Year 8 maths is improving. The Ministry’s own numbers suggest the truth is more complicated.

Principals aren’t confused. They’re warning this will make things worse.

If every “reform” makes it easier for the privileged to win… is it still reform — or something else?

Turn schools into grades, and you don’t just measure performance — you reshape behaviour. The question is who benefits.

Labour says Erica Stanford’s education plan is more spin than substance — and warns students could pay the price.

The Greens say the Government’s proposed NCEA overhaul will drag education backwards, replacing student-centred learning with a rigid one-size-fits-all model.

Finland’s education system emphasises human development, democracy and lifelong learning. Critics argue New Zealand’s current reforms focus too narrowly on benchmarks and testing.
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