My old College wanted $230 for a Ball ticket??? Tell ’em they’re dreamin!
$230 for a school ball? Parents are pushing back, and asking when school events became luxury experiences.
Schools
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Erica’s SMART Assessment System Isn’t Smart After All
Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.
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More Smoke and Mirrors from Erica Stanford
Erica Stanford says Year 8 maths is improving. The Ministry’s own numbers suggest the truth is more complicated.
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Education Reform Tiriti Breach Under Scrutiny
If Te Tiriti can be removed from education policy, what’s left is not neutral — it’s a choice about whose voice matters.
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Waitangi Tribunal Education Reform Challenge Grows
If education reform sidelines Te Tiriti, it’s not reform — it’s regression. The Tribunal hearings could force that truth into the open.
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Principals’ Concerns About the New ERO Reporting Format
Principals aren’t confused. They’re warning this will make things worse.
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Action needed on widespread drinking water problems
You turn on the tap — and you’re told not to drink it. How is this still happening in New Zealand?
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9,000 students faced unsafe drinking water at school last year – Greens
If kids can’t trust the water at school, something fundamental has gone wrong.
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Erica Stanford’s Takeover of New Zealand Education Continues
Turn schools into grades, and you don’t just measure performance — you reshape behaviour. The question is who benefits.
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Stanford gets A for spin, F for substance – Labour
Labour says Erica Stanford’s education plan is more spin than substance — and warns students could pay the price.
