A Principal’s Lament
Principals are being asked to carry the blame while losing the freedom to lead. That isn’t reform. That is control.

Principals are being asked to carry the blame while losing the freedom to lead. That isn’t reform. That is control.

Three elected teacher representatives resign early. Erica Stanford moves towards a fully appointed Teaching Council. And the same ugly question keeps surfacing: who is really in charge?

The argument was that Treaty obligations would move to the Crown. Critics say the latest education reforms prove they were simply removed.

What children learn, how teachers are judged and who controls the profession could soon sit directly under ministerial authority.