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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Some terrible things have been perpetrated: Aussie version of a Kiwi posting
From: Phil Cullen [mailto:cphilcullen@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 28 June 2014 8:16 a.m. To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: Fw: Treehorn Express: Kelvin Smythe “Some terrible things have been perpetrated – close to evil.” Kelvin: I hope you approve of this final draft. Allan: I plan to … Continue reading
Dear teachers and principals of New Zealand: Ivan Snook speaks
Ivan is an academic hero from the fight against Tomorrow’s Schools. At the time it seemed as there was Ivan and five or six other Massey academics, two from Victoria – and me from schools, carrying that fight. This is … Continue reading
False e-mail sent to website – IP tracked back to US Navy Virginia
That false e-mail, of course, wasn’t sent by the US Navy, it was sent by someone who had attempted to embarrass a principal. This was the report from a forensic computer analyst: – – – OrgName: Navy … Continue reading
NZPF: It’s like watching an organisation in the midst of a breakdown
The latest flyer from NZPF is like watching an organisation in the midst of a breakdown. There is the most curdled of introductions followed by a Monty Python survey. One hopes that something as important as this survey was developed … Continue reading
A board and a cluster: share this inspiring account with your board of trustees
Boards of trustees have been starved of information about IES; one of the main reasons for this is because the government and STA know that many boards of trustees will be taken aback by the disruptive implications for schools. Also … Continue reading
The fault in our STAs
Is there a more derided organisation in primary education than STA? It has a huge staff and miniscule positive reputation. STA seems to function in a parallel universe – and when occasionally the two, unaccountably, cross lines, it only serves … Continue reading
The truth about Novopay
Because my attention is on the betrayal of school education by the PPTA and the continuing sneaky efforts by NZPF to manoeuvre the primary schools into that IES maw – I’m not going to spin this posting out. Anyway, the … Continue reading
NZPF is set to defy overwhelming principal and teacher opposition
This posting is a journey that started with language. [This is written very late at night so the prose is likely to be a bit up and down.] Have you noticed the term ‘collaboration’ and the corrupt and intensive way … Continue reading
A New Zealand principal reports on how an executive principal idea is working in England
A New Zealand principal was in England last year and was in a position to observe an executive principal in action. And who do you think turned up in September last year? Yes – a delegation from the ministry of … Continue reading
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Tagged Education policy, Executive principals, IES, Ministry of Education
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Conversation with Angela (PPTA)
According to Angela Roberts, PPTA president, the Investment in Educational Success is a ‘positive example of sector collaboration.’ In a press release (June 3, 2014) she ‘welcomes today’s release of the working party report on the initiative which will see … Continue reading
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