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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Attack! 67 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 5
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Attack! 66 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 4
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Update: Defunct group, NZ Special Education Association, confirms Hekia Parata did not consult them
Dianne Khan of Save Our Schools has been doing some wonderful work pinning Hekia Parata down in a lie. Dianne writes: Thousands of people have read my post about Hekia Parata fabricating support from a mystical ‘Special Education Association’, and most … Continue reading
Neoliberal education is a system of trickle down power: let’s not be diverted by neoliberal stunts
Hekia Parata is making a flurry of pathetic education announcements because she can, and because she needs to: she can in the sense that the achievement performance of schools is good enough – courtesy of all the high stakes inflation … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Education policy, Hekia, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism, Politics
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Attack! 65 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 3
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Attack! 64 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 2
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Attack! 63 Touching the clouds: Visual arts at a mythical Kiwi Primary School Part 1
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
STA panicking over Richard Green challenge: also reference to Far North and Whangarei
Communities of Learning implementation NZSTA regional executives are reporting significant issues for boards of trustees in all regions regarding the implementation of Communities of Learning (COLs). NZSTA supported this initiative in principle, but has already raised concerns with the Ministry … Continue reading
Attack! 62 A talismatic, fundamental posting for the Attack! series using Attack 55! (Part 1): neuroplasticity
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
It’s about time Manaiakalani grew up
There have been two Herald sponsored stories in quick succession about children in the Tamaki Manaiakalani programme. The first an inspirational one about Noah, titled ‘The tech changing kid’s lives’, is about the clever things Noah can do digitally. Computers … Continue reading
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