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Tag Archives: Hekia
A quiet pre-Christmas warning: We are in trouble
In 1988 I wrote a three-part series in which I predicted why primary school education was heading for trouble (which is about to be re-published); to live that warning, in 1990, I resigned at 51 years as senior inspector of … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Community of Learning, Curriculum, Education, Education policy, ERO, Hattie, Hekia, National standards, Neoliberalism, NZEI, Politics, principals, Schooling, Teachers, Tomorrow's Schools
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What has apparently happened at Wairoa College (and the like at other schools) should never happen again
Part 1 I am calling for a parliamentary committee of inquiry to investigate what followed Chris Allen’s appointment as principal to Wairoa College in June, 2015, and alleged subsequent actions and behaviour towards him. Chris Allen has now left New … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Ministry of Education, Political
Tagged BOT, Education, Education policy, ERO, Hekia, Ministry of Education, Politics
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The government dismantling of public education: and reflections on resistance
[Dedicated to Ivan Snook, my mentor, friend, and inspiration.] This posting explores public education being in serious difficulty – largely because the government is intent on dismantling it. But was where we are inevitable? And a personal philosophy of resistance … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Clusters, Education policy, ERO, Hekia, Media, Ministry of Education, National standards, Neoliberalism
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A heartfelt plea from one of New Zealand’s great principals
Thursday 13th April 2017 Kia ora Former Minister of Education Parata Happy Retirement I would like to wish you well for your remaining months in parliament and on into your next phase of your life. As a principal of a … Continue reading
If Chris Hipkins can’t do it give it to Kelvin Davis Part 1
If you scanned through what follows, you might ask, what has this to do with Chris Hipkins and Kelvin Davis? Well, recently in the Herald (April 13, 2017) there was a gushing article about how wonderful Hekia Parata had been … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, National standards, NCEA
Tagged Assessment, Curriculum, Education policy, Hekia, National standards, NCEA, Politics, Schooling, Trickery
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Here we go again: another intervention injustice
I have substantial amounts of information about goings-on at Wairoa College, some of it scandalous, but that can be looked into by the ministerial inquiry I’m calling for, I just want concentrate here on the bureaucratic behaviour around the appointment … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Principals
Tagged BOT, Education, Hekia, Ministry of Education, Politics, principals
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Peggy’s last post and Kafka: Rangiora commissioner outrage continues
Peggy’s last post: I have decided this will be my last Facebook post about the ERA Settlement that as yet has not been paid to me by Mrs Moore. I have, for the past two years endured bullying, loss, humiliation, … Continue reading
Posted in Political, Principals
Tagged Education, Education policy, Hekia, Politics, principals, Trickery
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Rangiora High School: attempts to discredit Authority decision: explosive staff meeting: why Hekia resigned: $m of blood money found
This posting begins quietly, setting the scene, one in which a principal and a board are unjustifiably dismissed on the basis of a secret report. In the process, I believe the commissioner compromised the Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) which partly … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Political
Tagged Education, Hekia, Ministry of Education, Politics, Schooling, Trickery
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Parents, teachers, and community of Rangiora High school get a load of this
Parents, teachers, and community of Rangiora High school get a load of this: I want to put first the latest in the series of vicious ministry-commissioner actions against Peggy Burrows The commissioner has put the ERA decision on the school … Continue reading
Sir Patricio Grinch, Wekiu Tomata, Weary Gardener, and Tugger, the then PM
I think that one of the problems we have with the education galumphs who have proselytised Tomorrow’s Schools and its anti-democratic philosophy is that because of the damage it has wrought on the fabric of New Zealand society especially the … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Political
Tagged Clusters, Education, Education policy, Hekia, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling, Tomorrow's Schools
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