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Tag Archives: Neoliberalism
Not ‘Getting it’ – and ‘Getting it’
When Tomorrow’s Schools was introduced, I immediately recognised we would be incapable of thinking ourselves out of the education failure we had allowed ourselves to be thought into (led by Treasury and a mesmerised David Lange) and predicted the next … Continue reading
There is another in the arrangement, so it is a bit crowded
Does the panel for Tomorrow’s Schools remain our only hope? In the absence of providing his own sense of principled direction Chris Hipkins is acting through a disparate assembly of adult organisational educational needs and ideologies. Unable to see straight … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Education, Education policy, NCEA, Neoliberalism, Politics, principals, Schooling
2 Comments
My four changes to fix a broken primary school education system: you will only guess one of them
The primary school education system is broken – if change isn’t fundamental, it will be yet another betrayal of teachers and children. At the top we have Chris Hipkins. I have stopped issuing dire warnings about him because I recognise … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, ERO, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling, Teachers
5 Comments
Here I stand Part 5: Begins with Kathryn Ryan and tricky ERO: ends as the posting that couldn’t be published and a shattering revelation
‘The media, even an outstanding representative like Kathryn Ryan, never gets even close to the heart of it. Below I will describe how, two days ago, Kathryn Ryan was trifled with by the education review office – it was disgraceful … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Education Review Office
Tagged Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling
6 Comments
A coherent analysis would require Labour to respond in a coherent way
Labour has made a timid, philosophically fragmented start to its primary school policy implementation; and one that looks destined to continue. From a consideration of its recent history we should not be surprised. It is a political party that ever … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Political
Tagged children, Clusters, Community of Learning, Curriculum, Education, Education policy, ERO, National standards, Neoliberalism, NZEI, Politics, Schooling
6 Comments
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
4 Comments
An evening with Lockwood
One of the marvels of contemporary political and education life is that Lockwood Smith was such a hopeless minister of education and such a good speaker of the house. (Probably rules and thinking in straight lines are his forte.) Lockwood’s … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Political
Tagged Education, Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling
6 Comments
The moment it went wrong for being a principal
The idea in Tomorrow’s Schools was that if the government got the administration of education right, and principals followed suit with their schools, the appropriate curriculum implementation would devolve from that. And an appropriate curriculum implementation did evolve from that … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Principals
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, ERO, Neoliberalism, Politics, principals, Schooling, Tomorrow's Schools
7 Comments
Independent facilitators being harassed to favour corporates and private companies: academies on way
By an independent facilitator (with my comments in bold) I was alerted to the changes in PLD by the principal of a school where I was working in mid-2016. They wanted to apply for central funding as my PLD with … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged Community of Learning, Education, Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism
2 Comments
Attack! 119 The government dismantling of public education: and reflections on resistance 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
Posted in Attack, Education Policy, Political
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, Ministry of Education, Neoliberalism, Politics, Schooling
2 Comments
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