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Parsimonious motivations, educational dogmatism and political folly: Contextualizing cuts to adult community education,

Adams, P. & O’Neill, J. New Zealand Journal of Teachers’ Work, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1-2, 2009

... What can we make of this? The relatively minor cost savings of 13 million dollars that the Budget cuts take from school-based ACE will directly affect the education of over 160,000 adults, result in up to 212 Adult Education Coordinators and 15,000 tutors losing their positions, and reduce the funding of many participating community groups from 2010. In effect, these relatively small-scale cuts (in relation to the overall education budget) are a major attack on the spirit of every local community in the country.  Read more

 

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