Blog entries tagged politics http://ppta.org.nz Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:18:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ppta.org.nz/index.php/blog-pigeonhole/youth-guarantee-another-example-of-policy-without-evidence-or-review.html <p class="MsoNormal">Public achievement information is the Minister of Education’s phrase of the moment, but the achievement information made public by Labour’s questioning about the youth guarantee won’t have her smiling.</p><br/><p class="MsoNormal">In 2010 Tolley trumpeted that this initiative will increase the achievement of 16 and 17 year olds because many of them will be “more motivated to achieve qualifications in a tertiary setting.” Reading between the lines here, what the Minister means iRead More... Tom Haig Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0100 Youth guarantee Youth guarantee politics NCEA evidence education politics education policy data http://ppta.org.nz/index.php/blog-pigeonhole/some-of-the-things-i-have-learned-in-the-last-two-days-about-charter-schools.html <p><br /><img src="http://larrycuban.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/charter-schls.jpg" border="0" alt="Larry Cuban website charter school cartoon" title="Larry Cuban website - charter school cartoon" width="500" height="359" style="border: 0px none;" /></p><br/><p>1. That choice and flexibility in how schools are run is what kids need to learn.<br />2. That mud and water are what boys need to learn.<br />3. That the retired maths professor across the road wants to come and teach as a volunteer at his Read More... PPTAweb Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:11:16 +0100 teaching teachers teacher training quality qualifications public education politics Destiny Church charter schools Charter school working group Catherine Isaac ACT Party ACT