The Pigeonhole

The NZ School Trustees Association has been celebrating 21 years of its existence by claiming credit for other peoples’ work.  Apparently, it is entirely responsible for progress made in educational achievement in New Zealand schools.

I don’t wish to denigrate individual boards of trustees who give up many hours of their own time to do what department of education officials once received a salary for doing, but it stretches credibility to imagine that student achievement is influenced in any significant way by governance arrangements.   

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