How is National’s ‘bold reform agenda’ for schooling going?

Tom Haig — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:43:09 +0100

It was widely agreed that Parata had a rough year in 2012 and was lucky to keep her portfolio – albeit now saddled with a mini-van load of associate ministers who are doing most of the work.

Despite supposedly being the Ronald Reagan of the National Party she alienated the sector, baffled the public, struggled in the House and burned through her staff.

But just how bad a year it was is made even clearer by TreasurRead More...

"I wanna be a billionaire so f***ing bad"

Tom Haig — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:47:28 +0100

So the billionaire worshippers at Forbes Magazine * have got their eyes on the massive opportunities for profit promised by the privatisation of public education.

Naveen Jain’s article is so full of absurd assertions, greed- masquerading as idealism and fundamental misunderstandings that it is hard to know where to begin.

Absurd assertions.

1. “…every skill that we teach our children becoRead More...

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How is National’s ‘bold reform agenda’ for schooling going?

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