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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.

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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.

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Growing inequities - so what?

Today was spent in Tauranga, participating in the NZARE (NZ Association for Research in Education) conference (well listening anyway).

Professor Robert Tierney was the opening keynote speaker "Growing inequities: how do we contribute" was the title of his address.

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The first sentence was too long to Tweet :) - so I thought I'd blog.

At the MIT seminar Mon/Tues there were comments that the secondary sector is 'change averse', this wasn't intended as a compliment, ... although it could be.

Being change averse can be an entirely appropriate strategy when unproven initiatives are constantly being thrown at you in an environment of continuous policy churn.

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