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Media releases 2024
Rushed consultation on charter schools shows Government's complete disconnect from communities
The Government’s decision today to fast track public consultation on proposed charter schools legislations shows it is out of touch with parents and local communities, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Charter schools legislation contains unpleasant surprises
New charter schools legislation, introduced to Parliament this week, contains some unpleasant details that the Government has deliberately not been upfront about, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Kiwi secondary school students up with the top in international assessment of creativity
Aotearoa New Zealand secondary school students’ performance is up among the top in an OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) appraisal of creativity, results released this week show.
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Media releases 2024
Ombudsman investigates charter schools OIA request complaint
A complaint by PPTA Te Wehengarua about the Government’s refusal to release a range of information about its plans for charter schools, is being investigated by the Ombudsman.
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Media releases 2024
Excluding teachers from curriculum processes is risky
It is becoming clear that last week’s revelation, via Radio New Zealand, that there was a secret group re-writing the English curriculum, is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the deliberate exclusion of teachers from critical curriculum changes and processes, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024, Charter schools
Charter schools’ lack of transparency and accountability seriously concerning
The Government is planning to keep secret huge amounts of information about how charter schools will operate, a recently released cabinet paper shows.
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Media releases 2024
Hundreds of millions needed for local state schools – not charter schools
All students in Aotearoa New Zealand have a right to a high quality education at their local state school.
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Media releases 2024
Secondary teachers welcome continuation and expansion of school lunch programme
“We are pleased the Ka Ora Ka Ako school lunch programme will continue in its current form for the rest of the year, and will be expanded to include thousands of two to five year olds next year,” says Chris Abercrombie PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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Media releases 2024
Charter schools and Te Tiriti focus of secondary teachers’ meetings
The return of charter schools and the Government’s position on Te Tiriti will be the focus of paid union meetings attended by more than 21,000 secondary and area school teachers next month.
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