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Media releases 2024
Government desperately trying to patch up charter school model even before it’s started
Changes to proposed charter school legislation, announced today, show that the Government is desperately trying to patch up a model that clearly doesn’t work, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.
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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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PPTA News: the Magazine
It's all about relationships
Keeping the branch together and everyone moving in the same direction during tense industrial times makes John Dyer-Causton a worthy winner of the PPTA Te Wehengarua Guy Allan award
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Charter schools create unlevel playing field - a US teacher's experience
A charter school’s selection criteria and lack of facilities for students with diverse needs created a two-tier system of public schooling, Jeremy Foster found
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PPTA News: the Magazine
AI - not what you know but how fast you can learn
The increasing development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) means that the most valuable skill emerging now is adaptability, not knowledge - that was one of the key messages from AI academic Dr Simon McCallum to PPTA Te Wehengarua regional officers at the Issues and Organising seminar earlier this year.
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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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