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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Attack! 8 The right response to dyslexia
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Posted in Attack, Curriculum, Education
Tagged Attack, Curriculum, Education, Schooling, Teachers
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The call
It was December, 2014. After reeling down the Kaimai, I passed the Ballance depot (who used to have a fertiliser motto I thought brilliant: Immediate response: Sustained growth – but now replaced by something bland) and I swung left off … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, NZEI
Tagged Education policy, National standards, NCEA, NZEI, Politics, Trickery
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Attack 7! ‘I can read’ the beautiful holistic reading insight developed decades ago by our wonderful stjcs
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Communities of Schools: an email dialogue between a principal and NZEI (Part 2)
The principal’s initial email was to Graham Jones; then Stephanie Mills came into the picture: a senior NZEI staff member – experienced, high-minded, and intelligent – who can be observed doing a good job in relation to a near indefensible … Continue reading
Posted in NZEI, Principals, Uncategorized
Tagged Curriculum, Education, Education policy, IES, NZEI, principals, Schooling
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Controversial posting about Communities of Schools (Part 1)
(Part 2 will be an email dialogue between a principal and NZEI) The real purpose of the Communities of Schools is to aggregate schools for ease of government control and propaganda. Given there is still in place a non-accountable education … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy
Tagged CoS, Education policy, Hekia, NZEI, NZPF, principals, Schooling
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Attack! 6 The infant room rocks along like a dinghy in a storm
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Attack! 5 A stranger walked on to the school property: A seminal moment
Welcome to ATTACK! ATTACK! is a two-page occasional publication giving attention to the curriculum – the holistic curriculum. ATTACK! is for you, also to introduce to your colleagues. Each issue will be restricted to two pages. A cover graphic for a file or … Continue reading
Communities of Schools based on a monster Parata lie: Don’t sign to it
There arrived this morning a forlorn one line from a teacher in an Auckland leafy suburb school. Dear Kelvin NZEI knew the agenda but seems to have given up attempting to defend the members. I replied: Yes – NZEI let … Continue reading
Posted in Education Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged CoS, Education policy, Hekia, National standards, Schooling, Trickery
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The Herald buckles to another Parata Big One
Proving the Herald buckled in Hekia Parata’s favour over the Kirsty Johnston front-page article on early childhood education is fish in a barrel – but, except for Kirsty Johnston, does it matter whether or not the ministry influenced the final … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry of Education, Political
Tagged Education policy, ERO, Hattie, Ministry of Education, Politics, Trickery
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Honourable Minister tells a Big One, and in the House
Education should be an activity in which everyone takes the greatest care with the truth; the teachers and children of New Zealand deserve nothing less. Does the Honourable Minister pass that test? Honourable Minister, over the years, you have told … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged children, Education policy, Hekia, National standards, Politics
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