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Hands up for learning
Like several Labour MPs inclding Phil I went to a school today to celebrate World Teachers Day by putting our hands up for learning. I was at Pukeatua School in Wainuiomata. Good to have a special...
View ArticleStrike One, Strike Two….
The news that secondary teachers are set to strike within the next two weeks sets up an interesting situation. The Ministry of Education do the negotiating on behalf of the government with teachers. My...
View ArticleMinisters just didn’t do the work
It took nearly 10 minutes of back and forth in the House today for the Education Minister, Hekia Parata, to admit that she hadn’t even asked for a list of the schools that would lose or gain more than...
View ArticleClear as mud
Hekia Parata was asked a number of questions in the House today about her decision to increase class sizes, particularly for intermediate schools. I’ll blog a bit more about the insights we got from...
View ArticleCounting the lost teachers
Last week Hekia Parata tied herself up in knots trying to explain why neither she, nor any Minister in Cabinet, studied the actual list of schools that were going to lose teachers as a result of her...
View Article10 questions for Hekia Parata
There are still a lot of unanswered questions about Hekia Parata’s practice of dobbing in teachers who write to her to complain about government policy to their board of trustees. Fortuitously have an...
View ArticleThey’re joking, right?
Please give me a moment while I drag my jaw off the floor. As the Novopay debacle continues to roll on week after week, as teachers and support staff continue to be overpaid, underpaid, or just not...
View ArticlePerformance Pay for Teachers
Treasury documents released this week talk about exploring new ways of ‘holding teachers accountable for their performance’. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the National government want to put...
View ArticleNovopay Issues #1
Plenty has already been said about the Novopay shambles. The system was never ready for implementation, it never should’ve been signed-off, and the safeguards and contingencies that should have been in...
View ArticleContempt for democracy
Even supporters of National’s Charter Schools have asked for changes to draft legislation currently before the Education and Science Select Committee. While the overwhelming majority of the 2,000 or so...
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