School funding not always linked to results
Investing in education is one of the most promising ways for countries to secure their future. And yet, there is a surprisingly tenuous relationship between the amount of money spent per student and the...
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Future of education in NZ for National freightrain
In response to NZ Herald – Every child’s chance to learn second language: National’s education policy – 27 August 2017. Whilst some schools are struggling to get students to learn a first language, we’ll...
Decile Ratings to be Replaced
“A controversial risk modelling tool to guide Government spending in schools is reportedly close to being signed off as a replacement for the decile system. The predictive risk modelling index would replace the decile system,...
Prison Beds or Educated Society
Two point five billion dollars. $2.5 billion dollars. $2,500,000,000.00 That’s a lot of dollar coins. Let me tell you what they will spend it on. No. Not fixing the poverty problem sweeping the country....
David Seymour’s Crying Baby
Waaaa. Waaaa. Stop picking on my baby. David Seymour sure is a whiney wet fish when he comes out to defend his precious little charter schools. This came about as a charter school approached...
John Hattie: It is time to be rid of deciles – Education – NZ Herald News
The decile system was introduced to guide equity funding to schools and in general it has worked very well. But there are two distinct aspects of deciles that need to be looked at separately.Firstly…...
