Tomorrow’s Schools review v Budget 2019 - what needs fixing
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 4:00 pm Press Release: NZSTA
Budget 2019 shows clearly what the government thinks really
needs fixing in education.
Budget 2019’s priorities for
education include several key areas that NZSTA and other
stakeholder groups have expressed concern about: the cost to
parents of a supposedly ‘free’ state education, the
shortfall in resources to cater to disability and learning
support, workforce issues, and the condition of school
property.
It’s noticeable that despite the recent
Tomorrow’s Schools Taskforce report, school boards of
trustees are not on the list of things that Budget 2019 says
need fixing.
"Actions speak louder than words," says NZSTA
President Lorraine Kerr, "and the government’s actions so
far show that they are probably of the same opinion as us -
that what’s become broken in our education system is the
commitment to provide what every student needs to ensure
their own personal success.
"It’s not boards of trustees
that need fixing, it’s the myriad of problems they
currently deal
with."
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