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Narrow and superficial report on charter schools - NZEI
Narrow and superficial report on charter schools -
NZEI
6 October
The government’s so-called evaluation of charter schools fails to address the key issue of how well students are being educated.
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter says it is extraordinary that the report comes to conclusions based on looking at just three of the five charter schools that opened in 2014.
“We know that at least one school has been so dysfunctional that the Minister had the embarrassment of having to threaten it with closure," he says.
"It is a concern that instead of educational outcomes and great teaching, the report highlights governance and management as evidence of innovation in charter schools. And extraordinarily, the report says that 'innovation' is because they do not have parental involvement.
"This is a business approach to running schools that runs counter to the evidence that children learn best when parents and whanau are involved in their education.
"It is also ironic that the charter
schools say their success depends on small class sizes and
small schools when the government would like to increase
class sizes and close small schools in the public
sector.
"It is a pity the report’s authors did not
visit our innovative and successful public schools and do a
real comparative study."
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NZEI Te Riu Roa
New Zealand Educational Institute
NZEI Te Riu Roa members work in every community in New Zealand, leading and advocating for quality public education.
We are the 50,000 principals, teachers and support staff who work in primary, area and secondary schools as well as early childhood centres, special education and school advisory services. We come together as NZEI Te Riu Roa - New Zealand's largest education union, a Treaty based organisation and a powerful advocate for quality public education.
We have the most important job in New Zealand - educating for the future.
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