policy education nz

The future may or may not be Finnish

Last Friday the 21st Century Learning Reference Group here in NZ released their "Future-focused learning in connected communities" report. The document is worth a read, but if you're busy, read the summary. RadioNZ has already picked up the story, and reported these key points: ".. the ministry should

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Triumph and Disaster Part 1

Paul Brislen asked me to write a little piece for the TUANZ blog, and I'm grateful to him for offering to host my writing. I sent him this piece, and he was kind enough to let me run well over his normal word limit. I've made a few revisions and

Triumph and Disaster Part 2

In New Zealand education policy, the failure of Talent2 and the Ministry of Education to build and deliver the Novopay payroll system has been widely covered in the media. This failure occurred for a number of technical and contractual reasons, many of which have been laid out in reviews. The

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The School of the Future isn't brought to you by Sun Microsystems

Or Dell. Or Yahoo. Or Facebook. Or Google. I wrote most of this post last November, but I was reminded of it today, after reading this article The Future of Education? First 'Samsung School' in Canada Opens. I joked about opening a Yates school, but maybe it's not a joke

Public Achievement Information

Buried deep within the Ministry's website are these pages. If you're at all interested in the future of NZ education - please take the time to peruse them and consider what they mean for the shape and feel of schools and learning. Public Achievement Information page Flyer for parents on

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Short response to Ms Tolley - and her 'National Standards in Literacy & Numeracy'

But schools are doing this already. At the very least the one's I've taught in are doing it. The teachers I work with are passionate about what they do and constantly evaluating how we can be doing our jobs better and more effectively. We're well aware of the students that