I heard something terribly terribly sad today.
My old school in the UK - a 'Beacon School' not so long ago (a national example of excellent practice) has been forced to declare itself an academy (charter school) after the education board deemed it to be failing (their politically motivated 'standards'.)
It now operates under the governance of the Carphone Warehouse ! (All for the benefit of the pupils, of course!.....)
This makes me sick. Wake up NZ. Dont let this happen to us!
Schools are about people, not profit, or political ideology.
The Dick Smiths Electronics School at Centre Bush? It's a very real possibility.....
A frightening analogy. Good work bringing the insidiousness of this to people's attention, in terms that show why it is just so relevabnt.
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