Alwyn Poole: Three Key Articles to Consider re Education in NZ

There would have been four articles but the use of taxpayer’s money to pay for teacher registration has already been posted. 

1. An interesting article re moving away from State Schools altogether.

I believe that there are a number of reasons why the Australian system now appears to be moving well ahead of NZ. You can stipulate the others but the fact that nearly 36% of students are in private schools in Australia and less than 4% in New Zealand.

This article – raises many interesting points – e.g.

Kevin Donnelly from Australia: Lifting student achievement

Forget the argument that non-government schools are no different to government schools in terms of outcomes – Catholic schools in particular have high completion rates and are better able to help disadvantaged students do better than otherwise might be expected.

It’s Year 12 examination time and while there are many other indicators of a student’s success at school – including sporting achievements and developing personal life skills – there’s no doubt that Year 12 results are high on the list.