This is a great reminder of our history over time. It’s a recurring effort to bend the system to the “right” even though these policies don’t do what is needed. It’s too easy to blame teachers, unions and naysayers for the breaks in progress. Policy failure can be fixed so educators can do their job without random change. If only……
Appreciate the detailed backgrounding in the article. Although I still follow education issues I've been out of it for over 20 years so am not up with the intricacies of political manouevering as much as I should be. So thanks again.
This is a great reminder of our history over time. It’s a recurring effort to bend the system to the “right” even though these policies don’t do what is needed. It’s too easy to blame teachers, unions and naysayers for the breaks in progress. Policy failure can be fixed so educators can do their job without random change. If only……
Thanks for this great article.
Great article! Also not so fun fact, Milton Friedman himself complimented Don Brash when he was leader of National for "living up to his contract"
Thanks for joining the dots with such clarity.
Good one, David. We keep going round and round the same whirlpool of educational nonsense.
Appreciate the detailed backgrounding in the article. Although I still follow education issues I've been out of it for over 20 years so am not up with the intricacies of political manouevering as much as I should be. So thanks again.