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Subtext: Subtext, Issue 60, 30 April
2008.
In Subtext this month: Student loan scheme 'very generous and not a barrier'; Funding increase for private schools likely from National; Swedish company gets ok to set up state-funded schools in London; UK universities encouraged by govt to seek private funding; Public funding of tertiary education subsidises 'the better-off'; Tertiary education should 'aid countries' economic and social objectives' |
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Presentation: Zero fees and a universal student allowance for New Zealand?, 16 April
2008.
This presentation provides support material to the speech 'Zero fees and a universal student allowance for New Zealand' |
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Speech: Zero fees and a universal student allowance for
New Zealand?, 16 April
2008.
Speech by Norman LaRocque to the Hamilton East Rotary Club |
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Media release: New member for Education Forum from Independent Schools of NZ, 13 March
2008.
The Education Forum is pleased to welcome the new executive director of Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ), Deborah James, as a member. |
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Oped: Issue 117: Don't demonise private education, 11 March
2008.
By Jennifer Buckingham. Significant and increasing numbers of children are attending religious institutions for their education. |
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Feature: Made in Sweden: the new Tory education revolution, 10 March
2008.
This summer, at least 25,000 children will drop out of English schools without a single qualification to show for their years of compulsory education. Some 240,000 will graduate from primary school unable to read or write properly ... It will, tragically, be just another year in one of the world's highest-funded education systems. |
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Oped: Issue 116: No longer choosing choice, 4 March
2008.
By Andrew Coulson. It is possible to give all families access to a free education marketplace – by dramatically expanding and liberalizing existing choice programs, or adopting new ones. But you can't expect current programs to produce free-market results in the absence of free markets. |
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Oped: Issue 115: Lagging in the reading stakes, 21 February
2008.
By Tom Nicholson. What is going on? In the last two weeks we have celebrated the success of New Zealand’s 15-year-olds in an international survey of Reading, Numeracy, and Science called PISA.
But then a week after the PISA results were published the Ministry released results of another international study which found that New Zealand’s 10-year-olds came 24th out of 45 participants which is a very average result. |
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Oped: Issue 114: Time to change way we judge schools, 6 February
2008.
By John Langley. There is a dilemma over school funding. How schools are funded is always a touchy subject. It has been an ongoing debate for years and won't go away as long as the present funding structures exist. Invariably principals, trustees and teachers say there is never enough money. |
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Oped: Issue 113: Science and maths: could we do better?, 1 February
2008.
By Roger Kerr. Parents worrying about their children’s aptitude and interest in science and maths, and concerned about how they might fare in the school year ahead, would have been alarmed to read in late December of the sharp decline in maths and science teachers without relevant qualifications. |
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Media release: National's student loan position a barrier to tertiary education quality, 31 January
2008.
The National Party announcement that, if elected, it will not reverse Labour's 'no interest' student loan policy means the continuation of an unaffordable and wasteful tertiary education policy whatever the election result, says the Education Forum. |
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Media release: Official report exposes student loan policy’s increasing cost to taxpayer, 28 December
2007.
The student loan no-interest policy is costing taxpayers more and more, the Education Forum has found in figures in the recently released Student Loan Scheme Annual Report. |
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Publication: Skill Development and Skill
Shortages in New Zealand, 15 November
2007.
New Zealand has seen sustained and significant shortages of skilled labour for a number of years. They have occurred despite considerable government investment in tertiary education and training. Their ongoing nature raises questions about industry training policy design – and tertiary education policy generally – and what, if anything can be done to address them. |
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Media release: Industry training good but alone can’t solve skills shortages, report argues, 15 November
2007.
Industry training schemes should be balanced with increased government support for employer programmes to more fully tackle skills shortages, an Education Forum report argues. |
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Media release: Complex new curriculum can’t succeed without better teacher resourcing, 6 November
2007.
The new school curriculum has good intentions but needs to be backed up by good teachers and the right amount of resourcing if it is to succeed. |
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Oped: Issue 112: Scoring our schools: what makes for a good education?, 31 October
2007.
By Roger Kerr. As senior school students across the country prepare for their final exams next month, we already know what some of the outcomes will be ... |
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Hot Topic: #37 Public private partnerships in education a growing force around the world, 17 October
2007.
With the Opposition National Party last month announcing ideas on public private partnerships (PPPs) in school building and maintenance, and with government ministers seemingly at odds with each other over PPPs, it’s timely to highlight the latest in news and commentary on PPPs from around the world. |
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