tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post7235309946524876708..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Charter schools not an unpopular ideaLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-32415866882152460012013-10-04T17:29:24.354+13:002013-10-04T17:29:24.354+13:00I was a teacher-both primary and secondary for 37 ... I was a teacher-both primary and secondary for 37 years and I taught in Ontario for a year. In the 1990's they considered our schools to be charter schools as they were much more independent than theirs and under 'Tomorrows Schools' each school did have a charter.<br />The biggest fear the teacher unions have is that the charter schools will succeed. We already have another form of charter school in this country in the Maori immersion schools-unqualified teachers as well! Producing a generation of Maori students who can do the haka etc but can't speak or write English - worst still will be the attitudes they come out with.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-38966137112668757052013-10-03T23:36:38.405+13:002013-10-03T23:36:38.405+13:00Hi Brendan
I left it 36 years ago a partial '...Hi Brendan<br /><br />I left it 36 years ago a partial 'failure'. Had ability but "didn't apply it". Refused a Sixth form certificate for non-completion of work and absenteeism, but scraped through 4 UE subjects on sitting them.<br /><br />The curriculum didn't present me with real life. Subject matter seemed irrelevant. I learned to think through challenging what I was taught. So I feel for kids who are just bored wherever they fit on the conventional capability scales.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-56094709334698799362013-10-03T22:01:00.466+13:002013-10-03T22:01:00.466+13:00Hi Lindsay
Charter schools are an opportunity to ...Hi Lindsay<br /><br />Charter schools are an opportunity to provide the benefits of private education to the less fortunate. It's a small initiative that disrupts the socialist agenda, and it's most welcome.<br /><br />I think most parents recognise that the current system is not working for 20 - 25% of New Zealand's children at the very least. It didn't work for me and I left it more than 40 years ago!<br /><br />Thankfully, students are being offered an alternative, and if it fails miserably they will be no worse off at all. If it succeeds however the PPTA's greatest fears will be realised. That sounds like a win-win to me.<br /><br />Kind regards<br />BrendanBrendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com