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Triumph and Disaster Part 1

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:33:44 +0000

Paul Brislen asked me to write a little piece for the TUANZ blog, and I’m grateful to him for offering to host my writing. I sent him this piece, and he was kind enough to let me run well over his normal word limit. I’ve made a few revisions and now post it here in two parts. Please comment and hold me to account.

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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

Triumph and Disaster Part 2

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:31:27 +0000

In New Zealand education policy, the failure of Talent2 and the Ministry of Education to build and deliver the Novopay payroll system has been widely covered in the media. This failure occurred for a number of technical and contractual reasons, many of which have been laid out in reviews. The recently released Ministerial inquiry lays the blame for failure in a range of places. But in reading some of the timeline details, and the technical review I got the sense that during the process, failure was not tolerated or accepted.

For Great Justice!

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:25:41 +0000

Malaysia announces plan to place Christian faith at the centre of education.

Which of course it doesn’t.

But with a bit of text editing, that blog post about the power of Google to transform education becomes this.

“As a parent of three kids, I have the same aspirations as many other parents and educators—to provide them with the best opportunities to learn and discover their passions. For many students, the Christian faith has become an incredible resource for the classroom, offering tools to work collaboratively, share and research. School systems of all sizes—from a single primary school to an entire country such as the Philippines—have “Gone Bible” in their schools and embraced the gospel to transform education.

Public Achievement Information

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:03:17 +0000

Buried deep within the Ministry’s website are these pages. If you’re at all interested in the future of NZ education - please take the time to peruse them and consider what they mean for the shape and feel of schools and learning.

Public Achievement Information page

Flyer for parents on PAI

Timeline for PAI - 2012 - 2017

PAI - The Case for system-wide improvement

PAI - Use of Data - Expected Outcomes

Response to Mr Roughan

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:22:20 +0000

Although I understand Mr. Roughan’s job is to provide grits for the masses to chew on - I do take issue with a few of his points.

His article, entitled: ’ Expel protectionism from schools’ was on the NZ Herald site last Saturday. I only read it after Russell Brown picked it apart over on publicaddress.

Here then are my thoughts that I also posted on the publicaddress message boards.

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Although I understand Mr. Roughan’s job is to provide grits for the masses to chew on - I do take issue with a few of his points.