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QPEC Release: Tick For Kids
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 3:05 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
“QPEC welcomes the launch of the Tick For Kids campaign. It is time to put our children first and focus on policies that aim to improve the living conditions of Kiwi kids. More >>
“Public” Funding but “Private” Operation
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 4:03 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The issues behind the referral of the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust subsidiary to the Serious Fraud Office by the Minister of Education illustrate the growing complexities of where, how and by whom public funds are ultimately spent. More >>
QPEC: Charter School Arrogance versus the Public Interest
Friday, 23 May 2014, 12:53 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The release yesterday of the parties interested in establishing a charter school has, yet again, signalled an utter contempt for the public interest. Only last year, Ombudsman Professor Ron Paterson ruled that a more informed public discourse about ... More >>
60th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education
Friday, 16 May 2014, 3:28 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
60th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education: One of the landmark civil rights cases of our time More >>
QPEC Update: NZ’s Charter Schools Small and Expensive
Monday, 12 May 2014, 3:36 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
NZ’s charter schools are proving to be small and expensive, according to figures obtained under the Official Information Act. More >>
Minister of Education compromises senior OECD official
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 4:12 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The Quality Public Education Coalition is concerned that an OECD official's integrity and independence has been compromised by New Zealand’s Minister of Education, Hekia Parata. More >>
World Autism Awareness Day
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 12:19 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
“Wednesday 2 April is World Autism Awareness Day and QPEC wishes to acknowledge all those who work so hard to support autistic learners, in both their families and in our schools. More >>
Accountability for public funds is the issue
Monday, 24 March 2014, 9:55 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Quality Public Education Coalition “Minister of Education Hekia Parata has done a huge disservice to public education with her mismanagement of the inquiry into the spending of public funds by the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust,” says Quality ... More >>
QPEC welcomes wider access to Special Assistance support
Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 3:10 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC welcomes the recent announcement that hundreds more students will get extra help for NCEA assessments to meet their special learning needs. “This is a significant development for those students whose parents cannot afford to pay for the specialist ... More >>
Government disingenuous about school funding
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 4:08 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
“The John Key-led government continues to lack sincerity and honesty about how it is funding school property investment, while continuing to mislead the public on its controversial asset sales programme”, says QPEC Chairperson, Bill Courtney. More >>
Education and the ACT Party
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 3:33 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The Party of American Crackpot Theories, otherwise known as the ACT Party, holds its 2014 Party Conference this weekend. The Quality Public Education Coalition has put together a handy set of pointers to help reporters covering the conference to ... More >>
QPEC comment on education policy annoucement
Friday, 24 January 2014, 11:11 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC comment on the government’s 2014 education policy announcement First, QPEC welcomes the government’s intention to increase funding for education. However, we are concerned that the policy on school principals and teachers, while providing ... More >>
Minister disingenuous about National Standards funding
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 9:22 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, is being economical with the truth regarding the support now being given to support priority students and schools, says QPEC National Chairperson, Bill Courtney. More >>
QPEC Open Letter to Peter Hughes, Secretary of Education
Friday, 22 November 2013, 2:39 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Dear Mr Hughes, On behalf of the Quality Public Education Coalition (“QPEC”) I am writing to introduce our organisation and express our desire to participate actively in the education policy debate in New Zealand. More >>
Time for Civics and Citizenship education in our schools
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:23 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
“The very low voter turnout for the local body elections this year points to the urgent need for Civics and Citizenship education in our schools. This has been a serous gap in New Zealand’s education system for a long time and the recent election ... More >>
Putting the public back into public education
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:38 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
“The High Court decision on the proposed merger of Phillipstown School is a victory for common sense and the little guys”, says Quality Public Education Coalition Chairperson, Bill Courtney. More >>
QPEC statement on charter schools: Is this it?
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:47 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC members can find nothing new, exciting or innovative in these proposals - nothing that does not already exist within the public school system except a touch of military discipline and a dose of Remuera missionary schooling in South Auckland. More >>
The Folly of data fascination
Monday, 19 August 2013, 12:57 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Unfortunately, neither Education Minister, Hekia Parata, nor the editors of the Fairfax Media School Report database, understand the difference between data, information and knowledge. More >>
Greater accountability needed for NZ's charter school
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:19 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
“This past week has been a poor one for so-called Partnership Schools, New Zealand’s version of charter schools. It is now clear that the authorisation process does not meet the standards expected of open and transparent government, according to the ... More >>
“QPEC Doesn’t Buy the Rhetoric Behind Charter Schools”
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 2:48 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, has again attempted to defend the ideology behind the introduction of the charter school concept into New Zealand. More >>
