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Is David Seymour changing the rules for his charter schools?

Thursday, 10 December 2015, 9:06 am | Save Our Schools NZ

Is David Seymour changing the rules for charter schools to make it easier for them to meet their contract performance standards? More >>

Charter School Funding: The (Updated) Facts

Thursday, 26 November 2015, 10:58 am | Save Our Schools NZ

This time last year the Ministry of Education published a shamefully misleading publication, ironically called “State and Partnership Schools: The Facts”. More >>

Seymour's Charter School Claims are Utter Nonsense

Friday, 14 August 2015, 1:08 pm | Save Our Schools NZ

David Seymour’s claim that charter school NCEA achievement is “Very High” is utter nonsense More >>

Hekia statement about charter school funding misleads

Thursday, 30 July 2015, 10:17 am | Save Our Schools NZ

The taxpayer will pay a total of $839,400 in the second half of 2015 for the troubled Wairua charter school that would not have been payable if the Minister had closed the school at the end of the second term. More >>

Hekia and biased promotion of charter school NCEA results

Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 12:01 pm | Save Our Schools NZ

Hekia Parata has been misleading Parliament again and showing how biased she is in favour of her beloved charter schools. More >>

Hekia misleads the House on charter school funding

Friday, 3 July 2015, 9:44 am | Save Our Schools NZ

Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, misled the House yesterday in response to questions about the large surplus accumulating in one of her charter schools. More >>

Fact Checker: Hekia and Charter School Finances

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 9:54 am | Save Our Schools NZ

Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, faced a few questions in parliament yesterday about the $2.5 million surplus that one of her charter schools has accumulated in only 15 months. More >>

Charter Schools: The Shroud of Secrecy continues

Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 3:44 pm | Save Our Schools NZ

The Ministry of Education finally released the ERO Readiness Review of the Whangaruru charter school in February 2015, one complete year after the school opened. More >>

“Fact Checker: Vanguard’s 2014 NCEA Results

Thursday, 19 February 2015, 12:43 pm | Save Our Schools NZ

The press release from Vanguard Military School on its 2014 NCEA results makes for impressive reading on the surface (release date 18 February 2015). Digging deeper, a few key questions are worth asking. More >>

Partnership School Funding

Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 1:54 pm | Save Our Schools NZ

The Ministry of Education has produced a brochure that attempts to explain “Partnership Schools” funding. Unfortunately, it does a good job of highlighting the problems, rather than answering the real questions. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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