Wednesday, January 21, 2004
This is well considered and deserves a genuine response
If Education Minister Trevor Mallard can read this article re the NCEA in the Herald and not respond he is even more breathtakingly arrogant than I have long feared. John Morris, headmaster of Auckland Grammar School, knows a little bit about education.
Synopsis of his editorial if you're in a hurry is, NCEA = ideological dross that dumbs down our kids, but some of the not so smart kiddies are feeling a bit better about themselves as a result (Mr Morris is a little more in depth and constructive).
Trev, I hope you can do better than the snide and dismissive 'I know best' press releases of late. Either way, if you have the balls to publicly justify your bulldozer implementation of demonstrably flawed policy in the face of constructive feedback from a professional at the sharp end, I'll happily post it here.
Looking forward to it, but not holding my breath.
