“To use these tools well — to not be used by them — you need exactly the things we’re told are becoming obsolete. A broad liberal arts education. Domain expertise. Critical thinking. A feel for what humans actually sound like. The ability to spot when something seems off.“
Erica’s claim to have fixed maths is an open goal for any journalist.
On display from both politicians and ideologues hacking at the curriculum is a deep contempt for genuine engagement with systems of knowledge and critical thinking. It‘s one thing to not understand learning; it‘s another to forcibly cut children off from these opportunities.
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Stanford played a role in the writing of the senior English curriculum, reviewing documents and providing feedback to Ministry officials on at least 10 February, 14 March and 27 March.
When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
There is a way to delay the effects of this. And it’s in the Bill.
Tell me about it
Shame on the govt for passing this Bill.
The disregard of democratic process is alarming.
A short wrap of the conference, plus the video of the complete keynote from Professor Pasi Sahlberg.
Erica Stanford wants to link your child’s academic performance to their teacher’s ability to make their mortgage payments.
No. Email. But that’s a good point
When I chased them last week about it, they first said ooops sorry, we’ll reply soon.
But they didn’t relook. Instead, they “reviewed the material with which you have been provided” and were satisfied there was nothing else.
These are the actions of an office that wants to avoid accountability.
Last week, I had an issue with a prior OIA I hadn’t heard back about. I had challenged their “there’s nothing” findings and got stuff about Rata that was in scope.
They said they’d look at the other parts and get back to me. They didn’t.
They say: “there is no requirement under the Act to create information or form an opinion in order to respond, so any questions framed in such a way as to invite commentary, justification or explanation”
Seems they’re taking an extreme interpretation of this.
Heads up OIA warriors.
Erica Stanford’s office are up to all kinds of tricks to delay or deny requests.
Eg. Despite me providing the link to an interview, typing out specific quotes, & asking factual questions about each quote, they are claiming it will be refused under section 18(g) of the Act.
“The govt claims school boards are no place for upholding Te Tiriti, and wants to change the law to ensure there’s no requirement on boards to do so.
Rahui Papa says the proposal flies in the face of sector consultation……and puts the educational success of tamariki at stake.” #nzpol
*are leading
Understanding the harm of the Stanford Curriculum in 142 words The Minister's "regressive, recolonising changes" include: • Removing $30 million worth of funding for teachers to learn Te Reo Mãori. • Removing resource teachers of Mãori who support Mãori language acquisition. • Removing the National Education Learning Priorities, which required educators to ensure schools were safe, inclusive, and free of racism, discrimination, and bullying. • Removing 27 junior readers that contain Te Reo Mãori and Mãori context from English medium schools. • Intending to take control of the Teaching Council, the independent professional body for teachers. • Removing the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. • Deprioritising Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the draft curriculum. • Appropriating Matauranga Māori within the draft curriculum. • Sanitising what learners learn about Aotearoa New Zealand histories and local Māori history in the draft curriculum. • Removing the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Aotearoa Educators Collective aec.org.nz
Erica Stanford’s end of year report, written by 500 NZ teachers, is a good read.
In other news, her office is refusing to process an OIA where I ask for numbers of educators who support her, since she keeps referring to them. Having quite a good back and forth about it!
Black tuff tray with a painted bonfire against black railings which the children washed off with water sprayers.
At preschool today one of our practitioners had made a painted 'bonfire' in a tuff tray for the children to put out with water sprayers. It was such a lovely example of creativity + building grip strength through #play! One of the parents is a fire fighter so it made the play very personal too. ☺️
I see Erica was still quoting her dodgy (false) phonics data in the House today, this time in relation to Te Tiriti.
A: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101. B: The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
