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Teachers could be rated based on how much they lift student achievement, if a big-business think tank has its way. The New Zealand Initiative, which says the combined revenue of its 54 member companies represents a quarter of the NZ economy, calls in a new report for better data to measure how good teachers are. Read more
Listen to Amplifying Excellence author Martine Udahemuka and President of the PPTA Jack Boyle discuss whether schools should control all of their own funding.
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Education Research Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative, Martine Udahemuka, speaks on The Project about the Initiative's latest education report on school performance, Amplifying Excellence: Promoting Transparency, Professionalism and Support in Schools. Read more
Parents lucky enough to be able to choose among different schools weigh up schools’ deciles and NCEA performance. Unfortunately, neither of these necessarily show which would be the right choice for their children. Read more
A report suggesting radical reforms of the way teachers and schools are assessed has been shot down by those working in the sector. The New Zealand Initiative, a market-oriented think tank, says existing measures of "success" are unfair on lower-decile schools, which are often achieving much better results than raw data would suggest. Read more
The Initiative's Executive Director Dr Oliver Hartwich speaks to SBS Radio (in German) on our recent business delegation to Switzerland.
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We launched our newest education report, Amplifying Excellence: Promoting Transparency, Professionalism and Support in Schools, with a panel discussion in Wellington. The Minister of Education spoke at the event and was followed by our panel who gave their views on the report's findings and on NZ's education system. Read more
Do you fancy living your lives more like the Swiss? It doesn’t mean developing a fondness for chocolate, fondue, beautiful watches or cuckoo clocks. Read more
Imagine what would happen if a third of the people you worked with were absent at least half a day per week? Most employers would not tolerate it. Read more
The primary teachers' union NZEI reports that partnership schools attract two to three times as much funding as state schools. But the Ministry of Education, in its role as referee, has always maintained funding is equivalent across both school types. Read more