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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 2:29p.m.

Green Party education spokeswoman Catherine Delahunty

Green Party education spokeswoman Catherine Delahunty

The government is being challenged to say where the money is going to come from for charter schools under National's support agreement with ACT.

The agreement says public funding will be provided and the Greens suspect existing state schools will suffer cuts.

"Charter schools will be state-funded private schools free from the regulations and accountability currently binding public schools," education spokeswoman Catherine Delahunty said on Wednesday.

"National and ACT's agreement to set up and fund this form of private school is a huge policy to spring on the electorate post-election."

She says it's a "stealthy shake-up" of the education system and the government must say whether the money is going to come from the already-stretched education budget.

The schools will be run by private enterprise, iwi and community groups aiming to deliver better education in poor areas than state schools provide.

Existing poorly performing schools will be taken over, or new ones established.

The project is still a long way off and the first step will be the appointment of an implementation group to develop it.

Prime Minister John Key has said he expects private financing will be available in addition to state funding.

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12 Jan 2012 10:16p.m.

Brendon wrote:

A few questions. Answer them for me if you can. 1. We are ranked 4th in the world in education behind 3 mono-cultural countries, Finland,Japan and Korea. National Standards and Charter Schools are ideas which come from countries ranked well below us (USA, Great Britain and Canada). Why do we need these systems if they're already failing the countries they came from? 2. Who will take the credit if this idea is a success? 3.Who will get the blame if the idea fails? 4.The tail of underachieving students in NZ has dropped from 20% down to 14% in the last 5 years. We are the number 1 ranked multi-cultural country in education in the world. Are our teachers taking the blame for educational things or are they just a great diversion tactic - what about the wide spread levels of child poverty in NZ? If you can answer any of these questions for me it would be much appreciated. I wonder if your answer for question 2 is the same as for question 3. It should be but it probably isn't.

09 Dec 2011 08:43a.m.

Dalene wrote:

Here is why performance based pay won't work in a teaching environment. Teachers simply aren't motivated by money. If they were, they wouldn't have been teachers in the first place. What they needs is autonomy, purpose and mastery. When the teaching profession becomes over burdened by accountability, these three things become eroded. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

08 Dec 2011 12:38p.m.

RA wrote:

Ok Matt .......... lets have a look at your mug , let me guess ., pasty faced , blue and very unfit . A typical tory type. Always slagging off NZ s best , Teachers , Nurses .. and anyone who cares about the environment .

08 Dec 2011 12:12p.m.

cherie wrote:

I think this idea is going to work. Teachers getting performance based pay is a fantastic idea. Who doesnt work harder for more money. Excellent news but not for the lazy ones. About time

08 Dec 2011 09:51a.m.

Chris wrote:

'Danny' stop being a moron - listen carfully. National won - Labour lost - do you understand this ? normal voting Kiwi's rejected the nasty Labour, Green, Union block - it's simple really - so get off your socialist pity pot, get a job and get a life.
BUT MOST OF ALL - STOP MOANING.

And those morons who appear upset about charter schools should remember that the majority of voters supported MMP and this is the result - so again - stop moaning.

Its amazing that those opposed to progress, flexibility and choice when it comes to our children are the moronic socialists and unionists. They are blinded by their corrupt and failed ideolgies - so much so that they are willing to let out children suffer - unbeleviable really.

08 Dec 2011 07:53a.m.

aiden wrote:

wow danny what a arrogant angry person you are. try to educate yourself, charter schools aren't russian and they are doing so well in the US bill gates is campaigning for the US education system to be completely charter schooling. peter's is a fool, a fool that allows racism and hatred in his party, and whose supporters like yourself post vile comments

08 Dec 2011 07:26a.m.

Thomas wrote:

(i) It is just a trial. So it will cost pocket money. And if it doesn't work it won't expand. (ii) They will supplement, not replace, the existing public school system. No student will be forced to attend one of these charter schools. I do not understand the outrage over this proposal. Good on National and ACT for trying some new ideas and giving the people of south Auckland and east Christchurch some choice. Screw the unions. They oppose anything that comes from National and anything that changes the status quo. If National offered teachers a generous pay rise, they'd put out a press release saying it wasn't enough.

08 Dec 2011 06:11a.m.

Brent wrote:

Good spotting Matt, I didn't get past green.

08 Dec 2011 12:22a.m.

ben wrote:

good on the man . we are a christian nation not a pagan nation . its ok to make fun of christians but to the heathen we bend over backwards . enogh is enough .

07 Dec 2011 07:33p.m.

Danny wrote:

Chris seem you are so up yourself and the Nat party,you are scum.Why did this not get mentioned prior too the elections??? No as Key is so two faced,and too Get another Nat drop out back into parliament just shows what length he will go for power as he did not have a land slide victory,he could be out by 2014,Peters is no fool but Key is as he is SHIT scared that his numbers will fall,Either he or Banks will go down,Banks and his Russian Ideas of education will come a crashing like his defeat in the Auckland council did.Chris you are so cock sure and you want everyone on here to believe what you write,which is utter blue blood bull shit.