URL: Go Treasury go | Kiwiblog
More accountability for teachers and larger class sizes are again on the political agenda as Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf shapes up for a scrap with education unions. ... urged yesterday by a teachers' union, the New Zealand Educational Institute, to “stick to his knitting” after he went on the offensive, saying it was the quality of teachers that made the greatest difference to student achievement. .... The tests are all there now – all they need to do is to use them.
