Education Reports and an apology to Kiwiblog People
Earlier this week I did a horrible job of loading onto Kiwiblog two reports on the NZ Education system I had completed with some fantastic contributors.
I have had a good number of emails from KBers requesting the reports. Very happy to do that through alwyn.poole@gmail.com
I will also have them loaded on www.innovativeeducation.co.nz later today.
The first report:” The Appalling Condition of our State Education System … and … How to be World Leading in Just 19 Years” is multi-faceted and has significant contributions by leading experts in the field of Education.
The report ends with 13 recommendations to turn around our antiquated and failing system.
To me the key recommendation is to create a state of the art, information and communications based Crown Entity for Parenting – to assist from pregnancy through to early adulthood. This has some very good supporters including Neuro-Science Educator Nathan Wallis (who is well worth getting to comment).
The second report is an example of the data sets I am making available so that parents, taxpayers and all interested in schooling can see just how things stand. This particular set looks at the UE statistics for the LEAVERS of every High-School.
Other relevant data sets by school I have are:
– L1 for Leavers
– L2 for Leavers.
– L3 for Leavers.
– Retention Until 17 years old.
– Progress to Degree Level Study.
They are all matched to the EQI system that replaced the decile system leading into this year.
I was on the Education Panel for the NZ Economics Forum on Thursday and the reports were very well received.
This is a link to the forum: https://events.waikato.ac.nz/events/new-zealand-economics-forum-2023
Two immediate media items were:
- www.theplatform.kiwi/podcasts/episode/alwyn-poole-on-the-state-of-education-in-new-zealand
- www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/131382564/nz-education-sector-problems-very-solvable-consultant-says
Very happy to answer questions. Education should be a huge issue this election – as I quote Cameron Bagrie:
“I challenge anyone to pick a better indicator today where the economy is going to be in thirty years than the education outcomes of the past and next decade. Education today defines the economy in thirty years. The school kids of today are the business owners and leaders of tomorrow. We are in trouble if you look at attendance and achievement.”
As I said above – if you are interested in the reports – ask and you shall receive: alwyn.poole@gmail.com