Leading the way in education – instead of following the failing neo liberal agenda – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Leading the way in education – instead of following the failing neo liberal agenda – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:

Leading the way in education – instead of following the failing neo liberal agenda

by Activism in paradise - Voices from down under

by Bruce Hammonds

Reposted from Leading-Learning.

‘Education in America  is at a crossroads’, writes American educator Yong-Zhao

Ironically while China is busy trying to transform its test orientated education into a talent orientated system, writes Chinese born but now a respected American educator Yong- Zhao, America ( and now New Zealand) is moving towards a standardized test driven culture.

Why right wing politicians in New Zealand would want to follow the failing neo-liberal agenda of the USA is more to do with politics than education.

In America they have the No Child Left Behind testing programmes based around literacy and numeracy and in New Zealand we have National Standards.

Why we follow the failing approaches of the USA, the UK and Australia when we could be leading the world into developing a system that focuses on developing the talents and gifts of all students shows a lack of direction by those who profess to lead our schools. Schools cannot just be simply against such standards,