Charter Schools – Information for Principals and Boards
Principals and school boards may have questions about or be interested in discussing charter schools.
Above is a document you can print which has some key considerations for boards, covering key points around:
- Community representation and voice
- The contract model
- Performance targets
- Funding
- Support from the Ministry of Education
- Teachers
Further information can be found here:
Summary of the Cabinet Paper
A New Framework for Charter Schools – a summary of the May release of a Cabinet document outlining the anticipated legislation around charter schools.
NZ Herald
Charter Schools will fail again, and here is why - Dr Shannon Walsh NZEI Strategic Researcher
Education International
In Defence of Public Education (video and excerpts)
Network for Public Education analysis of CREDO (Stanford) Study
An In-Depth Critique of the CREDO 2023 National Report.pdf
This is an important read – the Ministry is using the CREDO report (sometimes referred to as the Stanford study) to provide charter schools with a sense of legitimacy. The report is not peer-reviewed and is published by a right-wing think tank which is partly funded by the anti-worker and anti-union Walton Family. The methodology of the report that Ass. Minister Seymour is using as evidence does not provide a robust analysis of the context.