Charter Schools – Information for Principals and Boards

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 The report is not peer-reviewed and is published by a right-wing think tank which is partly funded by the anti-worker and anti-union Walton Family.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.