Behind the Education Overhaul

Behind the education overhaul

When Michael Johnston stepped onto the stage to speak at an education conference last week, the crowd was tetchy and tense. He wasn’t expecting a warm reception but for the first time in his long career in education, he was heckled and booed, according to one bystander. Johnston is the lead educator for the think tank The New Zealand Initiative, and has played a key role in drawing up the Government’s controversial draft curriculum, while the au…

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