anne tolley Archive

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    National/Act unknowingly embark on Cullen creation project? - by frog



    If I was a teacher at a public secondary school I’d be dusting off my CV about now and looking for the ivy covered walls of a private school (confusingly known as public schools in The UK) read more
    October 1, 2009 9:06 am - 2 Comments
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    You’re free to pay - by frog



    Brian Rudman seems to have found a Labour Party candidate who agrees with Green policy All power to Viv Goldsmith, Labour’s candidate in East Coast Bays, for speaking out against the fiction that school fees are “donations”… Ms Goldsmith, a teacher herself, says she mails off her request for fees to the minister each time [...] read more
    October 31, 2008 1:33 pm - 13 Comments
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    More for school support staff rather than more tests - by frog



    National has come in for some flack over its suggestion that it would introduce national testing and national standards in schools. It doesn’t seem entirely clear that it is introducing national testing, with the media saying yes, and National’s education spokesperson Anne Tolley saying: I am mystified by the Federation’s references to National testing. We [...] read more
    October 2, 2008 9:41 am - 3 Comments