2. What is Tomorrows schools? Marketing Individual capital (Funding/raising own money) Social Status/Class Affected by political status
3. What is wanted from the government? “ The government’s objective, broadly expressed, is that every person whatever his level of academic ability, whether he be rich or poor, whether he live in town or country, has a right, as a citizen to be a free education of the kind for which he is best fited and to the fullest extent of his powers” - AJHR, 1939
4. Pros vs Cons Pros: Schools have autonomy. Public is open to free education. Control over own school. (Private) Incentives (Scholarships) Cons: Reproducing social class Higher decile schools can afford better advertising and resources. Decile is perceived as how well a school’s achievement is. Isn’t equal opportunities.
5. Historical Timeline 1967Neglected and Criminal Children act Native Schools 1840 Treaty of Waitangi 1877 Education Act 1989 Tomorrow’s schools 1900
6. Extremes New Zealand’s education swung like a pendulum from one extreme to the other. Eg. 1867 left side politics-1989 right side politics. Tomorrows schools were centralized.
