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David Law: Does more money always buy better education?
2 Mar, 2021 04:35 AM
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Creative solutions rather than reaching for the cheque book will help get our children s education back on track. Photo / Michael Craig
Creative solutions rather than reaching for the cheque book will help get our children s education back on track. Photo / Michael Craig
NZ Herald
OPINION: A well-functioning education system that delivers good outcomes for all is essential to New Zealand s future prosperity and its people s wellbeing. However, there have been a growing number of stories about New Zealand s educational decline over recent months.
The fact that our students performance in reading, maths and science, relative to their peers internationally, has been slipping for decades is profoundly concerning. What exactly is going on, and could something obvious, such as a lack of funding or poor value for money from education spending, be blamed?