Alwyn Poole
Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13.
The above are headlines from here: https://pmn.co.nz/read/education/we-need-massive-change-charter-schools-a-way-to-help-struggling-pasifika-maori-educator
A couple of key statements.
“Following low NCEA pass rates for Pacific and Māori students, a long-standing educator says the pushback on charter schools ignores ‘how bad things are’.
NCEA figures from May showed a staggering 77 per cent of Pacific students and 71 per cent of Māori failed in maths, with the national total being 54 per cent.
In reading, 63 per cent of Pacific students alongside 54 per cent of Māori did not pass, with writing 56 and 55 per cent failing respectively.
Speaking to William Terite on Pacific Mornings, charter school advocate Alwyn Poole said PPTA member Austen Pageau, in an earlier interview with PMN, scratched the surface on the reality for low-income families.”
“Poole said from annual data set on high school leavers, he found that in their ‘top 40 schools’ 87 per cent of children left with their University Entrance.
However, for their bottom 40 schools, the average was 2.7 per cent.
“It is appalling and yet we go ‘we don’t need to change very much’. We need massive change in New Zealand.”
Alwyn Poole
alwyn.poole@gmail.com
Innovative Education Consultants Ltd
Education 710+ Ltd
(both sites currently being re-done)
alwynpoole.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/alwyn-poole-16b02151/
This article was originally published on the author’s Substack.
