The Otago Primary Principals' Association has supported its Canterbury counterpart, which has asked boards of trustees in the region to hold off on reporting national standards until fundamental flaws are acknowledged and a sector-driven fix is in place.
Anne Tolley says National Standards are all about children, parents and lifting achievement - not about unions and federations.
Education Minister Anne Tolley will be given a prime speaking slot at the National Party conference in Auckland in a week's time - as well she should be.
Few issues in education have aroused more parental attention than the implementation of national standards in reading, writing and arithmetic for primary and intermediate school pupils.
National education standards will make students feel like failures, Wellington's Mount Cook School principal Sandra McCallum says.
Minister of Education Anne Tolley's resolve on her Government's controversial national standards was under fire last night at a testy public meeting of 150 in Dunedin.
An OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) review team will visit New Zealand this year to assess its education system, including national standards which have been introduced in primary and intermediate schools.
The battle lines have been drawn and hostilities commenced. But, for the sake of children and parents, the warring over the introduction - however flawed - of National Standards should stop, says John Langley.
Vehement and vocal opposition in the Otago region to the Government's National Standards in primary and intermediate schools has prompted the New Zealand Educational Institute to organise a second public meeting in Dunedin to discuss the topic.
Garth George enters the debate over national standards in primary schools.
Education Minister Anne Tolley has appointed the independent group which will work with her on the implementation of national standards in schools.
