Melanie Webber: Teacher's union on report finding MoE went ahead with new modern learning environments without evidence

The Mike Hosking Breakfast - A podcast by Newstalk ZB - Sundays

A new report has found the Ministry of Education barrelled forward with their new modern learning environments without any evidence behind it. The New Zealand Initiative report found ideology was the driver for the change. The Ministry couldn't provide basic info on the number of learning environments, the cost or their effectiveness as learning environments. They also didn't research the effects of these new environments on students learning before forcing schools to adopt them. Post Primary Teachers’ Association president Melanie Webber joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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