What labour wants to stop

Radio NZ reports:

A high school offering traditional activities and languages for Pasifika girls will open its doors to 120 students in Term 1 next year.

Sisters United Academy, sponsored by Auckland youth organisation Sisters United, is one of the latest charter schools to be announced by the coalition.

It will teach students in years 9 to13, with those in years 12 and 13 offered flexible combinations of classroom learning, internships, tertiary study, overseas opportunities, or work experience.

Sisters United co-founder Kendal Collins said the new school would be a game changer for her community.

“It’s really a future focused school for our girls and Pasifika-led and culture-centered, so the students learn through their culture, their storytelling, it’s through the language.

“Each girl gets to learn their heritage language through the school and it’s not just an add on. The culture is embedded into every subject that they learn. It’s very personalised.” …

“This is something that’s been needed within our community for so long now and this charter school opportunity is the perfect way to really show that our kids need to learn in a different way and that these different schools that are coming out, is such a blessing because not everybody suits the mainstream system.

“Our goal is to create an environment where our girls are so excited to turn up everyday because they love what they’re learning, they love who they’re learning with and they love the teachers who are teaching them.”

Labour and Greens are vowing to close down all charter schools. They don’t want this flexibility in the state education system. They want such flexibility to only be available in expensive private schools with huge fees.