The unions say the proposal, on which Ms Parata's Ministry of Education is consulting with an across-the-sector group, will allow teachers' salaries to be spent on other things. Might it mean lost classroom time if teachers get serious about blocking Ms Parata and the Cabinet gets serious about teaching teachers discipline? (Ms Parata agrees.) That requires, Mr Hipkins says, a ``different focus'' for the Education Review Office and a complete revamp of the Ministry of Education. That word comes easily to Ms Parata in a ``social investment'' Cabinet.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 15, 2016 18:22 UTC