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Kate Hawkesby: The future of this country depends on our kids' education
As we await Budget day announcements and an inkling as to where the Government’s interested in putting money, I hope we see some more investment in education.
Our stats around education are now so woeful and so depressing that I’m not even sure more money would fix it – but it needs drilling down on as a priority for this Government given where we’re at.
The latest global study shows the reading skills of Kiwi kids continues to go backwards.
Backwards.
Our reading score is the lowest now that it’s ever been; we are sliding backwards on every measure.
So we have record numbers of kids not…
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