How education really does start at home

This is a thought provoking article from today's New Zealand Herald.  It starts:

'Failure starts before a child has even set foot in the classroom, writes Jim Traue.

The debate on how we deal with the "tail", the one in five pupils Hekia Parata says are seriously under-performing, has been skilfully channelled down one path, that of the failure of the schools. They are at fault and have to make major changes'.

To read the article in full, click here.