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How do we fund systemic impact?
This is a question that keeps challenging me as Kia Kotahi Ako sets out to support systems change in education and I am meeting many amazing education initiatives and funders. It is a topic that we will be returning to again and again but I thought I would share these thoughts and would love to hear what others are thinking too…
Ko te wānanga, kei a koutou kē.
“Our current method of education is not serving every child,” Joanne says. “It was designed on a faulty premise, an old paradigm, following the English model. We’re not English. We’re New Zealanders. We are Māori. We are a mix of other Pacific nations. Although we are an international country, we should be honouring Tangata whenua and Tangata Tiriti and setting up for success for our people.
Kicking off Kia Kotahi Ako
Nau mai, haere mai to the the first of many updates...so many things happening already in this first month! We're taking time to build strong foundations and also show that we make things happen. This whakataukī is one that is really important as we grow: I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho: a problem is solved by continuing to find solutions.