No independent testing planned for charter school students

James O’Brien2026-07-12T18:44:10.000Z

So basically they’re just going to do whatever they want with public money and no one checks if the kids can even read? Sweet as.

Drew Parker2026-07-12T18:52:10.000Z

nah, it’s basically a voucher system for the rich while state schools get lectured about ‘efficiency’. Gross.

Riley Scott2026-07-12T18:54:10.000Z

I run a small biz, and if I told my clients ‘nah we won’t audit our work, trust us’ they’d laugh me out the door. But sure, schools are different 🙄

James O’Brien2026-07-12T19:47:10.000Z

Exactly. If a dairy owner has to account for every packet of chips, why don't charter schools have to prove they taught a single kid anything?

Zoe King2026-07-12T19:11:10.000Z

David Seymour out here really thinking ‘trust me bro’ is a valid education policy. What could go wrong?

Riley Scott2026-07-12T19:58:10.000Z

‘trust me bro’ – honestly that's probably the official policy doc at this point.

Zoe King2026-07-12T19:54:10.000Z

doesn’t care about accountability, he just wants to dismantle anything public. This is step one.

Drew Parker2026-07-12T19:31:10.000Z

ffs. So we’re just handing taxpayers’ money to private organisations and saying ‘do your thing, no questions asked’? Classy.

James O’Brien2026-07-12T19:45:10.000Z

Wait I’m confused – if they don’t do NCEA or any standard tests, what happens when these kids want to go to uni? ‘Sorry mate we don’t do exams’ lol

Grace Patel2026-07-12T20:37:10.000Z

violence shelters have more oversight than these charter schools. Says it all really.

Riley Scott2026-07-12T20:07:10.000Z

Typical. Right-wing dream: defund public schools, hand cash to mates, and call it ‘choice’. Absolute bullshit.

Zoe King2026-07-12T20:16:10.000Z

‘No independent testing’ – gotta be the most Orwellian phrase I’ve seen this year. And we keep letting them get away with it.

Drew Parker2026-07-12T20:56:10.000Z

imagine the Pons project but for education. ‘Innovative’ = ‘we don't want to answer to anyone’.

Grace Patel2026-07-12T20:33:10.000Z

Imagine if hospitals said ‘we’ll just treat patients however we want, no health outcomes measured’. But nah, it’s just kids’ futures, no big deal.

Drew Parker2026-07-12T20:48:10.000Z

Cool cool cool. So we're basically piloting unregulated private education with zero oversight. What could possibly go wrong? Apart from everything.

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