Children and Young People Share their Experiences at School - JAN 2018
10 September 2014
The Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) welcomes the Greens’ commitment to base New Zealand’s education system on the principles of inclusion and the provision of need.
Responding to the Greens’ election policy ‘Every child thriving: Education for every child’, IEAG Co-convenor Bernadette Macartney says “It is refreshing to read a policy that acknowledges disabled people’s right to an inclusive education and that the current special education system requires an extensive overhaul for this to be realised.” Read more
25 Feb 2013
“We are deeply concerned at the National Government’s push to introduce charter schools through these proposed changes to the Education Act. Charter schools are likely to result in discrimination against disabled students.” IEAG Co-Conveners Mr Ian Armstrong and Dr Macartney pointed to evidence from countries where charter schools have been implemented that shows charter schools have a poor record of including disabled students.
19 Dec 2012
“Maintaining segregated schooling is a step backwards for inclusive education and the rights of disabled people,” says Dr Bernadette Macartney, co-convenor of the Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG), in response to Justice Dobson’s decision that closing Salisbury Residential School is unlawful.
19 June 2012
“The Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) supports the Ministry of Education’s proposal to close the four remaining Residential Special Schools and to focus attention on building a new “wrap-around” service for children and young people with complex needs in the community”, says Ian Armstrong, co-convenor of IEAG. Read More
9 Dec 2011
The Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) is deeply concerned at the National Government’s proposal to introduce charter schools, as such a move is likely to result in discrimination against disabled students.
18 Jan 2011
The decision by Auckland Grammar School to replace NCEA at year 11 with the Cambridge system for most of its students is elitist and will fail to meet the needs of many students, according to the Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG).
20 Oct 2010
The Inclusive Education Action group (IEAG) is pleased to see the Special Education Review’s vision for “a fully inclusive education system” in New Zealand, although it awaits the details of the full report to ensure that the Ministry of Education has the policies, structures and supports in place that schools need as they work towards inclusion.
26 July 2010
The Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) welcomes ERO’s report “Including Students with High Needs” which confirms what many parents, teachers, researchers and disability advocates know about disabled students’ experiences at school.