A founder of two charter schools says the model could work.
The Coalition's putting aside more than $150 million in the Budget for 15 new charter schools and converting 35 state schools.
Head of Innovative Education Consultants, Alwyn Poole, told Andrew Dickens they saw improvement in the past and students would spend four years in their middle schools.
He says 88% of Māori and Pasifika students would go on to achieve level 1 NCEA.
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