SA’s public-private school plans require healthy scepticism
There are huge challenges in public schools. The question is whether using public-private partnerships is the correct way to address them.
Why pressured schools had no choice but to relax maths pass mark
The truth behind South Africa’s decision to allow 20% as a maths pass mark in some grades is a little more complex than many have suggested.
Policy isn’t a great part of our sums
New proposals to train better maths teachers ignore many schools’ resource constraints.
