The Government abolished successful charter schools and is making it difficult for those wanting to establish designated character schools. We have to start thinking outside the square to cater for those kids that don't fit into mainstream schooling. The pending history curriculum which, in its current form, says that New Zealand started in 1840, it's based on victims and villains, and which won't represent 83 percent of the New Zealand population. We need to put our kids first, not ideological agendas.