Now, normally I wouldn't pay much attention to what National has to say on education. Their track record shows that they weren't focused on evidence. They did nothing but freeze funding and ignore expert pedagogical advice. Now, I lived and breathed those poor decisions while I was a school principal, and my pupils lived the consequences, sadly. But I did find it a little amusing when I heard the National spokesperson for education say in response to our Budget package announcement that this was "too little, too late."