The National Party has always understood the power of education. That is why the last National Government set and achieved ambitious targets to improve NCEA outcomes for school leavers and particularly for Māori and Pasifika students. National understood that one size doesn't fit all and that we must provide choices for people to learn in different ways. For example, the charter schools, which provided better cultural context, better experiential learning, and a much better environment for many people to learn under—but the previous Labour-led Government took that choice away, and Minister Willie Jackson should be ashamed of that. He owned one, he knew how successful they were, and he should never have let it happen.