Are the new learning reforms innovative, or just a return to 1940s factory-style education?

Who would dare argue against a 'knowledge rich curriculum' or 'back to the basics' education? But what happens when 'knowledge rich' turns into regurgitating memorised lists, or when 'the basics' don't include enough teachers aides, school nurses, or that most basic thing of all: food?A reframing of the real problems and their solutions with education expert, teacher, principal, and President of the NZ Principals Federation Jason Miles, speaking to a recent report by 34 educational groups expressing concerns that the currently proposed education reforms may actually portend a return to the bad old days of rote memorisation and an educational framework based on an outdated industrial model that's not fit for NZ's needs, and which will not prepare our kids to be competitive in the modern world.