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National Standards should go – teachers

Original article: National standards should go – teachers The possibility national standards in schools could be scrapped has many Manawatū educators rubbing their hands with glee, and parents relieved. The programme set in place standard measures to decide whether pupils have reached required accomplishments. It was made…

Private school parents speak out

Original Article: Private school parents speak out against “8-year-olds ‘self-directing’ on iPads and Twitter” after half the school’s teachers resign. Families at a prestigious Christchurch private school have complained to its board and some have withdrawn their children amid a protest over modern…

Kids arriving at school in nappies

Primary and early childhood teachers have asked the Government to let them divert money away from expert teachers to provide extra support for needy kids. Teachers’ union, the NZ Educational Institute, has asked the Ministry of Education to let schools…