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A Twitter Conversation: May 2019

​School teachers and principals across the country have agreed to stage New Zealand’s largest-ever strike as negotiations with the Ministry of Education continue to stall. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Rui Roa announced the move…

School Donations: Rich get Richer…

Original Article:  About $140 million was donated to New Zealand schools in 2017 – and more than half of that went to just 10 per cent of schools. Wellington College received the most money of any state school, banking almost…

A Rainy Day

In relation to: “Robertson declared he will reserve the surplus for “a rainy day,”

Prison Beds or Educated Society

Two point five billion dollars. $2.5 billion dollars. $2,500,000,000.00 That’s a lot of dollar coins. Let me tell you what they will spend it on. No. Not fixing the poverty problem sweeping the country. No. Not assisting children living in…