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It’s interesting to see that word “review” and “reform” getting bandied about. At one point, reform was an issue as we fought off “GERM”… Now, a review is taking place of our school system, and some suggestions being made, and…
As a bit of a tech guru, it saddens me to see parents trapped in the psyche that they need to not only “Keep up with the Joneses”, but need to provide their child with a $300+ device to use…
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…
Recently there has been a lot in the media about teachers pay, and current issues in education. This was somewhat heightened by the August strike – the first primary teachers have been on since 1994. But why? What’s it all…
Alexia Cochrane has wanted to be a teacher since she was five years old. Dedication, numerous part-time jobs and a $65,000 student loan helped get her through years of study and within reach of teaching her own class of young…
Hekia did a U-Turn on class sizes back in 2012 when she announced National would be increasing class sizes. John Key himself stated that he sent his children to private schools because of the smaller class sizes. Yesterday Simon Bridges…
Care provider. Call centre operator. Kitchen hand. Negotiator. Detective. Judge. Medic. Counsellor. Social worker. Psychologist. Personal trainer. Caretaker. Cleaner. Don’t get me started on the numerous things that teachers have to do each and every day. That’s even before they…
I found this article and was amazed by it, given the fact that Canada actually approached New Zealand and borrowed aspects of our Curriculum for their use. They developed a selection of ideas from it, but largely, their education curriculum…
Let’s hope that NZ Government can make the change before they have to go back on this. Let’s ditch any National based assessment for primary schoolers. It’s too much. Too much pressure on the children. Too much pressure on the…
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…