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Secondary teachers will go on strike next month after “running out of patience” with collective contract negotiations, their union’s president says. Thousands of teachers will walk off the job in a national day of action on April 3. At a…
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…
It amazes me the arrogance and ignorance of some people. Just read the comments to see the myriad of people all wondering what Labour’s problem with charter schools are. If they’re making a difference, and they’re meeting the needs of…
Investing in education is one of the most promising ways for countries to secure their future. And yet, there is a surprisingly tenuous relationship between the amount of money spent per student and the results of international Pisa tests, at…
In response to NZ Herald – Every child’s chance to learn second language: National’s education policy – 27 August 2017. Whilst some schools are struggling to get students to learn a first language, we’ll be teaching them coding and a…
“A controversial risk modelling tool to guide Government spending in schools is reportedly close to being signed off as a replacement for the decile system. The predictive risk modelling index would replace the decile system, Newshub has reported. The Government had…
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…
Waaaa. Waaaa. Stop picking on my baby. David Seymour sure is a whiney wet fish when he comes out to defend his precious little charter schools. This came about as a charter school approached a nearby state school (after potentially…
The decile system was introduced to guide equity funding to schools and in general it has worked very well. But there are two distinct aspects of deciles that need to be looked at separately.Firstly… Source: John Hattie: It is time…
It’s been a bit of a rough start to the year for education. If it’s not people complaining about the amount of holiday the teachers get, then it’s the cost of education and how supposedly it is meant to be…