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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…
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…
Children with emotional and mental health problems are to receive early help at school from teams of experts as part of a “unique” initiative being set up by the Welsh government. Pupils at more than 200 schools in Wales will be…
Seriously. How ridiculous? Mum is running late for work, driving over the hill to her 9 til 5 job in the city centre. A notification comes through on her phone at 9:01am, and although she knows she shouldn’t, she checks…
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…
In response to – August 26, 2017. Measure. Measure. Measure. Weigh. Weigh. Weigh. Data. Data. Data. “The Government has made a decision to shift towards a system that measures student progress, alongside National Standards / Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori,…
Three years ago the government announced their latest plan for collectives of schools to get together and share in the pot of $359 Million to share teachers, resources, and knowledge. Naturally, and rightly, NZEI took the initiative to their members.…
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…
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…
———- Forwarded message ———- From: “The Right Honorable Minister” <HerMajestyParata@ministryofed.govt.nz> Date: 4/02/2016 7:26 PM Subject: Ongoing Expenditure and Orders To: “Accounts” <MrFudge@ministryofed.govt.nz> Good morning sir, However, it is a short lived good morning as this morning has not been good at…