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Primary school teachers have today announced they are prepared to strike to get a significant pay hike. A pay deal with the government ends next year, but teachers say they aren’t prepared to accept a raise of between just one…
The principal of a top Taranaki school has resigned after 12 years in the role – and says other school leaders have congratulated him for getting out of an increasingly stressful profession. Charles Gibson is one of five Taranaki principals…
Other things than teacher shortages that can be blamed on the winter season… Charter schools aren’t really working because it’s winter… Winter is largely responsible for Māori student underachievement… Overcrowded homes with multiple families living under one roof is only…
Families struggle to afford the rising cost of back-to-school requirements Free Education Firstly, I want to point out that this is purely my thoughts on this, and only using my view as a teacher and educator in my opinions of…
Firstly; I’m a teacher. Secondly; I suffer from depression. Thirdly; I’m a teacher with depression. Yes; every part of my life is affected by my mental illness. That does not stop me from being a good teacher, nor does it…
“Have we introduced league tables? No.” Hekia Parata said this in a meeting at a school as she rattled off a number of things ‘scaremongers’ had said would happen in regards to GERM. This included things like Performance Pay. This statement…
The Ministry of Education has spent a whopping $1.2million on a new website. Source: Ministry website ‘gold-plated’? I am dumbfounded. Absolutely speechless. For once, two of my main passions collide for the first time since designing and building our school…
I was perplexed, astonished, gobsmacked, and bewildered when I read this article this morning. Picture books hurt reading, says linguist Pamela Protheroe Read Article – Stuff.co.nz There are very few words I can say right now about it. Luckily, most…