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The Side Eye: Everything to Everyone – understanding the teacher crisis: A unique take on the Teacher Crisis put into a visual narrative succinctly and accurately by Toby Morris. Be sure to check it out over at The Spinoff –…
This has been an issue that I believe is one of the biggest shifts in society in the last 20 years. As parents get so wrapped up in their own lives, their career, their jobs, the things they love to…
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…
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…
Original article by Terry Heick on TeachThought My first year of teaching was a blur. At the time, it didn’t feel like a blur. It felt a joyous, adrenaline-fueled rush of lessons, meetings, and new relationships. But in hindsight, it was…
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…
In the current education climate, teachers are finding themselves with the responsibility of making OTJ’s (Overall Teacher Judgements) to report to parents about their child’s academic achievements, but the requirement to have evidence for these judgements. These are rarely school…
Can you read? Can you write? Can you count? If you say yes to these then you are a success. You have succeeded at school. You’ve made suitable progress through your years at school. Heck… You’re verging on being a…
We’ve all heard it in news, and seen it in the high glossy magazines or furniture websites, claiming ergonomic desks provide a quieter classroom, or driving through the new housing development with a 21st Century school nearby while the state…
I was told not so long ago, that kids only spend 13% of their time at school. It was in relation to say that kids actually don’t do a lot of their learning at school. Kids will learn through all…