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“Heads in the sand” as students fail new NCEA standards

“I don’t think it should come as any surprise to teachers who are paying attention,” says Dr Michael Johnston, Associate Dean of Victoria University’s School of Education.

“Heads in the sand” as students fail new NCEA standards

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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