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Opinion: ‘Global Perspectives’ subject creates better learners
Nearly 28 years into my teaching career, from primary through intermediate and girls’ secondary school, I am observing a major…
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What makes tremendous overseas education tours?
Confidence restored, schools around the country have begun planning incredible overseas educational tours one more. We spoke with two founding…
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12 South Island schools impress at short film awards
"Maybe it’s symptomatic of our pandemic times but there were a lot of rather bleak stories involving horror, nightmares, and…
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Tamariki need more learning support roles, new findings reveal
Learning Support Coordinators (LSCs) are an in-school roles that ensure learners with disabilities, neurodiversity and other additional learning needs get…
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School attendance problems are complex, and our solutions need to be as well
Millions of students across the world missing varying amounts of school raises concerns about students’ learning loss and mental health…
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Schools receive a C+ report card for youth PE
Just over half of secondary school students reported that they meaningfully participate in school sport(s), the report findings illustrate, and…
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Pūhoro STEMM expansion for Te Tai Tokerau
Pūhoro was established in response to low engagement of Māori in STEMM related career pathways. It supports rangatahi Māori with a…
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Happily ever after? A new chapter for traditional fairy tales
The review outlines many benefits of fairy tales for modern learning – from understanding the structure of a compelling tale,…
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South Wairarapa schools tackle vaping
Behind the Scenes was developed with input from students, trialled in selected schools during Term 1 before being rolled out…
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Up to 79% pay rise for edu sector, union celebrates
An amendment to the Equal Pay Act was the catalyst for more unions to raise pay equity claims for female-dominated…
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NZ’s key teacher unions now reject classroom streaming. So what’s wrong with grouping kids by perceived ability?
If streaming and ability grouping is to be removed from our schools, then something needs to be put in its…
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‘They phone you up during lunch and yell at you’ – why teachers say dealing with parents is the worst part of their job
Teachers are already working overtime (literally) to educate their children – they don’t need abuse from parents on top of…
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Support Sweep: MoE resource and funding announcements this month
“Schools and kura in Te Tai Tokerau have the biggest average increase of around $223.11 per pupil. At the other…
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40% of NZ schools now Healthy Active Learning
The Government has invested $47.6 million into the Healthy Active Learning initiative between 2020 and 2024 and has recently committed…
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What happens when your classmates keep leaving? The impact of school transience on pupils ‘left behind’
Non-transient children attending highly transient schools struggle to forge healthy social relationships, feel connected to their peers or schools, behave…
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Laser focused purchasing decisions
Decades after Thomas Maiman made the first synthetic ruby laser, schools have added this technology to their toolkits and are…
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Gifted Study Awards for teachers and students: applications close Sep 30
If you are a lead teacher of gifted education, SENCo, Head of Department in the area of learning support or…
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Can $24m and 1000 additional teachers fix this staffing crisis?
New teachers will increasingly train while on school placement as the government pushes to incentivise getting teachers into "hard-to-staff roles".
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From evolving colony to bicultural nation, Queen Elizabeth II walked a long road with Aotearoa New Zealand
In this historical account, Professor Katie Pickles argues that the Queen’s reign charts an important timeline of New Zealand’s post-colonial…
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PLD during class, virtual parent-teacher conferences, and other “lessons from educators” in Zoom’s Education Report
One suggestion? To shift away from innovation for the sake of innovation. Rather than encourage teachers to try new things,…
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Funding kickstart needed from Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori to boost te reo in education, says union
Meeting together over the weekend, the National Māori Principals Association and education union say the Government needs to do much…
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Honour our Māori language champions
On September 14, a commemorative public event will recognise the te reo Māori champions behind Te Petihana in 1972 and…
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Tonga Language Week has new lea-faka Tonga goals
“This is why the Government is also investing through the Ministry of Education in the implementation of Pacific bilingual language…
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Mana Ake rolls out to West Coast learners
“One of the real strengths of Mana Ake is it’s co-designed by the local community it’s tailored to meaning that…
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A consistent approach to literacy education
Ensuring every child is supported in their literacy learning so that they can access and participate in their education can…
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