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150,000 students granted formal QUALs after NCEA fees scrapped
Almost 150,000 current and former students with unpaid NCEA fees will now formally be awarded their NCEA credits or qualifications
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Time to get real with reporting
How relevant is a six-monthly report by the time it gets home?
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For Fun
Children have fun playing sports and don’t need to satisfy adults’ ambitions
Participation rates by adolescents have been declining and recent statistics released by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) show a 60%…
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Getting to grips with health and safety law
It is up to the elected health and safety representative in your school to understand the Act and promote positive…
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Administration
The cost of overhauling school governance?
The New Zealand School Trustees Association has made a statement praising Minister Hipkins’ acknowledgement to Select Committee that recommendations for…
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Property
Making a statement with digital signage
Shhhh, please. We have exams... Foyer refurb starts next week – use side entrance.... Welcome, friends from France.... These are…
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Education
How to STEAM with integrity through ‘Impact Projects’
Renowned principal Claire Amos tells us about her school's STEAM revolution and how others can emulate its success.
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News
Tackling racism to realise the potential of Māori learners
"The education system has underserved Māori learners," says Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis.
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Administration
Talking to adults helps build young brains
“In a typical classroom situation most children have very few opportunities for long sustained interactions with adults. It is way…
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Education
Can you learn a language playing video games? What the research says
In the same way that many schools use other forms of technology to get students more excited about learning –…
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Events
Not good enough: strikes & negotiations to continue
Following the mega-strike: PPTA announced rolling strikes for the foreseeable future, NZEI has yet to announce its next move (but …
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News
To teachers, with love
Very soon you’ll be striking. Thank you for being not only her teacher, but mine. For providing knowledge and enabling…
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Administration
How Spotswood College built a school programme to challenge the system
2019 is the year that principal Nicola Ngarewa will revolutionise the high school timetable.
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News
Mega-strike calls government money bluff
Teachers, families and low-income workers agree teachers should earn a fair wage. Can the biggest teacher strike ever achieve this?
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Education
Education minister grilled on mega-strike, ‘no more money’, Francis Report
As negotiations relaunch, this groundbreaking mega-strike has the nation on the edge of its seat.
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Education
NZEI Te Riu Roa supports student action on climate change
"The disappointing thing is young people are only having to take such a strong stand on climate change because the…
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News
Changing minds about mathematics
So how can schools put together a programme that combines real-world innovation and creativity with emphasis on mastering foundational maths…
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Administration
NCEA shake-up: Mixed feelings over external assessments
"As much as it sounds like a simple solution to push half of the assessments to external to deal with…
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Administration
Will NZEI Te Riu Roa return to facilitation with MoE?
The union has urged the Ministry to pick up the phone and make a better offer.
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Education
Youth voting rolled out in Auckland schools
The Youth Voting programme provides students with as close to a ‘real life’ experience of voting in a formal election…
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Education
Winning schools announce big STEM plans
Otamatea High School will use its solar equipment package to integrate STEM learning across as many subject areas as possible.
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Education
Ministry of Education seeks facilitated bargaining
The Ministry has responded to the latest strike action in a new statement from Iona Holsted, Secretary for Education.
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Health & Safety
Wellbeing: What’s it about?
We need to be mindful that giving everything for others and leaving nothing in the tank for ourselves can leave…
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Education
What’s so hot about STEAM?
One of the challenges facing the STEAM movement is the many different conceptions of what STEAM learning might look like.
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News
One in three high-school students spends too much time on social media
The insight comes from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit, online educational project that brings statistics to life in both English and…
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