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Ministry slams “disruptive” new strike threats
The Ministry of Education maintains that the government is doing all it can do to alleviate teachers’ stress. Ellen MacGregor-Reid,…
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Planning a new playground or upgrade?
Older children, too, will jump at the chance to explore an obstacle course-style playground designed and reinforced for use by…
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NZEI and PPTA to ballot members on joint strike action
... on whether to take joint strike action on 29 May.
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Principals praise government investment in teacher training
"To have a sustainable workforce long-term we need to increase the number of New Zealand graduates, so that we are…
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Polling shows strong and consistent support for teachers
Ahead of this month's budget, the poll also shows that 89% of people agree more money should be allocated to…
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Meet the schoolboys spearheading flipped learning
We interviewed Simon and Aidan about their passion for all things digital tech and the awesome learning resource they’ve created…
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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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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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Secondary schools need more support for student wellbeing
School-based supports may include in-school counsellors, Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB), and health professionals based at schools.
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Game changer for learning our history?
The game will be used in teacher trainee classrooms at the Faculty of Education and Social Work with a view…
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Growing young Māori leaders in Te Tai Tokerau
Te Kawa Matakura will be a three year extension programme available to 15-25 year olds skilled in te reo and…
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Waikino School celebrates $10K solar STEM prize win
“We’ve installed a kitchen powered by solar panels and the children can use the data from the solar panels to…
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Building capability in teachers’ Te Reo welcomed
A $12.2 million pilot programme to assist teachers and support staff use te reo Māori has been rolled out.
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Teacher Supply update: more teachers in our classrooms
Ellen MacGregor-Reid, Ministry of Education Deputy Secretary for Early Learning and Student Achievement, said the Ministry of Education 2018 data…
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Vocational reform threatens Māori education taonga
“Māori will be disproportionately affected by Minister Hipkin’s proposed reforms – radical reforms that will completely overhaul vocational training in…
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Because learning differences exist
Why do we hold so dearly and continue to fund reading recovery when the research this was founded on has…
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Game-based learning: it’s rocket science!
What I am talking about is scrolling platform games, like Super Mario, and top-down adventures, explorations, and simulations. The emphasis is…
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Government invests in additional classrooms for 300 students
Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has announced $9 million to build more classrooms at six schools around the country with…
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How schools lift achievement in literacy
While the six primary schools in the study each took a different approach, the analysis identified three common elements.
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MoE “remains available to negotiate” with NZEI balloters
Now that NZEI members have voted to reject almost $700 million in pay increases, Deputy Secretary Early Learning & Student…
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Primary teachers and principals reject latest offers
“We will be going straight back to talk to the Government with that message - that it’s time to get…
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Socio-economic data shows low decile schools holding own
"About 85 percent of [schools] are doing a really good job and a comparable job so all the differences come…
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Learning from the Christchurch school lockdown
Because this lockdown was for a significant period of time, covered a large area of a major city, affected a…
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Self-directed play inspires rich learning
“Play that is open-ended nurtures so much more of a child’s holistic learning than instructional, teacher-driven activity for this age…
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Which education workers will receive wage boost?
NZEI is calling on the Government to commit urgently to boosting funding for schools...
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