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Secondary teachers will go on strike next month after “running out of patience” with collective contract negotiations, their union’s president says. Thousands of teachers will walk off the job in a national day of...
It’s interesting to see that word “review” and “reform” getting bandied about. At one point, reform was an issue as we fought off “GERM”… Now, a review is taking place of our school system,...
As a bit of a tech guru, it saddens me to see parents trapped in the psyche that they need to not only “Keep up with the Joneses”, but need to provide their child...
Original Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/109937537/rich-school-poor-school-top-schools-get-millions-in-donations-while-others-get-0 About $140 million was donated to New Zealand schools in 2017 – and more than half of that went to just 10 per cent of schools. Wellington College received the most money...
It could be a seismic shift in education, tearing apart the model schools have operated on for more than 30 years. School leaders are “cautiously optimistic” about radical reforms recommended by an independent taskforce...
South Canterbury primary schools are full to the brim for next year but finding enough teachers to teach them is a different story. For many of the region’s schools, 2019 is going to be a...