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Government moves to cut new early childhood teachers’ pay
Early childhood teachers are angered by the Government’s shock announcement today that it will scrap pay parity rates for new teachers or those new to the sector.
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Learning support gains at the expense of women and expert teachers
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa says educators will welcome the Government's investment in learning support, but will be devastated it has been paid for by gutting pay equity and…
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School support staff in Budget bid at Minister's office
More than 100 support staff professionals, teachers, principals and whānau have descended on Education Minister Erica Stanford’s Auckland electorate office ahead of next week’s…
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Changes to Equal Pay Act a shocking blow to women and education
The majority of workers in education are women and many were involved in pay equity claims or reviews that have been torpedoed by the Government’s move.
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ECE changes roll back decades of progress for kids
The changes will reduce the quality of education provided
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$2.5b investment needed to stop tamariki sitting on learning support wait lists
The Government needs to invest $2.5 billion in learning support services by 2030 to stop children in need sitting on learning support waiting lists, education union NZEI Te Riu…
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Stop early childhood education going the same way as school lunches, NZEI Te Riu Roa says
Teachers and tamariki are heading to Parliament tomorrow to try to stop early childhood education (ECE) going the same way as school lunches.
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Harmful and outdated: Government standardised testing move is dangerous
The Government's decision to tender for new standardised assessment tests from year 3 risks shifting teacher efforts from personalised teaching and learning to over-assessment,…
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School lunches: Give schools option to use in-school and community providers immediately, union says
The Government should immediately allow schools to opt back into using in-school and community providers for school lunches rather than its centralised School Lunch Collective,…