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NZEI Te Riu Roa demands immediate halt to education reforms
NZEI Te Riu Roa is demanding an immediate halt to education reforms until a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry concludes, citing the Government’s admission that Education and Training Act…
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NZEI Te Riu Roa demands: Restore Te Tiriti obligations and halt curriculum rollout
NZEI Te Riu Roa is urging the Waitangi Tribunal to recommend that the Government restore the mandatory obligation for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Primary teacher joins exodus to chase Kiwi dream overseas
April 2 marked the end of Term 1, but for 25-year-old Lily Zee-Verner, it also concluded a three-year tenure at her north Wellington school. While students headed off for the…
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Primary teachers vow to continue fight against rushed curriculum changes
Primary teacher members of NZEI Te Riu Roa vow to continue their opposition to the Government’s rushed and poorly designed curriculum changes.
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Kids (and their parents) rock Parliament
How do primary school students and their families advocate for their teachers? For 75 students from Upper Hutt City’s Birchville School, it involves the unmistakable sound of…
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Education sector unites against Government’s wholesale curriculum changes
Educators representing 34 organisations have slammed the direction, pace, and lack of genuine consultation in the Government’s rushed, wholesale curriculum changes.
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$90,000 per student: Charter schools bleeding taxpayers dry
Newly released documents have exposed the staggering price tag of the Government’s charter school experiment, with the cost to taxpayers reaching nearly $90,000 per student – more…
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Attendance to determine school lunch funding from Term 2
A programme designed to prevent tamariki from learning on an empty stomach is being repurposed as a truancy tool, with school lunch funding tied to attendance from Term 2,…
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New Maths check risks classroom anxiety over joy of learning
NZEI Te Riu Roa warns the Government’s new Maths check for six-year-olds risks transforming classrooms into high-pressure environments marked by anxiety rather than the joy of…