Mark Bracey: Why phonics isn't the silver bullet to improved reading
Opinion: Learning to read can come naturally as a child is exposed to text in a fun way.
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Preschool teacher fee hike could leave centres short of staff: lobby
Preschools are on the hunt for teachers but fear they could be driven away by a fee hike.
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Children less susceptible to Covid-19 and lockdown limiting other viruses, say experts.
Should bus passengers wear masks: AT and health officials at odds
New Zealand's health boss and Auckland Transport at odds over passenger masks.
'Take a breath New Zealand': it's time to support parents and teachers
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Sarah Alexander: Pay all teachers the same or drop qualifications
Comment: Kindergartens have pay parity with schools, not so early childcare centres. Why?
Teachers could be using your child's images for social media clicks
Teachers remain uncertain on what is acceptable to share about their students online.
'I am spitting tacks over this': Bus strikes disrupt students sitting exams
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Gus Gilmore: Where the fees-free policy is making a big difference
Comment: Support for students and trainees is working, if you know where to look.
Caldelari-Hume & Govender: Project-based learning should be NCEA accredited
Comment: Project-based learning pushes innovation and connections outside the classroom.
Ceremony acknowledges Training For You student success
Students studying healthcare, working with children and literacy and numeracy graduated.
NZ unis mostly up in world rankings, but teacher cuts biting
Kiwi graduates highly desirable, but teacher cuts holding local unis back, report says.
Wiremu Doherty: Only bilingual training will truly speak to Māori
COMMENT: The lack of Māori engagement in the education sector will not fix itself.
17-year-old maths whiz among country's youngest uni graduates
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University student protests white supremacy at graduation
Student wears shirt at graduation calling university complicit in white supremacy.
Crackdown may drive out home-based carers
EXCLUSIVE: Policy for those in home-based work tipped to lift fees and force some to quit.
Learning local: Students find links to climate change in Whitianga estuary
No one knew the answers when Whitianga students started investigating their local estuary.
Biggest education shake-up in 30 years proposed
School boards could be stripped of power in new proposal.
Hipkins concedes: no consensus yet on big NCEA changes
Minister sees consensus to reduce assessment and teach more "life skills".
NCEA debate: Are external exams a 'colonial system'?
In-depth analysis reveals major changes in 10 years of NCEA data.
Education Ministry warns: NCEA credibility at risk
Students two to three times more likely to get "excellence" with internal assessment.
Students 'stressed out' by NCEA computer glitch
Principal says computer glitch 'was in the same category as a fire alarm going off'.
Schools offering NCEA online drop by three
Schools using online NCEA exams down from 55 last year to 52.
850 teachers short: Govt's $40m recruitment goes into overdrive
Overseas teacher recruitment goes into overdrive.
School zone plan to end war for students
PPTA says leaving zoning to individual schools has caused harmful competition.
Govt tightens rules for foreign students
The Government will soon make it harder for international students to work in New Zealand.
UCOL Whanganui student finds his feet in fitness
Wade Callum could barely run 100m without having a break when he started the course.
Introduction to the NCEA review
The 2018 NCEA review is underway allowing public ideas to inform changes within NCEA.
Peter Lyons: Treating education as football unfair and wasteful
COMMENT: We have an education system largely shaped by political whim.
Minister wants report on 'impossible' maths exam
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