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Maths Gender Gap Appears Within Kids’ First Two School Terms – Expert Reaction
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:28:01 +1200 | Science Media Centre
French and US researchers analysed data from more than 2.6 mn first and second grade children (ages 5 to 7) in France. There was almost no difference in the average performance when the children started school, but a notable gender gap in favour of boys appeared ...More >>
$33 Million Into More Classrooms For Central North Island Schools
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:25:51 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Construction on these projects will begin over the next 12 months, which means schools, families, and communities can start experiencing the benefits as soon as possible,” Education Minister Erica Stanford says.More >>
PPTA Members Support Additional Salary Claim
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:05:15 +1200 | Post Primary Teachers' Association
The claim, along with others, will be presented by PPTA when negotiations for the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement begin next Wednesday 18 June. More >>
Understanding School Absence: David Seymour Warns Of Prosecutions This Year In School Truancy Crackdown
Mon, 9 Jun 2025 08:30:23 +1200 | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC holds that the country should extend the community-based programme above to work as closely and positively as possible with families for long-term effects. More >>
Trump And Republicans Want Taxpayers To Fund Their Pet Project: Private Schools
Sun, 8 Jun 2025 08:03:42 +1200 | Independent Media Institute
A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us.More >>
Beyond Babysitting: How Quality Early Childhood Education Sets Kids Up For Life
Fri, 6 Jun 2025 16:23:03 +1200 | Fabric Digital
Quality early childhood education isn't an expense—it's an investment with returns that compound over decades. Children who receive quality early learning don't just perform better academically; they develop into more confident, capable individuals ...More >>
Trump And Republicans Want Taxpayers To Fund Their Pet Project: Private Schools
Fri, 6 Jun 2025 16:04:27 +1200 | Our Schools
A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us.More >>
More Classrooms For Children With High Needs
Thu, 5 Jun 2025 09:38:52 +1200 | New Zealand Government
$30 million through Budget 2025 will expand specialist school property across New Zealand. Investment will fund the construction of 18 new satellite classrooms at host schools nationwide and 5 additional classrooms at two base specialist schools, ...More >>
Govt Retains Funding For ‘Crucial’ Out-of-School Classes
Tue, 3 Jun 2025 18:21:44 +1200 | Max Frethey - Local Democracy Reporter
Despite months of angst about the future of Enriching Local Curriculum funding, Nelson Tasman providers have welcomed the funding’s retention. More >>
Science Kits Launched, Curriculum Overhaul To Come – Expert Reaction
Fri, 30 May 2025 15:45:19 +1200 | Science Media Centre
The 2025 Budget included almost $40 million over four years on science kits for Year 0 to 8 students, which the Education Minister today announced will “support teachers to confidently deliver practical science learning, aligned with the new science curriculum.”More >>
Parents Could Be Prosecuted For Truancy, But Principals Say It Won't Work
Fri, 30 May 2025 12:37:42 +1200 | RNZ
The Ministry of Education is now poised to take legal action against parents who fail to send their kids to school, David Seymour says. More >>
A Dark Future Ahead For ECE
Fri, 30 May 2025 11:42:46 +1200 | Early Childhood New Zealand
While an ECE funding review has been approved, it is going to take two years to see any benefit, so we urge the Associate Minister for Education to urgently provide interim investment or another form of financial relief until the review is complete.More >>
Supercharging Science To Inspire Next Generation
Fri, 30 May 2025 11:14:49 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Budget 2025 is investing $39.9 million over four years into developing and delivering science kits for schools nationwide. More >>
Teaching Council Urges Caution — Qualified Teachers Are The Heart Of Quality Early Childhood Education
Fri, 30 May 2025 11:09:31 +1200 | Teaching Council of Aotearoa NZ
This comes in the wake of changes to the pay parity opt-in scheme for education and care services that have raised concerns from the profession. More >>
PPTA Members Polled On Additional Pay Claim To Recognise Pay Equity Loss
Fri, 30 May 2025 08:20:32 +1200 | PPTA
“The shocking changes made recently to the Equal Pay Act have not only extinguished our members’ claim for pay equity, but they also prevent us from making a claim in the future,” says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua president.More >>
Measures To Encourage Student Attendance At School Strengthened
Fri, 30 May 2025 07:36:23 +1200 | New Zealand Government
“The Ministry of Education is proactively contacting Attendance Service providers and schools to ensure parents who repeatedly refuse to send their children to school are referred to the Ministry,” Mr Seymour says.More >>
Govt Continues To Undermine Women
Wed, 28 May 2025 18:45:13 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
“Budget 2025 offered a measly 0.5% cost adjustment in ECE subsidies. To make up for this cost, women are again, being under-valued,” Labour’s early childhood education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said.More >>
Teachers Are Paying The Price For Lack Of ECE Funding In The Budget
Wed, 28 May 2025 17:32:57 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
The OECE’s chief advisor Dr Sarah Alexander says the message this sends to educators and employers alike is clear: “ECE teachers and their families are the ones that must self-sacrifice to keep ECE service financial margins up”.More >>
Pay Parity Back Pedal A Kick In The Teeth For ECE Kaiako
Wed, 28 May 2025 15:50:46 +1200 | Green Party
“Driving down wages means more teachers walking away, and it’s our tamariki and their whānau who will pay the price. We can’t gamble with their futures by short-changing the very people who shape them," says Early Childhood Education, Benjamin Doyle.More >>
Kāhui Ako Decision Insults Teachers
Wed, 28 May 2025 13:14:38 +1200 | PPTA
Defunding Kāhui Ako is an insult to the professionalism of teachers and their aspirations to be more effective and to have careers as outstanding classroom teachers and mentors of colleagues for classroom teachers.More >>
