By Rebecca Thomas Herald News: Education leaders unite against curriculum shake-up, urge delay Oh my goodness… what a surprise. Surprised. Erica Stanford says she is “genuinely surprised” by claims from the sector — surprised about resourcing, surprised about pressure, surprised at the pushback. How can you be surprised… when the so-called “noisy” sector hasn’t exactly been whispering? All along this hasn’t been a quiet murmur tucked away in staffrooms between bells. Instead,

by ELV Prepare. Don’t panic. I have to say — I admire the consistency. For the past two years, we’ve watched a masterclass in how to create a crisis in our education system. Reading levels are dropping while writing isn’t where it should be. International comparisons get pulled out — PISA suddenly becomes dinner table conversation. It’s urgent our kids are failing. The education system is in trouble. Then comes the solution. Back to basics with structured approaches, an hour

by Rebecca Thomas Many of us watched the live proceedings of the Waitangi Tribunal this week. Not half-listening while the day moved on around us. But properly. The kind of listening you have to do that makes you stop what you’re doing. Although nothing shared was new, hearing it gathered — all at once, in one space — was deeply confronting. As kaiako, as leaders, as those who walk alongside our tamariki each day, we were not shocked. Because if you know your history, this st

by ELV I’ve been sent screenshots from Auckland group pages this week. Feeds that suddenly have a lot to say about our schools, our teachers, and our people. If you look at what is happening up north to Mayor Moko Tepania this event is not isolated. It is not random. And it is not harmless. It is social media being used to shape perception. FNDC Mayor Moko has been victimised. And I am proud he has stood up to the kind of rhetoric that leans into division, into race, into che