Initial report from the Ministerial Advisory Group: Reasons to be Cheerful, Part. 3…(maybe)
By Steve Saville Well, if nothing else the initial report from the Ministerial Advisory Group, released late last week, has at least...
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- Jun 14
- 2 min
Upholding Te Mātaiaho's Vision
by Rebecca Thomas Of course I had something to say... When Te Mātaiaho was launched, it represented a watershed moment for indigenous...
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- Jun 12
- 4 min
The Science of Learning - A Tangata Tiriti Lens
by Rebecca Thomas The Ministry of Education's recent teacher-only PLD day content focused on the "Science of Learning" - a synthesis of...
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- Jun 8
- 4 min
Trust in Teachers: Balancing Curriculum Structure with Professional Freedom
by Rebecca Thomas To deny our teachers autonomy would be akin to silencing the very muse that inspires their craft. Imagine a painter,...
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- May 31
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"Teachers can’t be curriculum designers as well as teachers," says New-look English Curriculum Writers
by Rebecca Thomas The proposed changes to the secondary English curriculum have sparked a debate around balancing prescribed content with...
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- May 26
- 3 min
Budget Breakthrough or Bandaid Solution in Budget 24
By Rebecca Thomas The announcement of 'nearly $53 million' invested over four years to support teacher training and recruitment in order...
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- May 22
- 5 min
Structured Literacy PLD: Diving Deep After the $67 Million Splash
by Rebecca Thomas (Image generated by OpenAI) In the realm of education, the pursuit of effective literacy instruction is paramount,...
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- May 13
- 3 min
The Illusion of Inclusion
By Rebecca Thomas First off, a huge thanks to Dr. Nina Hood and her team for continuing to share such vital resources and knowledge...
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- May 10
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$67 Million for Structured Literacy: Is it a Surface-Level Fix?
by Rebecca Thomas image Art by Juile Dillon "Nothing new in this book," is a comment I heard from a colleague after they had read Leading...
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- May 1
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Stumbling into a wānanga
by Rebecca Thomas (image Art by Ange Moko) Accustomed to the driven restraints of rigid time, timetables, agendas and Gregorian clocks...
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- Apr 25
- 4 min
More than a job title: we all have names
by Rebecca Thomas New job. Day three. Meeting my new children and teachers across five schools. “Good morning class, this is our new...
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- Apr 18
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An Open Letter to Any Educators Being 'Let Go'
by Rebecca Thomas Dear Fellow Educators (friends), If you are reading this, you have likely received the difficult news that your...
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- Apr 7
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Rage against the news feed machine
by Rebecca Thomas Educators are particularly susceptible to getting riled up about the latest injustice or salacious narratives (I...
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- Apr 3
- 6 min
Paradise lost? Education in Aotearoa and Estonia
by Steve Saville This blog is a response to an excellent article from ‘The Guardian’ that Claire Amos linked via the DisruptEd facebook...
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- Mar 19
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Breaking Point: Sink or Swim?
by Rebecca Thomas Underfunded, overworked, and yet soldiering on - these are the unsung heroes of our education system. Darting between...
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- Mar 12
- 5 min
Relief Teachers - Where are they?
by Rebecca Thomas What a strange title - 'relief teacher'. Your job as a 'relief teacher' is either to provide relief for the original...
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- Feb 19
- 4 min
Responding to the 100-Day Plan (cheat code)
By Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas ERO will be supporting the implementation of the two new 100-Day Plan priorities as part of their...
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- Feb 6
- 3 min
Māori and non-māori shoulder to shoulder: a new canvas, a blank canvas
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas Fifty years have passed since Tame Iti and Ngā Tamatoa aimed to rescue and normalise te reo Māori....
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- Jan 25
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Planning for Culturally Responsive Assessment: Inside the Black Box
by Rebecca Thomas Are we serious about raising standards? Unquestionably we assume learning is like a ladder, and schools should be...
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