by Rebecca Thomas Image: ROBERT KITCHIN / THE POST The room was full, but one seat was conspicuously empty. Educators from across the...

by Rebecca Thomas Public service commissioner Sir Brian Roche. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone (A Follow-Up to “ Why Our Nation’s Carers...

by Rebecca Thomas Humanity, not hierarchy "They do not leave their work at the door. They carry it home—on their shoulders, in their...

by Rebecca Thomas Just a few bends in the road from the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, where the whenua still carries the breath of promises...

by Rebecca Thomas Play to hear my kōrero People sign petitions for all sorts of reasons. Some sign because they’re angry. Some because...

by Rebecca Thomas The greatest trick? Making NCEA disappear — while calling it curriculum reform. They’re counting on us to obsess over...

Escaping the System That Failed Us: The Real Reason Behind One School’s Charter Bid by Rebecca Thomas I never imagined I’d be writing...

by Steve Saville Drawn by Steve Saville I think we can all agree it hasn’t been a great term for teachers. As a profession we have been...

by Rebecca Thomas Chat GPT Image There’s a bad taste in the mouths of educators right now. Sharp. Lingering. Unmistakable. NCEA bashing...

by Rebecca Thomas Maimo Creative Image Why Call Te Tiriti a Cult? The power of language lies in this: to call something a "cult" is not...

by Rebecca Thomas This is what your Cabinet holds for our kids. Every parent, every whānau, every citizen in Aotearoa should be furious....

by Rebecca Thomas The surface still stands, but the damage is starting to show. A government once so sure of its grip — on the narrative,...

by Rebecca Thomas That label wraps around a child’s identity and seeps into their sense of self. It tells them: You’re not smart. You’re...

by Rebecca Thomas Bunnies and kangaroos on a trampoline fooled millions — and Erica thinks she can too. This is a blog in two halves. The...

by Rebecca Thomas (but inspired by Welby Ings) “How you design those gates that our students walk through is very important. They have to...

by Rebecca Thomas Story We Are Being Sold As the Government’s announcement about the future of NCEA lands, we need to pause and think...

by Rebecca Thomas For all those tears we share “I made two teachers leave,” he said with a smirk; his words heavy with defiance as I...

by Rebecca Thomas When a child curls under the table in fear, is that behaviour? Or is that pain? When a kaiako weeps in the staffroom,...

By Rebecca Thomas "‘Science of learning’ and ‘knowledge-rich’ are mentioned everywhere, defined nowhere,”  said NZ Principals’ Federation...

by Rebecca Thomas Epsom Girls Grammar is adding Cambridge exams in 2026. Mount Albert Grammar is under pressure to do the same. More than...