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Bridging the Gap: Bringing the Science of Learning to Teacher Professional Learning
by Steve Saville and Rebecca Thomas Nothing About Us Without Us Currently, the future of teacher professional development appears to be...

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Jun 21, 20247 min read


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 18, 202413 min read


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 14, 20242 min read


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 12, 20244 min read


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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Jun 8, 20244 min read


"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 31, 20244 min read


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 26, 20243 min read


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 22, 20245 min read


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 13, 20243 min read


$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 10, 20243 min read


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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May 1, 20243 min read


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 25, 20244 min read


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 18, 20243 min read


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 7, 20242 min read


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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Apr 3, 20246 min read


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 19, 20242 min read


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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Mar 12, 20245 min read


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 19, 20244 min read


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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Feb 6, 20243 min read
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