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A Catholic school, nine Maori Gods, and nine days of silence

Judy Gill -

Fear of the Ministry of Education overrides obedience to God. Nine days. That is how long it took a Catholic-ethos primary school to respond after concerns...

Government unveils simplified school reports

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Education Minister Erica Stanford says parents will soon receive clearer and more practical information about school performance through a major redesign of reports issued...

How does Diocesan School for Girls give effect to Te Tiriti O Waitangi?

Judy Gill -

Observations from an Open Day visit to one of New Zealand’s highest-performing schools. A visit to the Open Day at Diocesan School for Girls in...

Boring boys to academic death

Alwyn Poole -

The great Neil Postman wrote a remarkable book called Amusing Ourselves to Death. It is at least as predictive as Orwell’s 1984 or Huxley’s Brave New World. Across every school...

Positive lines of enquiry into threat against school – police

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Police are making enquiries after a threat was made towards a Timaru school, however there is no information to suggest it is credible. Aoraki Area...

Auckland teacher struck off after filming porn videos in school classroom

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A former Auckland teacher has been struck off after a disciplinary tribunal found she filmed and posted pornographic videos of herself urinating inside school...

SchoolDocs writes policy for most NZ schools. They got something wrong, then sort of fixed it, but didn’t

Penny Marie -

Let Kids Be Kids recently raised an issue with schools 'Promoting Inclusion' policy... what happened next is good... and not so good...and parents need...

Massey Uni spends $156K on ’20 buck’ kumara patch

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Taxpayers' Union has revealed a Massey University research project involving a kūmara garden, claiming a small cultivation plot cost taxpayers $156,132 and questioning...

Education processes and outcomes continue to get worse under the current Coalition

Alwyn Poole -

A lot has been made of “significant” changes to the NZ education system under Erica Stanford. Some things have been put in place (e.g. changes...

Teacher struck off after sexual relationship with student

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A former teacher has been deregistered after a Teachers’ Disciplinary Tribunal found she engaged in a sexual relationship with a student that contributed to...

When the language of governance reaches the school gate

Judy Gill -

When institutional language becomes compulsory for everyone What happens when a vocabulary learned inside universities, ministries and professional development courses becomes the compulsory language of...

Teacher struck off after partner abused vulnerable student

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A veteran teacher who sought to support a vulnerable special needs student has been permanently barred from teaching after a disciplinary tribunal found his...

Are school policy providers quietly re‑writing New Zealand’s human rights law?

Penny Marie -

SchoolDocs is used by approximately 80-85% of schools in New Zealand. We found them referencing 'gender identity' in a misleading way. Across New Zealand, school...

Police seek information on priest’s historical abuse cases

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Police are urging anyone with information about historical offending linked to Father Rowan Donoghue to come forward, following the lifting of all name suppressions...

St Bede’s College to investigate abuse handling

Daily Telegraph NZ -

St Bede’s College in Christchurch has begun an internal investigation after learning it may have been informed nearly 20 years ago about sexual abuse...

Learning support staff challenge pay deductions in Employment Court

Daily Telegraph NZ -

More than 700 Ministry of Education staff who support disabled children are seeking to recover pay deducted during a partial strike last year, with...

Pentagon ends Harvard military education links over ‘wokeness’

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The US Department of Defense has moved to sever all professional education partnerships with Harvard University, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accusing the institution...

Trump sues Harvard for $1 billion

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Donald Trump has announced plans to seek $1 billion in damages from Harvard University, intensifying his administration’s push to hold 'elite' institutions accountable over...

Teaching Council to probe mandatory reporting failures after priest’s abuse convictions

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Teaching Council says it will investigate whether mandatory reporting obligations were met in relation to Fr Rowan Donoghue, now convicted of sexually abusing...

Pregnant Australian music teacher charged with multiple child sex offences

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A pregnant West Australian music teacher has been charged with a series of serious child sex offences following an investigation by specialist police detectives. 33-year-old...

The myth of significant change/improvement in education under the coalition

Alwyn Poole -

After 34 years of working in Education in New Zealand I am desperate for Erica Stanford to make truly meaningful and substantial change. I want...

Deputy principal temporarily reinstated after ERA finds flaws in dismissal process

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A deputy principal dismissed over alleged misuse of school funds has been temporarily reinstated after the Employment Relations Authority found significant procedural shortcomings in...

Gloriavale Christian School to lose registration

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Secretary for Education has decided to cancel the registration of Gloriavale Christian School, citing alleged persistent non-compliance with private school requirements and unresolved...

Teaching Council interim chief resigns from board after legality questions

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Teaching Council’s interim chief executive, Tom Gott, has resigned from the council’s governing board following state media scrutiny over whether his appointment breached...

Strong support for KidsCan-delivered meals in Early Childhood Centres – Seymour

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A Ministry of Education survey has found strong support among early childhood education (ECE) centres for KidsCan’s role in delivering taxpayer-funded meals to children...

Two killed, eight wounded in shooting at U.S university

Daily Telegraph NZ -

At least two people have been killed and eight others critically wounded following a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, during...

Investigation finds school’s mix-up likely cause of mouldy lunches

Daily Telegraph NZ -

New Zealand Food Safety has found no ongoing food safety risk with the government’s school lunch provider after an investigation into mouldy meals at...

Secondary principals agree to new collective agreement

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Secondary school principals have reached a new collective agreement that delivers pay rises of 2.5% this week and 2.1% next December, plus a $15,000...

Principal defends $18K Queenstown trip as ‘professional development’

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Haeata Community Campus principal Peggy Burrows has rejected claims that public money was misused on an $18,500 Queenstown trip for six senior staff, insisting...

All seven injured in Christchurch kindy chemical incident discharged from hospital

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Seven people, including five children, have been discharged from hospital after a chemical mix-up at Kindercare in Woolston caused burns during a slip-and-slide activity. Staff...

The habitual damage that the Ministry of Education does to NZ students

Alwyn Poole -

There are a couple of pieces of reported progress with education recently. They are anecdotal but are at least in the right direction. The...

Secondary teachers accept latest pay deal

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Secondary teachers have voted to accept the government’s new collective agreement, securing a 4.6% pay rise over two years, increased allowances for management and...

Irish teacher at the centre of trans controversy to remain in jail over Christmas

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Irish schoolteacher Enoch Burke will spend Christmas behind bars in Mountjoy Prison unless he agrees to 'purge his contempt of court'. Burke has been incarcerated...

Burnout and shortages drive surge in school principal resignations

Daily Telegraph NZ -

New Zealand schools are facing a leadership crisis, with 967 principals quitting in the past three years as rapid curriculum changes, severe teacher shortages...

Principal rejects claim mouldy school lunches were leftovers from previous week

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Haeata Community Campus principal Peggy Burrows is disputing NZ Food Safety’s (NZFS) suggestion that rancid school lunches served on Monday were leftover meals delivered...

Seymour says Compass ‘smeared’ as rotten meals likely left unrefrigerated at school

Daily Telegraph NZ -

NZ Food Safety says rancid lunches served to students at Christchurch’s Haeata Community Campus were most likely meals delivered the previous Thursday, left unrefrigerated...

Seymour questions responsibility for mouldy lunches at Christchurch school

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour is pushing back on claims that a food supplier is to blame for mould-covered lunches served to Christchurch students,...

Rancid school lunches spark Christchurch safety scare

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Haeata Community Campus in Christchurch halted its government-funded school lunch programme on Monday after teachers discovered that meals supplied by Compass Group were rancid,...

Takapuna Grammar mourns teacher after fatal diving accident

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Takapuna Grammar School on Auckland's North Shore is grieving the death of much-loved maths teacher Kevin Hu, who died in a diving accident, understood...

Teaching Council probe sparked by claims CEO’s husband’s firm won major contracts

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A whistleblower’s letter alleging the Teaching Council spent between $400,000 and $800,000 of public money on contracts with Clemenger BBDO, the advertising firm run...

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