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Principal faces fraud charges totalling $548k in Palmerston North

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Former Ross Intermediate principal Wayne Kevin Codyre, also known as Wayne Jenkins, has been charged with 52 counts of obtaining by deception, allegedly defrauding...

Interesting Article: The No. 1 secret to their success—and parents should teach it early

Alwyn Poole -

Great article here. According to Jennifer Breheny Wallace: “During my six years of researching hundreds of high-achieving kids, I’ve found that the real engine behind long-term...

New Plymouth Boys’ High apologises for excluding student from speech finals, FSU to provide training

Daily Telegraph NZ -

After a mediation supported by the Free Speech Union (FSU), New Plymouth Boys’ High School acknowledged that Oliver Jull was excluded from participating in...

Name suppression lifted for former teacher convicted of sex acts on student

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Myah Leanie Adams, a 27-year-old former Auckland teacher, had her two-year prison sentence for sexual conduct with a 15-year-old student reduced to 10 months...

Convicted teacher abused nine girls despite warnings and police red flags

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Auckland teacher Timothy Fisher, recently jailed for abusing nine girls and creating child exploitation material, was able to continue teaching despite prior indecency convictions,...

U.S. revokes 6,000+ international student visas for law violations and security concerns

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The US State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas, citing violations of US law, overstays, and national security concerns. Officials said the...

Teachers and nurses plan strikes as pay and staffing disputes escalate

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Two of the country's largest public sector unions are preparing strike action in the coming weeks, as teachers and nurses accuse the government of...

Stanford limits Māori in early reading books

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Education Minister Erica Stanford has ordered that new additions to the "Ready to Read Phonics Plus" series for five-year-olds exclude Māori words except for...

Labour no-show on NCEA changes briefings

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Government repeatedly offered Labour briefings on upcoming NCEA reforms, but Education Spokeswoman Willow-Jean Prime failed to respond to initial invitations and later formally...

Government proposes replacing NCEA with new national qualifications

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Government has announced a plan to overhaul New Zealand’s secondary school qualification system, proposing to replace NCEA with two new national certificates aimed...

Two major problems with the proposed English curriculum

Alwyn Poole -

I have been writing curriculum in NZ since I started teaching in 1991. This developed into writing a full curriculum– all core subjects and 32...

Here’s why Western education is doomed

Rachel Marsden -

The meteoric rise of feelings-first schooling has ended academic excellence. As someone who hadn’t set foot inside a grade school for decades, I knew something...

Covid lockdowns devastated an entire generation of children

Ian Miller -

In what we now understand were completely theatrical attempts to control the Covid-19 pandemic, experts demanded and politicians mandated all sorts of intrusive policies. Mask...

Learn how to think, not what to think

Averil Drake -

The history of modern schools, why critical thinking was never the plan and what is the way forward? “Are we raising future generations incapable of...

International coalition launches to protect children from W.H.O. sexualization agenda

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Let Kids Be Kids is proud to be part of this new international alliance. An unprecedented global alliance of parental rights and child protection organizations...

Government invests $30m to expand state-integrated school capacity

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The government has announced a $30 million investment over four years to expand classroom capacity in state-integrated schools, aiming to support growing demand and...

Why do National and ACT demand accountability when they are in opposition – but suppress information when in government?

Alwyn Poole -

This is the latest example: Charter schools told to keep enrolment numbers secret "The seven charter schools set up at the start of the year have...

Charter schools told to keep enrolments secret – report

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Charter School Agency has instructed the seven newly established charter schools to keep their enrolment numbers confidential, arguing that disclosure could harm their...

Designing a new school in the age of AI

Alwyn Poole -

Currently my colleagues and I have the challenging and inspiring task of designing a new school (Year 0 - 10) in the, still dawning,...

U.K. school apologises after girl sent home for wearing Union Jack dress on ‘Culture Day’

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A 12-year-old student named Courtney at Bilton School in Rugby, Warwickshire, was removed from culture day celebrations after wearing a Union Jack dress and...

Regional Polytechs to return in 2026 as government reverses Te Pūkenga policies

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds has announced that ten polytechnics will be re-established from January 2026, reversing the Labour government’s centralisation under Te Pūkenga. The...

Teachers must avert an AI-facilitated intellectual Dark Age

David Thunder -

I remember watching a YouTube interview with a highly intelligent and observant entrepreneur, who cheerfully predicted that the time would come when AI programmes...

The current NZ government is already too little too late on significant aspects of education

Alwyn Poole -

I have been in teaching/education since 1991 and chosen to do an annual analysis of the New Zealand system through processing a range of...

Ohio school Counsellor sentenced to 3 years for sexual relationship with teen student

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Emily Nutley, a married 43-year-old former counsellor at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday for...

Disengagement with the NZ state education system

Alwyn Poole -

Not counting students/families opting for private, state integrated and designated character school options – there are four major features of our current enrolment and...

University of Auckland ordered to pay Siouxsie Wiles over $205,000

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The University of Auckland has been ordered to pay scientist Siouxsie Wiles $205,059.94 in legal costs following a 2023 Employment Court case where the...

Trans athlete’s win sparks uproar at California girls’ track championship

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A biological male competing in California’s girls’ state track and field championship has reignited fierce debate over fairness in women’s sports. AB Hernandez, a transgender...

Dunedin school recovers $365K of misappropriated funds

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Logan Park High School in Dunedin has revealed that nearly $365,000 was misappropriated by a single individual between 2019 and 2024. The discovery was made...

Why I came around to online learning

Bill Rice -

In May of 2011, I wrote the following words in the Chronicle of Higher Education: “Online learning has become the third rail in American...

Trump bans Harvard from accepting foreign students

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Ivy League institution has been given 72 hours to comply with the US administration’s demands. The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University’s authorization to...

In terms of Education – the two true marks of any good government budget is …

Alwyn Poole -

How much is spent in support of parents as the first and most important teacher of their child(ren)? … As opposed to bureacracy/system...

Auckland high school cancels LGBTQ+ event due to protest threats

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Hobsonville Point Secondary School in Auckland has cancelled its annual LGBTQ+ event, "Lil Gay Out", following concerns about potential protest activity. The event, which typically...

Two Auckland schools locked-down after separate incidents

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Two Auckland schools were placed in lockdown on Friday following separate incidents that prompted swift police responses and concern for student safety. Papakura High School...

The complete lack of political will for Education improvement in NZ

Alwyn Poole -

As the budget nears - it is clear that the area of greatest need for youth development, future prosperity and growth – is one...

Harvard exposed: How corrupt elites destroyed American education

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Donald Trump’s push to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status is a long overdue move, as greed is undermining education, argued Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel. US...

White House halts new grants for Harvard

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The move follows the university’s rejection of US government demands for policy changes. The administration of US President Donald Trump has blocked new federal research...

Swiss university secretly ran AI experiment to manipulate minds

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Reddit is considering suing the University of Zurich for using chatbots to sway users’ opinions on hot-button topics. A major Swiss university has come under...

Millions of US student loan defaulters face renewed debt collections amid criticism of Biden policy

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Starting May 5, the Department of Education will resume debt collections for millions of student loan borrowers in default, ending a pandemic-era pause in...

Record number of top NZ school leavers heading overseas

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A record number of New Zealand’s highest-achieving school leavers are heading overseas after finishing school, according to an Education Ministry report. In 2023, six percent...

Enhancing the experience of childhood

Alwyn Poole -

In general despite constant press and political negativity - this is the best time in the history of humanity to grow up. People across the...

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