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UK teacher warns: Charter schools will increase privatisation of education in Aotearoa
As the Government hastily ushers through one of the most far-reaching changes to public education in Aotearoa, a visiting leader of teachers in England is warning that charter…
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Union concerned narrow and fast-tracked curriculum change won't deliver results
NZEI Te Riu Roa is concerned that the rapid pace of change to the primary curriculum in maths and literacy, and the incredibly short timeframe to train teachers and implement…
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Early childhood teachers’ union calls for stop to sector regulatory review
NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union for early childhood education, is calling for the Government to push pause on its regulatory review of the sector, due to the potential risks it poses…
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Union says standardised tests will not help young learners
NZEI Te Riu Roa says that standardised tests twice a year for children in primary schools is not the way to improve their achievement. The union says that teachers and principals…
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NZEI Te Riu Roa opposes expensive charter school experiment
NZEI Te Riu Roa opposes the Education and Training Amendment Act legislation introduced to Parliament today which makes provisions for charter schools and allows the Minister to…
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Early childhood teachers head to Parliament to save pay parity scheme
Early childhood kaiako and tamariki will go to Parliament tomorrow to present their eleven thousand-strong petition calling on the Government to ensure the current pay parity…
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School support staff mobilising after Budget 2024 fails to deliver
Hundreds of school support staff, essential to supporting children’s learning, are mobilising at paid union meetings from this week to discuss their priorities to take into…
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Educators stand up for environmental protection of Aotearoa
Aotearoa’s largest education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, stands with the coalition of environmental and community groups marching against the Government’s continued attack on the…
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A backwards budget for early childhood education
The union for early childhood education and kindergarten teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says Budget 2024 doesn’t deliver certainty for the sector or relieve pressure on centres to…