Belinda Whyte

What New Zealand Could Learn From Finland’s Education System Finland’s education system emphasises human development, democracy and lifelong learning. Critics argue New Zealand’s current reforms focus too narrowly on benchmarks and testing.

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Alan hits this one out of the park.

National Consistency feels good Erica — if you’re already winning by Rebecca ThomasAgain and again — eight times by my count — Erica Stanford and Christopher Luxon stood in front of cameras promising a nationally consistent picture of education.Clearer reporting for...

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Oh dear

Another thought - I listened to several of King's audiobooksand was hooked that way. Some of them are read so well.

Yeah, true, it might be for some, but I like it's length, not too long, and the complete messed up-ness. Also, the way King creates such a complete world out of seemingly nothing. It's masterful.

The Long Walk is a good start I think. Or Carrie or Misery. I love The Stand and think it holds up as one of the best stories of all time, but it is long. IT as well.

Many schools don’t think students can read full novels any more. That’s a tragedy | Margaret Sullivan Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

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Concerning!

Why reading for pleasure matters Comment from Victoria University: School libraries and librarians should not be viewed as optional extras but as essential for learning

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Hope you are on the mend ❤️ and yes, agree with you about our health workers

A weird amalgamation of these? What a strange thing to have done.

We had my Dad with alzheimers come and stay for Christmas and it was hard. I admire you so much for looking after your Mum as you do.

Love this initiative!

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Disgusting change

Stanford Admits Involvement in the Development of the Senior English Curriculum While it is usual for a Minister to be aware of the different iterations of a curriculum, it is unusual for a Minister to have input.  And yet, this is exactly what has happened with the Engli…

Stanford played a role in the writing of the senior English curriculum, reviewing documents and providing feedback to Ministry officials on at least 10 February, 14 March and 27 March.

Are you guys keeping up with AEC articles? And Bevan Holloway? Excellent coverage and insight.

Inventing Knowledge (or, The Erica’s New Clothes) In an interview on Morning Report on 29 October,  Just after the surprise new new curriculums  Were dumped on the sector,  Erica Stanford claimed  “there are a lot of academics who love t…

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Tears Weren’t About the Fight by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...

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Tears Weren’t About the Fight by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...

When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.

Inventing Knowledge (or, The Erica’s New Clothes) In an interview on Morning Report on 29 October, Just after the surprise new new curriculums Were dumped on the sector, Erica Stanford claimed “there are a lot of academics who love this curriculum”. ...

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My my my

Also - isn't that a Principal's job? To listen to their community? I mean, bullying isn't the right way to go about it of course, but if an issue is important to the community, the principal probably should hear about it.

Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"

Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.

When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.

"research has shown that merit pay produces negative consequences without the positives promised"
Wow,so pleased NZ are heading this way - not!

Erica’s Play for Teacher Performance Pay — The Real Teaching Council Takeover by ELVURGENT INTEL — Erica Stanford is making a play for teacher performance-related pay — and we know this.We said it before about the Curriculum Shitshow.We proved it with the Learning First intel (...

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Erica Stanford wants to link your child’s academic performance to their teacher’s ability to make their mortgage payments.

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Bruce Jepsen | Cuccirculum changes perpetuate racism and deepen inequities in education

A MUST listen.
You want a summary of the devastating list of recolonisation of our education.
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Horrific nonsense like this is apparently now ok. Vomitous racist drivvle.