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We asked and you answered!  We put to the NZ education community the following questions: How do you use dates of significance to connect with your...

Recently published by the British Council, Dr Arran Hamilton discusses how teachers view their profession affects their performance and student...

Written by Rebecca Thomas and Steve Saville.   The start of a new year; a new cohort of learners, the return of an energised staff and a new...

E tiro whakamau ana ki te tau hou  Ko tēnei te whakatipuranga o te tamaiti i roto i tōna oranga nui, i runga hoki i tōna mana motuhake, mana...

2020 Reflections and 2021 Goals As we reflect on 2020, this year has been full of some great successes, and also some hard learning - maybe more...

New for NZ - Professional Growth Cycles Performance appraisal requirements for teachers in New Zealand have recently been removed by the Teaching...

By Dr Arran Hamilton From learning management systems, intelligent tutoring platforms to completely paperless schools – the use of education...

The key to the success of North-East schools are North-East teachers. These are those teachers, who by a special combination of skills in creating...

North-East teachers are supported by North-East leaders in North-East schools. North-East schools are those where all students are successful. To do...

One of the major questions facing us in education is why educational ‘failure’ and ‘success’  often appears to be differentiated along ethnic,...

Educators need to address educational inequalities by including those currently marginalised from the benefits of education into the conversation...

Student voice tell us who they need their teachers to be. Imagine the impact upon us if we were not able to form positive relationships with our...

Back to basicsDo these sayings sound familiar? Do you cringe thinking back to timed tests we used to do at school? Test yourself now. You have 10...

"There is a huge elephant standing in most math classrooms: it is the idea that only some students can do well in math. Students believe it, parents...

You become an educator for a reason, it's a calling, it's in your soul. Whether you stumbled onto this pathway by accident, or pre-planned the...

Developed in collaboration with Emeritus Professor Russell Bishop and Cognition Education, Relationships First is the latest development for...

The First Thread This blog follows on from our initial article titled  5 Voices and 5 learnings from COVID-19, which was based on our three...

As we celebrate moving out of lockdown, we need to take the time to reflect and build on any lessons learnt. We have this window of opportunity to...