Education news

History curriculum is a 'sanitised view'

The new history curriculum fails to meet demands for an honest engagement with our past, says Lecturer Christopher Burns.

First Pacific Professor of Pacific ECE

AUT’s Professor Jacoba Matapo has become the world’s first Pacific Professor of Pacific Early Childhood Education.

Call for social educators in schools

Schools need to become more involved in young people's developmental needs in order give them the best chance in life, AUT academics say.

Will reform leave some students behind?

A challenge is building: how to support the rising number of students struggling in mainstream classrooms.

Extremist views increasing in schools

Incidents of toxic masculinity and extremist views are increasing in our schools and in online spaces where youth hang out, says AUT's Dr Judy Bruce.

NCEA Reform: Academic or Vocational?

The Government wants vocational education and training in the school curriculum, but how will it be decided whether a student takes a VET track?

Writers ignite kids' reading joy

Authors giving talks at New Zealand schools stoke enthusiasm for reading and writing, new research has found.

How influential NZ schools affected NCEA

As we digest the news about government plans to scrap NCEA, we should also consider the role influential and prestigious schools had on its demise.

Big changes to NCEA and polytechs

Getting New Zealand’s vocational education and training system right this time should be non-negotiable.

The end of open-plan classrooms

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pendulum in school