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Shocked? Is the Minister really shocked? Shocked to find out that Labour when last in Government removed National Standards within their first 100 days might be against national testing. Hmm, ok. There was a huge sense of relief from the majority of the profession to find out that the scourge of the SMART Tool might be over before it starts. But the below article on Stuff does highlight the ongoin...

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Thank you Brian Rathbone , Gaenor Brown , Patty Green , and many others for tuning into my live video with Maria Perreau and Philippa Hunter ! Don’t forget to check out the webpage with all the links to snapshot summaries for Civics, Politics and Philosophy , Manawhenua Geography and Sociology . Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Aotearoa Educators Collective's Substack...

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Thank you Lynda Knight , Bex Wharton , and many others for tuning into my live video with Jodie Hunter ! Check out the maths Phase 5 consultation resources to help you make your submission by June 15th. Get full access to Aotearoa Educators Collective's Substack at aecnz.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you for tuning into my live video with Pip Tinning ! Please head to English Phase 5 Consultation Guide for links to the snapshot doc, curriculum documents and survey. Get full access to Aotearoa Educators Collective's Substack at aecnz.substack.com/subscribe

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Thanks to those who were able to attend the launch, and thank you for the huge amount of positive feedback that people have sent in about the report since its release. Here is a video of the launch. We want to acknowledge the voices of parents that were shared. What Accountability Looks Like The 2025 Budget set out a timeline. The Aotearoa Educators’ Collective intends to hold that timeline, retur...

In this AEC School Briefs pre-budget special edition, Claire chats to Business and Economic Research Limited’s (BERL), Deputy Chief Economist, Killian Destremau about the research they have done on per student spending in the tertiary and compulsory education sector in Aotearoa. He also shares some interesting insights into the processes for determining our Annual Budget. You can read the report w...

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It was great to be able to catch up with Bruce Jepsen and Dr Therese Ford of Te Akatea. In a wide ranging discussion they spoke about the the pattern of remove Te Maori and the voices of Maori from the curriculum and its development process. Bruce offered the change for people to request the MOE funded equity report. You can contact him via email: manukura@teakatea.co.nz The full submission can be...

This conversation with Guy Claxton looked to dive into the issues around the direction of curriculum in Aotearoa and why embodiment science is better placed to connect curriculum with the type of citizens we want to create. Guy Claxton is Emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences at the University of Winchester Centre for Real-World Learning, UK, and author of The Future of Teaching and Intellig...

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Science Consultation Website Resource Thank you Rosemary Hipkins , Jessie Moss , Melvin Din , and many others for tuning into my live video with Cathy Buntting ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Get full access to Aotearoa Educators Collective's Substack at aecnz.substack.com/subscribe

This recording is from Wednesday 25 February 2026 at 7pm. Thanks to Claire Coleman, Annette Thomson and Peter O’Connor for their thoughts on the discussed the draft Arts Curriculum. Get full access to Aotearoa Educators Collective's Substack at aecnz.substack.com/subscribe

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