Labour's leader believes lessons can be learnt from a lack of communication from his party on NCEA changes. Education Minister Erica Stanford reached out to Labour's education spokeswoman Willow-Jean ...

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With news the pupil assessment system is on the way out, many applauded the return to old school ways, but said less about what might be lost.

It feels like Erica Stanford can’t do anything wrong at the moment. She’s banned phones in schools, reintroduced structured ...

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Labour's education spokesperson rejected offers to engage with the government about education reforms, saying she does not ...

By choosing to offer the Cambridge exam system and publicly criticising NCEA, a group of prominent schools subtly helped ...

As the Government moves swiftly to change the direction of NZ education, both ‘sides’ need to stop talking past each each other.

When Erica Stanford announced the scrapping of NCEA, Labour said that there hasn't been proper consultation, and it was all too hasty. Today we find out that Labour's supposed Education Spokesperson, ...

But they are not the highest priority problems. I have a son who is a professional fire-fighter. I would imagine that they most basic advice they receive is to point the hose at the fire. Stanford has ...