Education Review

A study, released today, found that schools are successfully lifting achievement by creating a coherent focus on literacy teaching.

Sally Birdsall says although students’ climate change message was muffled by what happened on the same day in Christchurch, it’s important their voices are still heard on this important issue.

Roger Smyth says not all university ranking systems are created equal.

Rachel Whalley, VLN (Virtual Learning Network) Primary ePrincipal, was hoping for a lot more from the recently published Tomorrow’s Schools review report: she’s concerned that the Taskforce hasn’t grasped the importance of networks that aren’t tied to geography.

As a new website about device use in schools launches today, Rachel Helyer Donaldson looks at the quality and quantity of digital technology use in Kiwi classrooms.

Bernardine Vester responds to Emeritus Professor Gary Hawke’s paper on the report by the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce.

Emeritus Professor Gary Hawke's paper on the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce’s report, ‘Our Schooling Futures’.

This is the underlying point behind nearly every question asked at the Tomorrow’s Schools Review taskforce’s public consultation meetings, including the Tauranga meeting Jude Barback attended earlier this week.

The chief executive of one of New Zealand’s polytechnics is concerned that institutions will lose their ability to innovate, be responsive and take risks if the proposed reforms for New Zealand’s ITP sector go ahead. By Jude Barback.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins says we need a vocational education system that seamlessly delivers training needed by industry regardless of whether that training is delivered on the job or through a provider. But others doubt the proposed reforms will achieve this goal. By Jude Barback.