Posts by Kate Drury
Pay equity changes with new government
Pay equity claims for NZEI support staff in schools and staff in early childhood have new hope with the change in Government. An early childhood teacher and a teacher aide share their stories about how pay equity would make a difference to their lives.
Read MoreNational Standards’ dumping makes world news
NZEI Te Riu Roa has made headlines across the world for dumping National Standards.
Read MoreBreathing new life into the curriculum
When the new Labour-led government announced the end of National Standards this month, there were cheers around the country from teachers, principals and parents.
Read MoreEyesight problems in children going undetected
Vision problems in children are increasing a new study has found, with up to one in three children in low decile schools having undetected eyesight problems.
Read MoreWe’re not going to take it any more!
Teachers are seeking a big pay jolt and more time to teach in next year’s primary campaign.
Read MoreTeachers need to live here too
It is a problem all over the world in cities that are expensive to live in. Public servants, including teachers, struggle to live in the place where they work. The soaring cost of housing in some of New Zealand’s most expensive towns and cities, has led some schools to come up with some creative solutions.
Read MoreSpeaking out on education
When a Whanganui doctor – dressed in scrubs – protested about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement in 2015, it opened a debate on whether professionals had the right to speak out on issues in areas in which they were experts. Kate Drury reports on speaking-out rights.
Read MoreKeeping arts on the school agenda
During the Second World War, when asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort Winston Churchill said: “Then what are we fighting for?” The story may be apocryphal but the sentiment is clear. Without the arts, we, as a society, are all the poorer. This series of stories looks at what is…
Read MoreRaising an Inglewood citizen
Inglewood is a community in more than one sense of the word. People know each other like any other close-knit, mainly rural community but it is a community working together to raise an “Inglewood citizen” and has established a wide-ranging Community of Learning (CoL). It was established in 2015 now includes 3500 learners from early…
Read MoreVote for children, vote for education
Every kiwi kid wants to realise their dreams and every parent wants the best for their child. And to do that; to really have the ability to reach their potential, children need to be at the centre of all that is done in the education sector. But quality public education also needs adequate funding and…
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