Finland’s education system emphasises human development, democracy and lifelong learning. Critics argue New Zealand’s current reforms focus too narrowly on benchmarks and testing.

by Rebecca ThomasAgain and again — eight times by my count — Erica Stanford and Christopher Luxon stood in front of cameras promising a nationally consistent picture of education.Clearer reporting for...

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Comment from Victoria University: School libraries and librarians should not be viewed as optional extras but as essential for learning

While it is usual for a Minister to be aware of the different iterations of a curriculum, it is unusual for a Minister to have input.  And yet, this is exactly what has happened with the Engli…

In an interview on Morning Report on 29 October,  Just after the surprise new new curriculums  Were dumped on the sector,  Erica Stanford claimed  “there are a lot of academics who love t…

by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...

by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...

In an interview on Morning Report on 29 October, Just after the surprise new new curriculums Were dumped on the sector, Erica Stanford claimed “there are a lot of academics who love this curriculum”. ...

While it is usual for a Minister to be aware of the different iterations of a curriculum, it is unusual for a Minister to have input.  And yet, this is exactly what has happened with the Engli…

by ELVURGENT INTEL — Erica Stanford is making a play for teacher performance-related pay — and we know this.We said it before about the Curriculum Shitshow.We proved it with the Learning First intel (...

Te Akatea President Bruce Jepsen on the Draft Curriculum: Waatea News Interview

Something I have been interested in is trying to get a better understanding of what life was like for Maori in New Zealand before Abel Tasman made contact in 1642. By then Maori had been in New Zealan...

In response to questions put to her by Debbie Ngarewa Packer in the House today about the removal of Te Tiriti o Waitangi from the Education and Training Act, Erica Stanford, she made the following…

Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.

Today from The Detail: A key player in the curriculum rewrite says the criticism is overblown - and not a reflection of what the sector thinks

Analysis: As the Govt looks to comparable jurisdictions for answers on its education questions, data suggests this won't solve the problem

by ELVWe are loving the open letters and the passionate campaign to refuse to teach the shocking curriculum. It’s heart-warming to see some of us trying to make the best of it—trying to hold the line ...

by ELV​​We’ve all been waiting, haven’t we? For someone — anyone — from Camp Roadshow to step forward and tell us what really went on. Not the soundbites, not the policy gloss, but the actual story be...

A contribution by Guest Student Writers, Lyanne Metuli Tuluauau and Helen Nansen.

by ELV Before Erica Stanford rolls into town with her roadshow banners and big promises, educators deserve to hear the truth.Over the last few years, a handful of small PLD providers, curriculum write...

by ELVTonight we were told the government’s mandated structured literacy reforms are “working for everyone, in every school, in every setting.”The evidence? A jump in phonics scores from 36% to 58% af...

This afternoon, the Minister of Education announced what she called a “transformational boost” in reading achievement, crediting the government’s mandated structured literacy programme and newly intro...

Thomas, P.L. (2025, Spring). Crisis as distraction and erasure: How SOR fails diversity and urban students. Journal of Literacy and Urban Schools (1), 6-23. Thomas, P.L. (2025). Breaking free of th…