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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Does anyone know the proportion of university courses that have exams in New Zealand? I’m sure I saw something from my uni that said we needed to get approval to have exams and were encouraged not to, but I must have deleted the email!

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Are they taking the piss with the redactions here? This is ridiculous - they’ve included very few emails (not even the same number as were on the contributing group) and the ones they have included are almost entirely redacted.

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

So the minister recalls 6 phone calls (unspecified) and found 2 emails from principals and 1 from a board chair (received after the OIA request so wouldn’t have influenced what she said). Hardly an overwhelming response in support of her removing the clause to give effect to te Tiriti!

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This is one to follow - the ministry of education has admitted to using AI in the development of the social sciences curriculum and this person has asked to see what that looked like - chat logs prompts etc

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Will be following this one! Did you know you can create an account and follow a request to be emailed when there are updates? So handy!

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Hey #SSchat folk - I'd love to hear your thoughts on the draft social sciences curriculum just released by the NZ Ministry of Education. You have to scroll down to file downloads then select SocialSciences-draft-Oct-2025.pdf. newzealandcurriculum.tahurangi.education.govt.nz/new-zealand-...

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Does anyone know when @fyi.org.nz will be up again?

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Malcolm Clarke @mfcuk2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

"The National curriculum isn't a state secret..." "When you prevent educational leaders, principals, teachers, anyone who is on these advisory groups from consulting with their communities, you're not protecting anything. You're undermining democratic participation." www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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NDAs preventing consultation on crucial education changes - teachers

Teachers' unions say non-disclosure agreements are creating secrecy around crucial education changes.

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Enrich a movie by adding your pick for #BirdOfTheYear Itty Bitty Tītī Committee

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Just found this OIA request feed. You can search for any agencies of interest . And this 1 is interesting… In response to this request about how many Māori and Pacific people they asked to contribute on the SS and Aotearoa histories curriculum, the MoE state they didn’t consider it relevant.

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Teacher educators and teacher mentors - what are your best ideas, articles, videos etc to support student teachers developing understanding of behaviour management? Thanks in advance! #teachereducation

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So many people on the hīkoi today! Photo credit Keelan Walker

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Submissions to this name change proposal close in a week, please follow this link and indicate whether you support the correction of the name back to Pito One or if you’d prefer continuing with the incorrect and meaningless spelling of Petone. 😉 www.linz.govt.nz/consultation...

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Place name proposal - Pito One

This proposal is to change the name Petone to Pito One, for the suburb in Lower Hutt. Closes: Tue 10 Sep 2024

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

PISA results suggest the best way to improve students' results is to feed them! Latest PISA study says students who experience food poverty score 2-4 years lower than their peers. NZ scored 2nd worst in the OECD for students missing 1 meal a week and 3rd for 4+meals. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/foo...

phcc.org.nz

Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years

Hunger is major threat to public health and educational attainment and needs to be urgently addressed.

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Are you leading learning in Aotearoa for years 1-8? Come to ASSEN's 2 day PLD and learn how to teach more than just the basics brilliantly - teaching reading, writing and maths in ways that enrich social studies and histories skills and knowledge. assen.kartra.com/page/registr...

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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

“It frickin’ kills me to feel my kid’s first heartbreak. And it’s over kapa haka. I don’t try to solve it. I just hold him. Support him. Tell him I love him, that I’m proud.” — Sisilia Eteuati.

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Road to Polyfest | E-Tangata

“It frickin’ kills me to feel my kid's first heartbreak. And it's over kapa haka. I don't try to solve it. I just hold him. Support him. Tell him I love him, that I'm proud.” — Sisilia Eteuati.

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

In case y’all are interested, here’s my critical literacy based review of two new Aotearoa history books www.thesapling.co.nz/reviews-two-...

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

The government is sending quite a message here by appointing a curriculum working group without a single Māori educator/ expert. Further entrenched by the inclusion of Elizabeth Rātā www.beehive.govt.nz/release/firs...

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

I'm reading Patu by Gavin Bishop, and wondered if y'all can answer this? In the Tangata Whenua section it says: Over several centuries, horticulture became widespread. Men cleared and dug the land. Women planted and weeded. Were the gender roles actually as defined as this suggests? #kikorangi

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Do you know anyone who’s interested in becoming a teacher? This webinar will help answer some questions about how it works at Victoria. Please make sure everyone knows secondary teacher education is still happening! explore.wgtn.ac.nz/teaching-web...

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Frank Wilson @frankwilson.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

While most talk suggests the election result is a foregone conclusion, it’s actually really close! Your vote will make a difference We could have a labour/green/TPM coalition if ACT, national and NZ first each drop 1%, the Greens rise 1% and Labour rises 2.1% www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

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Latest breaking news articles, photos, video, blogs, reviews, analysis, opinion and reader comment from New Zealand and around the World - NZ Herald

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