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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 3h

So, what does it mean if our community made the wrong choice and voted to get rid of Māori wards? Can we appeal? Or do we have to move?

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

When you come at inclusion via the early years idea of creating an 'enabling environment' then what happens is that you adapt the setting to suit the children rather than trying to adapt the children to suit the setting.

'The child is not for the school; the school is for the child." #EduSky

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 3d

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Stanford’s Drive to Impose an Overseas Developed Curriculum in NZ Schools | The Daily Blog

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 10d

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Has Erica Stanford Been Negligent or Deceitful? | The Daily Blog

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aec.org.nz @aec.org.nz · 10d

Curriculum progress in Aotearoa explained in 176 words. #nzpol

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 10d

Tell me Stanford is acting in a way you expect a Minister to act. Go on. Tell me.

Tell me Stanford, with no education experience, is acting in a way that leads to the creation of good education policy. Go on. Tell me.

aec.org.nz @aec.org.nz · 10d

Curriculum progress in Aotearoa explained in 176 words. #nzpol

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 13d

Excellent question.

The violations of democratic process are egregious and increasingly brazen and have moved this beyond curriculum — this is about how we want power to behave in this country.

I am not a journalist. This stuff hasn’t been hard to find.

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 13d

Just think, English teachers of Aotearoa New Zealand: there was a March 2025 version of the rewritten senior English curriculum that didn't fully embrace Rata's determination to "end decolonisation's success".

But we got the version that literally erased Māori and Pacific authors.

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 13d

I think there is merit in not making this all about pedagogy. The curriculum changes have got through because of the continual violation of democratic process, with the knowledge of the Minister. If that is going to stand, none of us are safe anymore.

Surely, everyone cares about that.

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 13d

You always manage to put things into perspective for me Bevan, I really appreciate that. You're right, this goes beyond teaching and everyone needs to care. It is just so shocking that it is happening!

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 13d

When will it end, and how can we make busy teachers sit up, take notice, and care??

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 13d

This one was an eye-opener!

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 13d

Who changed the senior English curriculum just before it went out for consultation?

Why did they erase Māori and Pacific authors and replace them with Shakespeare and 19th century texts?

Recapturing the Senior English Curriculum

2024 had been a good year for Stanford. The speed bump that was the outcry over the senior English curriculum and the lack of consultation had been smoothly managed by her, and she was on a roll wi…

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 14d

Two draft English curricula dated March 2024 exist. One, approved by the Curriculum Coherence Group, contained no Shakespeare and stipulated the inclusion of Māori and Pacifica authors. The other, the version out for consultation, included Shakespeare and Māori and Pacifica authors had been removed.

Recapturing the Senior English Curriculum

2024 had been a good year for Stanford. The speed bump that was the outcry over the senior English curriculum and the lack of consultation had been smoothly managed by her, and she was on a roll wi…

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 24d

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This kind of thing helped with apartheid in South Africa.

FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel

But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25d

Education is the enemy of fascism.

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 26d

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Yet Another Business Person Who Thinks She is an Educational Expert | The Daily Blog

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Feana Tu’akoi @feanatuakoi.bsky.social · 26d

Insightful Radio NZ essay by uber-talented Aotearoa author, David Hill, on the importance of listening to stories. Check it out!
❤️🇳🇿📚

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Listen up: why listening to stories still matters for kids of all ages

Taranaki author David Hill looks back on RNZ's proud tradition of sharing stories for little listeners.

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · 27d

You're a wonder. Hope you got back to sleep

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Pat Brittenden @patbrittenden.bsky.social · 29d

#BHN With refernce to the conversation around the world about left versus right violence, just want to highlight this research

I'm stoked that those on the right are now at the "enough is enough" phase, welcome, we've been here for a while...now let's do this #nzpol

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Les Edwards @makolesedwards.bsky.social · Sep 10

Please read and share far and wide.
The Coalition are the pits at economic management.
They really are 🤡🤡🤡.
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Nicola Willis’s Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government

Current & planned debt will surpass Labour’s full term debt in less years. Willis also admitted Budget 2024 had a higher deficit than all of Grant Robertson’s bar Covid.

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · Sep 10

I wrote a short article for @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about how we need to prioritise time for independent reading in schools. Even though it's vitally important, it's often squeezed out due to the pressures of the school timetable. ourfp.org/publications...

Making time for RfP - Reading for Pleasure

“You can measure the true strength of a school by how hard it fights to protect its reading time against the pressures of the timetable.” Aidan Chambers, The Reading Environment The above quote is on...

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Belinda Whyte @beebrhyte.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · Sep 6

If you’re an English teacher in NZ help Tania out.

I’ve done it. Takes 2-3 minutes. And you’ll be helping out someone with a deep belief in kids and what they can do.

Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social · Sep 6

Help: need heaps more English teachers to do my survey so that the data is comprehensive. NZATE have put it on their FB & newsletters, I've emailed regional associations, Eng fB page. Here. Only 62 responses. My colleagues are tired/overwhelmed so I don't want to nag but how do I get more

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