Belinda Whyte
@beebrhyte.bsky.social
Teacher of Literacy based in Horowhenua, NZ. Life-long learner, and lover of reading. Currently working on a Doctor of Education
Love this initiative!
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Love this initiative!
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Disgusting change
Not only is this blatantly unfair, but for a Party that doesnt believe in collective responsibility,theyre holding ALL children responsible for the actions of others...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Disgusting change
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
Stanford played a role in the writing of the senior English curriculum, reviewing documents and providing feedback to Ministry officials on at least 10 February, 14 March and 27 March.
Stanford Admits Involvement in the Development of the Senior English 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…
bevanholloway.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Stanford played a role in the writing of the senior English curriculum, reviewing documents and providing feedback to Ministry officials on at least 10 February, 14 March and 27 March.
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
Tears Weren’t About the Fight
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 ...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
"research has shown that merit pay produces negative consequences without the positives promised"
Wow,so pleased NZ are heading this way - not!
Wow,so pleased NZ are heading this way - not!
The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers radicalscholarship.com/2025/11/11/t...
The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers
[Header Photo by Yohann LIBOT on Unsplash] The metaphors for education reform are far too easy, and thus, becoming themselves cliches—deja vous all over again, beating a dead horse, and for me, the…
radicalscholarship.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"research has shown that merit pay produces negative consequences without the positives promised"
Wow,so pleased NZ are heading this way - not!
Wow,so pleased NZ are heading this way - not!
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Erica Stanford wants to link your child’s academic performance to their teacher’s ability to make their mortgage payments.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Erica Stanford wants to link your child’s academic performance to their teacher’s ability to make their mortgage payments.
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
A MUST listen.
You want a summary of the devastating list of recolonisation of our education.
waateanews.com/2025/11/05/b...
You want a summary of the devastating list of recolonisation of our education.
waateanews.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bruce Jepsen | Cuccirculum changes perpetuate racism and deepen inequities in education
waateanews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A MUST listen.
You want a summary of the devastating list of recolonisation of our education.
waateanews.com/2025/11/05/b...
You want a summary of the devastating list of recolonisation of our education.
waateanews.com/2025/11/05/b...
Horrific nonsense like this is apparently now ok. Vomitous racist drivvle.
How advanced was Māori civilisation? | Kiwiblog
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...
www.kiwiblog.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Horrific nonsense like this is apparently now ok. Vomitous racist drivvle.
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
Reposted by Belinda Whyte
MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
Behind the education overhaul: Outcry reveals deep divisions in the sector
Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
MJ was challenged when he referred to the bs phonics data as proof the changes were working. He responded with anger.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
He wasn’t invited to speak about boys achievement. He chose to do so. His presentation put boys poor achievement down to the strong female culture in schools. Nothing else.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/06/b...
What a numpty
What a numpty
Behind the education overhaul
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
newsroom.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/06/b...
What a numpty
What a numpty
