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Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility – wealth and inequality should be part of the new curriculum

Jennifer Tatebe, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Derek Shafer, University of Waikato, and Marta Estellés, University of Waikato

Kiwi kids once led the world in reading – this 1950s primary school syllabus still has lessons for today

Ruth Boyask, Auckland University of Technology and John Milne, Auckland University of Technology

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Tripped at the first hurdle: fees-free changes could put some students off tertiary study altogether

Wendy Ann Alabaster, University of Canterbury and Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury

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School phone ban one year on: our student survey reveals mixed feelings about its success

Cara Swit, University of Canterbury; Aaron Hapuku, University of Canterbury; Helena Cook, University of Canterbury, and Jennifer Smith, University of Canterbury

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Does your school have enough trees? Here’s why they’re great for kids and their learning

Margaret Stanley, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Abigail Cunninghame, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

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NZ school science results improve – but international testing highlights a stubborn socioeconomic gap

Cathy Buntting, University of Waikato

A Caucasian elementary school girl is indoors in a science lab. She is wearing casual clothing and goggles. She is doing a chemistry experiment with a liquid in a container.

Privatisation by stealth: changes to education in NZ opening the door to private interests

Karen Nairn, University of Otago and Susan Sandretto, University of Otago

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Warm and friendly or competent and straightforward? What students want from AI chatbots in the classroom

Shahper Richter, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Inna Piven, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Patrick Dodd, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

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What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?

Peter Yongqi Gu, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Stephen Dobson, CQUniversity Australia

Fostering a love of stories in a child’s first years is key to lifelong reading

Elaine Reese, University of Otago

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Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools

Collin Bjork, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

The numbers don’t add up: why the government needs to slow down on sweeping changes to NZ’s maths curriculum

David Pomeroy, University of Canterbury and Lisa Darragh, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

girl trying to solve mathematical equation

Declining PhD student numbers are a warning sign for NZ’s future knowledge economy

Ian Wright, University of Canterbury

AI tutors could be coming to the classroom – but who taught the tutor, and should you trust them?

Kathryn MacCallum, University of Canterbury and David Parsons, University of Canterbury

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Food for thought: how NZ’s school lunch programme can add learning and local economies to the menu

Sita Venkateswar, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Derrylea Hardy, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Heidi McLeod, Lincoln University, New Zealand, and Nitha Palakshappa, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University