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A rushed new maths curriculum doesn’t add up. The right answer is more time

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

Why claims of ‘transformational’ school reading improvement are premature

John Milne, Auckland University of Technology

AI in the classroom is hard to detect – time to bring back oral tests

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

From fear to fluency: what our students learned when they used AI across an entire course

Alexander Richter, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Ishara Sudeeptha, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Human shakes hands with AI to show partnership.

The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA

Stuart Deerness, Auckland University of Technology

Big changes to NCEA and polytechs must deliver the skills NZ urgently needs

Lisa Maurice-Takerei, Auckland University of Technology

NCEA isn’t perfect but NZ shouldn’t forget why it was introduced in the first place

David Pomeroy, University of Canterbury

The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education

ABHSBez76, Edith Cowan University; Alastair Wells, Auckland University of Technology, and Chris Bradbeer, The University of Melbourne

AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer

Patrick Dodd, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Female putting coin into piggy bank on a stack of text books in front of a blackboard

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

Child's hands following words in a book while reading

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

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

Female college student writing an exam during a class at lecture hall. Her classmate are in the background.

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

Teens in circle holding smart mobile phones

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

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.