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

Cathy Buntting, University of Waikato

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

What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?
Fostering a love of stories in a child’s first years is key to lifelong reading

Elaine Reese, University of Otago

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

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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

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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

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

Ian Wright, University of Canterbury

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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

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

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Legal risk and more paperwork: do health and safety laws threaten the great Kiwi school trip?

Chris North, University of Canterbury

Banning social media for under-16s won’t help – teaching digital media literacy will

Melissa Gould, Auckland University of Technology

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Shakespeare, Beowulf and Chaucer could be back in the NZ English curriculum – should they be?

Claudia Rozas, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

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What can you do if you think your teen already has unhealthy social media habits?

Carmel Taddeo, University of South Australia and Barbara Spears, University of South Australia

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Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for

Samantha Vlcek, RMIT University

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