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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Education articles  Education
    NZ’s draft science curriculum favours rote learning over critical thinking
     25 November 2025
    Critical thinking is an essential skill students should be encouraged to develop as part of their science learning. NZ’s draft science curriculum fails the test.
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    Enthusiasm for a successful Government maths support trial
    25 Nov: Enthusiasm for a successful Government maths support trial... more
    'Sorry New Zealand, love you': The record number of Kiwis leaving the country
    22 Nov: Max was earning more as a dishwasher in Australia than as a university-qualified environmental monitoring technician back home in New Zealand. He is among a record number of people leaving the country.... more
    Schoolgirls the target of mass abductions in Nigeria
    20 Nov: The kidnappers arrived on motorcycles, scaled the school fence and shot the vice-principal as he tried to protect his students.... more
    Auckland's St Kentigern College has revealed what led to a blaze in one of its classroom buildings this afternoon
    19 Nov: Auckland's St Kentigern College has revealed what led to a blaze in one of its classroom buildings this afternoon... more
    A structure fire's broken out at Auckland's Saint Kentigern College - in Pakuranga
    19 Nov: A structure fire's broken out at Auckland's Saint Kentigern College - in Pakuranga... more
    What it's like being a male early childhood educator amid the childcare crisis
    18 Nov: While the childcare crisis has left me concerned about my own child's safety, as a male early childhood educator, I'm also worried about the future of men in the sector, writes Ben.... more
    Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for student crackdown
    18 Nov: A Bangladesh court has sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of crimes against humanity.... more
    Why 'not just living for the weekend' may be a social media trend for good
    17 Nov: Emma Dickeson says her "school night" adventures are about devoting time and attention to the things that energise you.... more
    How free school meals gave thousands of children food poisoning in Indonesia
    16 Nov: Despite thousands of cases of food poisoning, Indonesia's government intends to expand a controversial program giving schoolchildren free meals.... more

     Most Popular Recent Education News
     07 Nov: An internet outage during NCEA exams yesterday means some students might turn to derived grades to counteract the disadvantage +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     07 Nov: A Virginia jury's awarded 10-million US dollars to a 28-year-old former teacher shot by a six-year-old student ++++++++++++++++++
     05 Nov: Father and son after being stung by swarm of 'murder hornets' during Laos holiday ++++++++++++++++
     05 Nov: Otago University's Proctor is investigating an incident involving 50 students shooting fireworks at each other and at Police ++++++++++++++++
     04 Nov: A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term ++++++++++++++++
     04 Nov: Otago University students say they're living on edge, after a man was caught peering into their windows, and underwear went missing +++++++++++++++
     02 Nov: Health New Zealand is launching Measles Immunisation Week tomorrow to get a growing outbreak under control ++++++++++++++

     Education NewsLinks
      26 Nov: Maths professor says education minister's claims a school trial is 'groundbreaking' is problematic (RadioNZ)
      21 Nov: Over 1000 schools say they will back te tiriti, after government removes obligation (Stuff.co.nz)
      21 Nov: 'expression of kotahitanga': more than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to te tiriti o waitangi (RadioNZ)
      21 Nov: Education overhaul: everything that changed in 2025, and what's in store for 2026 (RadioNZ)
      21 Nov: 'my mana reignited': attendees leave world's largest indigenous education conference feeling inspired (RadioNZ)
      21 Nov: Almost one million young people still not in work or education, figures show (BBCWorld)
      20 Nov: Thousands attend world's largest indigenous education conference in auckland (RadioNZ)
      20 Nov: World's largest indigenous education conference comes at 'perfect time', organisers say (RadioNZ)
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