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Where is the minister for public education?
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[Scoop.co.nz (press release)] - Where is the minister for public education? - PPTA. “It seems we have a very effective minister of privatising education. What we don't have is a minister of public education,” says PPTA president Robin Duff. Duff opened PPTA's annual conference today
Teacher union accuses Government of deceit
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[New Zealand Herald] - The appearance of Education Minister Hekia Parata at the secondary union conference in Wellington this morning may be a tense affair after union head Robin Duff accused the Government of being dishonest over class sizes, and Ms Parata of being a
Respect for teachers key to Finnish success
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[Scoop.co.nz (press release)] - Drawing on years of analysis of Finland's high achieving public education system Sahlberg places teachers squarely at the centre of its success, a move PPTA president Robin Duff would like to see replicated in New Zealand. “This is a country where
School funding a hot topic at PPTA conference
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[Newstalk ZB] - Funding of schools will be a hot topic at the PPTA annual conference which starts today. President Robin Duff says secondary schools are being forced to rely on community raised funds. He say we're supposed to have free education in schools, but it's a
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