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Northland principals criticise Government's school attendance action plan

Northland principals have described the Government’s attendance action plan to tackle truancy as “a nice little soundbite” lacking substance. Associate...

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Mike's Minute: This week gives me hope

The Government has had a pretty good week. The nine public service targets make sense. They give us a purpose and an idea of direction and, importantly, th

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John MacDonald: Would later starts get more kids turning up at school?

Instead of banging-on about things like fining parents who don’t send their kids to school, the Government should be finding out what’s already working to

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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why is it that we have this truancy problem?

As you know, truancy has been a topic of some discussion in the last week, especially with Associate Education Minster David Seymour's plans to get kids ba

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Watch live: David Seymour, PM to announce truancy plan

New public health guidance for students to go to school and weekly truancy reporting are key parts of the Government’s plan to tackle school truancy.  Prim

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David Seymour and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announce crackdown on truancy, school attendance

Associate Education Minister David Seymour has floated the idea of fines for parents who take their kids out of school because “they want get a cheaper...

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The student climate strike and David Seymour's tackling of truancy

EDITORIAL Associate Education Minister David Seymour was playing an old schoolmaster this week, chiding young people protesting New Zealand climate policies.

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Letters: The real reasons for truancy; Russell Coutts and dolphin delays

The real reasons kids miss school It’s a positive initiative that the Government is addressing truancy and launching an attendance action plan. Covid is only...

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Letters: Chief executives' pay and a job for life; truancy spawns 'Gen-Uneducated'; autonomy for teachers

Big pay and a job for life It is always interesting to see how much our top executives get paid . What they never show are all the other financial benefits...

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Letters: Red tape strangling NZ; truancy fines work; end of Eden Park

Red tape is strangling us all Thank you Paula Bennett ( HoS , Feb 11) for highlighting that our traditional ingenuity and resourcefulness is being stifled by...

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