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ANALYSIS – October 16, 2025
Twenty one ECE services have had their licences downgraded for breaching regulations on four or more occasions in the last decade – and 33 services have spent more than a year on a provisional and/or suspended licence, an analysis by the Office of Early Childhood Education of nearly 10 years’ worth of data shows.
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One service stands out on both lists.
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Individual Education Plan Appropriate for Young Children and in Early Childhood Education Services.
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Operating on the legally required adult:child teacher ratios. Opinion article. Dr Sarah Alexander. November 21, 2017. Staff burnout is what happens when you don’t have
Gifted Children Identification and Resource Issues. Research Report by Valerie Margrain & Sarah Alexander.
An online survey was conducted on the education of young gifted children. The purpose of the survey was to gather information and sector views to help inform policy and practices for young gifted children and those who work with them.
The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 8, 2005 are shown below.
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Children as Rights Holders: Considerations for Research
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First Week of the Pay Parity Campaign. October 8, 2019. We launched the campaign last Tuesday, 1st October 2019 after preparing a campaign book. The
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