Donna Eden is a teacher with 20 years’ experience and a mother of two, currently working at a kindergarten in Wellington. Here she shares with parents her personal guide to voting for education, a topic close to our hearts at The Spinoff Parents.

Next week is the beginning of the new school term and for many parents it also marks the beginning of a new era in the life of their child. Mum and kindergarten teacher Donna Eden has some words of encouragement for parents whose children are starting school.

Early childhood teacher and mother of two Donna Eden shares her advice for keeping kids calm and comforted during the quakes.

When it was scrapped in 2000, teachers and parents thought they'd seen the last of bulk funding, the hugely unpopular scheme for funding schools. Now it might be back. Donna Eden, a teacher with 20 years’ experience and a mother of two, explains why that's a terrible idea.