Sarah Aiono

Guest writer

Sarah is an international speaker, coach, teacher, researcher, CEO of Longworth Education, and one of Aotearoa New Zealand's leading play pedagogy experts.

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Standardised testing in NZ? Give me a break

For many school students overseas, break times have all but vanished in the pursuit of academic excellence. Do we really want to go down that path here?

By Sarah Aiono | 3rd July, 2023

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KPIs are for businesses and boardrooms, not children and schools

National's policy flies in the face of everything we know about how children learn and develop, writes one educational expert.

By Sarah Aiono | 24th March, 2023