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What’s Wrong with Grouping Kids by Ability?

David Pomeroy Sara Tolbert Kay-Lee Jones University of Canterbury Becky Taylor UCL Christine Rubie-Davies University of Auckland David is a Senior Lecturer in the University of Canterbury Faculty of Education, and a former secondary mathematics teacher. Sarah Tolbert is currently the Associate Professor of Science and Environmental Education

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The BFD Comment of the Week
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The BFD Comment of the Week

As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by Ferris Bueller Thank you Ferris Bueller for taking the time to craft

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or mobile phone and get snapping! Yesterday’s photo was taken in Ohakune – looking up

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Are You Seeing Ads after Logging In?

Have you noticed that you are seeing the ads again after you log in to the BFD? That will be because your Basic Annual membership has expired. The most common reason for it expiring is because the auto-renew box was not ticked when it was set up. To re-

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Stuff Exposed

Stuff Exposed

voicesforfreedom.co.nz This week the VFF team received an email from Stuff’s Andrea Vance requesting an interview for a story she was writing. The email specifically stated that they weren’t prepared to submit questions in writing. Over the past two years, VFF has conducted almost all of

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Mmm…a Free Taste of Silver Membership

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Nathan Smith. The Great Reset Is Inevitable Imagine you are the RBNZ governor. Every time you look at the

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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A Threat to Freedom of the Press

A Threat to Freedom of the Press

Mark Freeman Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gathered at Parliament grounds in Wellington on Saturday and called for his extradition to the United States to be stopped. The protest, attended by 35 people, was held in solidarity with an event in London, where supporters formed a human chain from

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The Sorry State of the NZ Media

dailytelegraph.co.nz Note: This article has been edited and a couple of sentences from the original article removed. Dr Greg Treadwell is a senior lecturer in Journalism at AUT. Writing this week in Newsroom, Treadwell was of the opinion that certain principles of the NZ Media Council’s Code

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Voters Have Spoken, but Are They Listening?
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Voters Have Spoken, but Are They Listening?

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The results of the local government elections will be very difficult to process for the political left. Overall,

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Convinced She's Still Popular
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She’s Convinced She’s Still Popular and Still Winning

Jacinda Ardern is either delusional or stupid with her comments about the destruction of Labour-endorsed candidates at the weekend. She seems convinced that she’s still popular and still winning. Of course she could be just lying… again. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she doesn’t think there’s

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