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How routines, rituals and rites of passage are foundations of an inclusive classroom
Creating structures and routines in the classroom means providing children with predictability about what is expected, when it is expected and how.
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Should you cut off your friend? How to tell when a friendship needs repair, change or an ending
Friendships are complicated relationships that can require more than an all-or-nothing choice. A therapist explains how to distinguish between conflict, change and genuine harm.
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Xenia Fedorova, or how Russian propaganda turns free thinking on itself
The Fedorova case is emblematic of a rhetorical method used by Russian propaganda: appealing to the targeted public’s critical thinking to convince them to disregard sources seen as “official” and “dominant.”
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Online attacks on Kenyan journalists: what makes audiences join in, push back or stay silent
Whether the public rallies to defend journalists can depend on whether audiences believe they deserve that support.
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Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s conservative politics
The strength of Dirty Work is that it pulls back the curtain to reveal those who prefer to operate in the shadows. And now they’re scrambling to turn off the lights again. AGAINST THE CURRENT: By Steven Cowan The ferocity with which sections of the New Zealand right have moved to discredit Nicky Hager’s new
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Stripped titles? Compensating rivals? How the Manchester City cheating scandal could play out
Manchester City could be facing enormous sanctions for cheating – and the fallout may spread to its 13 teams around the world, from New York to Melbourne.
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Greenpeace seabed mining activists protest on board NZ research vessel Tangaroa
By Ellen O’Dwyer of RNZ and RNZ Digital reporters Police are considering charges against Greenpeace protesters who occupied a state-owned ship in protest at seabed mining. A group of activists boarded the Earth Sciences New Zealand owned-Tangaroa in Wellington Harbour on Saturday morning, Greenpeace said. One of the activists was dressed as US president Donald
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Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech
Pacific Media Watch Al Jazeera has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack against the network during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the news channel reports. In a statement on Friday, Al Jazeera Media Network said it “categorically rejects” Netanyahu’s remarks, regarding them as the latest example of Israel’s “sustained campaign against
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Māori identity is not a political access pass: Why the recent delegation to Israel demands accountability
ANALYSIS: By Raewyn Kapa The recent trip by a group of Māori individuals to Israel — publicly framed as a “Māori delegation” — has raised significant contention across Aotearoa and rightfully so. At a time when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found Israel’s actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide, and the United Nations…
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‘Stop empty promises’ – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands leaders demand climate action
RNZ Pacific reporters The leaders of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have issued a strong call to action to industrial nations and the international community to act on the climate crisis. Speaking at the UN General Assembly High-Level Plenary Meeting on Addressing the Existential Threats Posed by Sea-Level Rise, Papua New Guinea’s Prime
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In ‘NAZA,’ Israeli whistleblowers’ revelations about civilian deaths in Gaza reflect a longer history of Palestinian isolation
Barriers, checkpoints and surveillance have made the plight of Palestinians easier to keep hidden. But thanks to films like ‘NAZA,’ that’s starting to change.
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Trump has gotten rid of many of the checks and balances that could stop him from demolishing the Kennedy Center
A hierarchy of oversight for the iconic arts venue has essentially collapsed.