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'You're unallocated!' Making sense of the corporate euphemisms used to mask bad news

24 May 2019

Kate pored over 78,000 conference call transcripts to learn about the language companies use to hide bad news. From "selective separation" to "commodity headwinds", she decodes the worst offenders.

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Another 2000 teachers are joining next week's mega strike
	23 May: Another 2000 teachers are joining next week's mega strike... more

Worries high student debt levels are negatively affecting the health and studies of students
	22 May: Worries high student debt levels are negatively affecting the health and studies of students... more

Speak author Laurie Halse Anderson talks to teens about sex and consent. This is what they ask her
	17 May: Author and rape survivor Laurie Halse Anderson talks to high school students about sexual assault. They keep asking the same things — and that reveals a lot about adults, too.... more

A Christchurch school leader is worried the teachers' strike will bring another disruption to students
	17 May: A Christchurch school leader is worried the teachers' strike will bring another disruption to students... more

A young person has been found dead at Bay of Plenty's Katikati College
	17 May: A young person has been found dead at Bay of Plenty's Katikati College... more

A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the trial of an Auckland school teacher accused of committing an indecent act on seven boys
	16 May: A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the trial of an Auckland school teacher accused of committing an indecent act on seven boys... more

Nearly a quarter-of-a-million-dollars for a Massey University researcher, who wants to explore New Zealanders' medicinal cannabis use
	16 May: Nearly a quarter-of-a-million-dollars for a Massey University researcher, who wants to explore New Zealanders' medicinal cannabis use... more

A survey of principals has exposed the gap between internet access at low and high decile schools
	15 May: A survey of principals has exposed the gap between internet access at low and high decile schools... more

A Canterbury school teacher who had sexual relations with an underage girl has been warned he faces a lengthy stint behind bars
	14 May: A Canterbury school teacher who had sexual relations with an underage girl has been warned he faces a lengthy stint behind bars... more

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15 May: A survey of principals has exposed the gap between internet access at low and high decile schools ++++++++++++

29 Apr: Wellington landlord ordered to pay student a thousand dollars compensation +++++++++++

01 May: Tertiary staff feel pressure from management to grade students to pass ++++++++++

13 May: The Education Minister wants teachers to lay down their placards and get back to the negotiating table ++++++++++

30 Apr: Court hears opening arguments in Auckland school teacher indecent act case ++++++++++

02 May: South Auckland school restricting student's hours on grounds amid rising gang tensions ++++++++++

14 May: A Canterbury school teacher who had sexual relations with an underage girl has been warned he faces a lengthy stint behind bars +++++++++

Education NewsLinks

24 May: Fees-free scheme takes another hit - reti (voxy.co.nz)

23 May: Pm breaks another commitment on early intervention - willis (voxy.co.nz)

23 May: Multiple strike days planned for five weeks - nikki kaye (voxy.co.nz)

23 May: Zoning for marlborough's bohally intermediate proposed for 2020 (Stuff.co.nz)

23 May: Area teachers vote to join mega-strike on may 29 (Stuff.co.nz)

22 May: Education minister chris hipkins tells teachers to expect 'disappointment' (Stuff.co.nz)

22 May: Parent category moratorium must be lifted - act (voxy.co.nz)

22 May: Secondary principals want 15 percent pay rise (RadioNZ)

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