Little difference between New Zealand schools

Little difference between New Zealand school

NZCER Cathy Wylie features, on school choice.

Education researchers and school principals say parents who shop around for the best school for their children may be wasting their time. (duration: 2′51″)...

Coming up on Sunday, 31 October, 2010

Coming up on Sunday, 31 October, 2010
Insight explores the significance of choosing where to send your children to school. International studies repeatedly show New Zealand has one of the best school systems in the world. But every week-day, thousands of families bypass their local school in favour of another where they think their children will get a better education.
What difference does the choice of school really makes for children?
What have researchers discovered about differences between schools? And what does this mean for parents who want the best for their children?
Radio New Zealand's Education Correspondent, John Gerritsen, investigates.

Minister to vice-chair OECD meeting

Minister to vice-chair OECD meeting
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley will travel to the UK and France between 29 October and 8 November, and will vice-chair the meeting of OECD Education Ministers in Paris.
The OECD meeting will focus on...

EEO Trust Awards inspiring

EEO Trust Awards inspiring
Pansy Wong | Women's Affairs
Recognising outstanding workplace practices has been the hallmark of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Trust and this evening businesses which demonstrated such practices were acknowledged in its...

Note: It used everyday workplace documents to improve staff literacy and numeracy. Mrs Wong says the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey undertaken by the Ministry of Education shows that 40 per cent of New Zealanders don't have the literacy and numeracy necessary to understand many of the written documents or maths needed in the workplace.

School fibre set-up costs to be met by Crown

School fibre set-up costs to be met by Crown
Steven Joyce | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce have announced that the government is to cover the costs associated with providing the physical fibre...

Positive evaluation for Te Kotahitanga

Positive evaluation for Te Kotahitanga
Pita Sharples | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley and Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples say that an evaluation of the professional development programme, Te Kotahitanga, shows it improves motivation and teac...

Reading plan brings 11000 slow learners up to speed - New Zealand Herald

Reading plan brings 11000 slow learners up to speed
New Zealand Herald
This year, National Standards were included for the first time. Most students successfully finishing last year's programme were well on track to meeting the ...

Urgency Today And November - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Urgency Today And November
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Petition of Monique Watson and 694 others, requesting that the House of Representatives delay the introduction of National Standards until certain ...

Faafoi: Komiti Pasifika Call For Action Against National Standards - Voxy

Voxy	Faafoi: Komiti Pasifika Call For Action Against National Standards Voxy "Teachers, principals, parents and city councillors joined together last night in Porirua to talk about the effect National's national standards are having ...

National Standards: School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project

National Standards: School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project
This is the first report from the National Standards School Sample Monitoring and Evaluation Project 2010-2013, a 3 year monitoring and evaluation project on National Standards implementation in a representative sample of schools...

Govt to extend broadband subsidies for schools - Otago Daily Times

Voxy	Govt to extend broadband subsidies for schools Otago Daily Times Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce announced the move today, saying schools already on ...

Fibre drop funding for schools

Fibre drop funding for schools
On October 28, 2010 the Ministers of Education and Information and Communications Technology announced the Government’s decision to wholly fund fibre drops (the fibre that connects your school to the fibre in the street) for state and state-integrated schools under the Ultra-fast Broadband and Rural Broadband Initiatives taking place over the next five years.
Previously schools connecting to fibre have been required to contribute to the fibre drop cost (20% for state and 32% for state integrated schools).The change means that no further subsidies will be available to fund fibre drops to schools undertaken in advance of the national fibre rollout programme.
More information including Q&As can be found at http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/EducationInitiatives/UFBInSchools/LatestNews.aspx

Positive evaluation for Te Kotahitanga - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Positive evaluation for Te Kotahitanga
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education Minister Anne Tolley and Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples say that an evaluation of the professional development programme, ...

Move to axe college worries trainees - Marlborough Express

Move to axe college worries trainees
Marlborough Express
A proposal to close a Nelson primary teacher training course is "devastating" and will result in the region losing out on fantastic teachers committed to ...

New Eit Trades Training Head At Vanguard Of Change - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

New Eit Trades Training Head At Vanguard Of Change
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Based in the recently-opened Trades and Technology Training Complex, Todd oversees EIT's refocused direction in trades training and heads a team that ...

Teacher honoured for transforming school - 3News NZ

3News NZ

Teacher honoured for transforming school 3News NZ Over the past few years school-wide achievement has risen through Ms Smith's leadership of a literacy programme and Assessment Tools for Teaching and ...

Education Minister off to Britain and France - National Business Review

Voxy	Education Minister off to Britain and France National Business Review Education Minister Anne Tolley will leave tomorrow for Britain and France, where she will attend meeting of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

Circular 2010/15

Circular 2010/15

Te Tere Auraki - Māori in English medium

Te Tere Auraki - Māori in English medium
An overview of Te Kauhua...

MR 2010/80 - World Teachers' Day to celebrate high quality teaching and learning

MR 2010/80 - World Teachers' Day to celebrate high quality teaching and learning
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says World Teachers Day (Oct 29) is a time to celebrate and value New Zealand's high quality education system.

Pupils show passion for kapa haka

Pupils show passion for kapa haka
Four hundred pupils from five North Canterbury schools held two kapa haka shows at Kaiapoi Borough School yesterday. Event organiser Mel Taite-Pitama said it was an 'awesome display and celebration of our tamariki's talent'.

Questions And Answers Oct 27 2010 - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Questions And Answers Oct 27 2010
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Hon ANNE TOLLEY (Minister of Education): A range of evidence is available to me as to the level of understanding of national standards. ...

Tolley – peak performing Minister « Red Alert

Tolley – peak performing Minister « Red Alert
Hon ANNE TOLLEY: The national standards are designed to provide signposts-expectations of what children should have learnt and by when-to ensure that children make good progress towards the goal of National Certificate of Educational ...

National Standards For New Zealand Schools

National Standards For New Zealand Schools
Article from Psychic Articles and entitled National Standards For New Zealand Schools - By Gregory Sanchez.

NZ scores fifth place in world prosperity stakes - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

NZ scores fifth place in world prosperity stakes New Zealand Herald "[But] up to one in five children are not getting the basic reading, writing and maths skills they need, and we are addressing that with National Standards ...

Early childhood education costs to rise - TVNZ

Early childhood education costs to rise
TVNZ
Education Minister Anne Tolley has confirmed funding rates for 20 hours free ECE will be reduced from $12.45 per child to $11.12 an hour in February next ...

20 hours of free care to be reviewed, says Tolley

20 hours of free care to be reviewed, says Tolley
The 20 hours of free care children 3 and over receive in early childhood centres is under review, despite the Government's election promise that it would not cut or change the popular scheme.Education Minister Anne Tolley established...

Students told to stay home during strike - The Daily Post

Students told to stay home during strike
The Daily Post
Rotorua's Year 10 students have been asked to stay home today as ongoing strike action continues. Today marks the second week of strike rotation being ...

School nutrition funding cuts questioned - TVNZ

School nutrition funding cuts questioned
TVNZ
Around 140 schools successfully rolled out the programme, which allows children to spend time in a productive vegetable garden and home-style kitchen each ...

IEAG: Rodney Hide Fails To Deliver Inclusive Education - Voxy

IEAG: Rodney Hide Fails To Deliver Inclusive Education
Voxy
The Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) is disappointed at the announcement by Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide that special schools are to ...

One million hours on a super-fast computer

One million hours on a super-fast computer
The University of Canterbury is helping New Zealand researchers take on the greatest challenges of their careers to date with a million free hours of use of its BlueFern supercomputer facility.

Pupils follow pathway - Times Online - Auckland

Pupils follow pathway
Times Online - Auckland
Botany Downs Secondary College is the first school in the country to be accepted into the Microsoft Innovative Schools Pathfinder programme. ...

Pupils' number-crunching skills put to test - The Southland Times

Pupils' number-crunching skills put to test
The Southland Times
Maths might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for some pupils it's a serious business. This year's Southland Mathematical Association Competition, ...

Teachers learn a thing or two from pupils - The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail

Teachers learn a thing or two from pupils The Nelson Mail Yesterday, pupils from seven Nelson schools had the opportunity to switch places and give their teachers a lesson in the future of education. ...

Kawerau community consultation

Kawerau community consultation
Consultation with boards and the community has begun to reorganise schools in Kawerau...

Pacific Island school children at higher risk of zinc deficiency - Channel 9

Pacific Island school children at higher risk of zinc deficiency
Channel 9
University of Otago research shows Pacific Island school children are at a higher risk of zinc deficiency than children of other ethnicities. ...

Futuristic learning for schools - Manawatu Standard

Manawatu Standard

Futuristic learning for schools Manawatu Standard There's also staff and student mentors from Massey University's School of Engineering and Technology. Events like these hatch prospective engineers. ...

Tech-savvy children learn as they play - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Tech-savvy children learn as they play New Zealand Herald Their mother, Sarah Cotter, says her kids sometimes fight over the various Apple products but they can be educational and it is better than plonking them in ...

School buses at risk - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

School buses at risk Auckland stuff.co.nz BUS SERVICE AXED: Te Huruhi School children will lose all their bus services in the new year if Ministry of Education plans go ahead. ...

Students hunt for answers - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

Students hunt for answers The Bay of Plenty Times The Future Problem Solving Programme (FPS) is an educational scheme for gifted and talented students, offered in US schools since 1974 and introduced here ...

Protesters to deliver National Standards petition

Protesters to deliver National Standards petition
A 'One Size Does Not Fit ALL' petition against the introduction of National Standards is to be presented at Parliament today. A group of about 300 people - mostly parents, some teachers and principals - are expected to attend...

Te Tiriti o Waitangi Report « Fariddynz's Blog

Te Tiriti o Waitangi Report « Fariddynz's Blog
Cites NZCER as a reference...
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Colburg, M., Glover, A., Rau, C., & Ritchie, J. (2007). Indigenous peoples and perspectives in early childhood education. In L. Keesing-Styles & H. Hedges. (Eds.). ...

Action for world-class education - Marlborough Express

Marlborough Express

Action for world-class education Marlborough Express But she is striking for what she, and other secondary school teachers, believe is a world-class education system. They will take action on their current ...

NZC update 2 - Supporting literacy learning

NZC update 2 - Supporting literacy learning
This update is addressed to the school leadership team and describes the current range of literacy interventions in New Zealand schools.

Editorial: Te reo Maori is a language for all of us - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Te reo Maori is a language for all of us New Zealand Herald Nearly half of all Maori children receiving pre-school education in 1993 were in kohanga; by 2002 that had fallen to under a third. ...

Ministry in push for special-needs inclusion - Southland Times

Ministry in push for special-needs inclusion
Southland Times
He has also set a target of 80 per cent of schools being fully inclusive of students with special needs by 2014. An Education Review Office report found ...

Transport obstacle in special education - Otago Daily Times

Transport obstacle in special education
Otago Daily Times
Special education pupils are expected to attend the school closest to them which can meet their needs. The ministry believes Taieri College can do this for ...

Growing pains for Samoan bilingual units - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

Growing pains for Samoan bilingual units Auckland stuff.co.nz RESOURCE THREAT: Richmond Rd Primary School's Samoan bilingual unit head teacher Suzie-Jo Rasmussen is concerned about the Education Ministry decision to ...

Achievements in industry training 'poor' - Stuff.co.nz

Achievements in industry training 'poor'
Stuff.co.nz
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce is defending moves to redirect government funding from industry training to universities, saying achievement levels ...

Joyce defends pulling funds from industry training

Joyce defends pulling funds from industry training
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce is defending moves to redirect government funding from industry training.

Funding sought for health careers plan - Otago Daily Times

Funding sought for health careers plan
Otago Daily Times
The programme includes the opportunity for year 13 pupils to have work experience in health services. Health information was provided in an engaging and ...

Parents shopping around - Timaru Herald

Parents shopping around
Timaru Herald
He noticed parents were taking longer to choose a school. "People are more aware of schools' histories ... They go through the ERO [Education Review Office] ...

Green light for Maori secondary school - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

Green light for Maori secondary school The Bay of Plenty Times The school has been operating at a $1.6 million temporary campus at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic since February 4 this year, and currently has 35 pupils. ...

Power of hard work - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

Power of hard work Stuff.co.nz ONE OF the country's top apprentices didn't make the cut the first time he applied for a training programme. But Jonathan Adams isn't a quitter. ...

Survival toolkit for artists - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Survival toolkit for artists New Zealand Herald This means that graduates leave the college well equipped for professional design practice and a range of industry, business and marketing-related ...

Speech to Special Education Principals’ Association Conference

Speech to Special Education Principals’ Association Conference
Rodney Hide | Education
Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. As you are well aware, I am new to the role of Associate Education Minister. In the past six weeks I have had the pri...

New Zealand Association of Scientists Annual Conference: Opening Address

New Zealand Association of Scientists Annual Conference: Opening Address
Wayne Mapp | Research, Science and Technology
The theme of your Conference this year is 'Re-setting science and innovation for the next 20 years'. As the opening speaker, you have asked me to talk about the Government's vision for science and in...

inspired by science | BioBlog

inspired by science | BioBlog
A.Bull, J.Gilbert, H.Barwick, R.Hipkins & R.Baker (2010) Inspired by science: a paper commissioned by the Royal Society and the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), August 2010 ...

New title: set Reprint: Mäori Education 2010

New title: set Reprint: Mäori Education 2010
NZCER
Here are the most relevant, insightful and accessible articles on Mäori education from the last 10 years of set. Over the last decade there has been a sea change in Mäori education and research, shifting to an approach that is firmly grounded in kaupapa Mäori. These articles reflect that change. They give valuable perspectives on developing culturally responsive classrooms, engaging with students and whänau, and ensuring challenging and meaningful learning for Mäori students.

Boundaries allow children to blossom - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Boundaries allow children to blossom Otago Daily Times QT: Will National Standards improve a pupil's education at the school? I think parents need to have a clear understanding of how well their child is ...

Teachers' pay spat a lesson in education bias - Sunday Star Times

Teachers' pay spat a lesson in education bias
Sunday Star Times
... wage demands and the implementation of national standards – are always muddied by the personal prejudices we all bring from our own formative years. ...

Teachers strike 'to keep world-class system' - Stuff.co.nz

Teachers strike 'to keep world-class system'
Stuff.co.nz
Miss Fissenden says their action was to preserve what they believe is a world-class education system. Mrs Fissenden, the Kaikoura High School head of ...

Teacher claims fair, strike isn't: poll

Teacher claims fair, strike isn't: poll
Most parents of secondary students believe the Government should agree to at least some of their teachers' claims for a 4 per cent pay rise and smaller class sizes, according to a Weekend Herald readers' poll.But a majority...

Minister should stop playing games - principals

Minister should stop playing games - principals
Secondary schools may well have been confused and their plans for handling rostering students home disrupted by unnecessary political game playing, New Zealand Secondary Principals’ Council chair Julia Davidson says.

Rodney Hide: Speech To Special Education Principals' Association Conference - Voxy

Voxy	Rodney Hide: Speech To Special Education Principals' Association Conference Voxy I want ORRS to have less unnecessary assessment of students, particularly when it is clear to all that a student meets the criteria for ORRS. ...

Half of NZ schools failing special needs kids - Hide - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Half of NZ schools failing special needs kids - Hide New Zealand Herald The review, called Success for All - Every School, Every Child, has endorsed the current system, which puts students with special education needs into ...

Jackson: Maori should be compulsory - TVNZ

New Zealand Herald

Jackson: Maori should be compulsory TVNZ Outspoken media commentator Willie Jackson says it should be compulsory to learn Maori in New Zealand schools. A Waitangi Tribunal report claims the Maori ...

Teachers target class sizes - Stuff.co.nz

Teachers target class sizes
Stuff.co.nz
Overcrowded classrooms are as much of a worry to the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) as a teachers' pay rise, according to the union and Waikato ...

Early childhood centres to raise fees - survey

Early childhood centres to raise fees - survey
Early childhood centres expect to have to raise fees by between $10 and $50 a week next year because of funding cuts, a new survey has shown.Current funding covers 100 per cent qualified teachers at the centres, and it is going...

Teacher training faces axe - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

Teacher training faces axe The Daily Post Andrew Warner 051010AW1 Rotorua primary school principals are horrified the main source of teacher training in Rotorua could soon be axed. ...

Tolley meets principals - Otago Daily Times

Tolley meets principals
Otago Daily Times
... rethink of its approach to pupil behaviour and engagement and allocated $45 million to the ministry's Positive Behaviour for Learning Action Plan. ...

Speech - Tolley: New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association Annual ... - Voxy

Speech - Tolley: New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association Annual ...
Voxy
This year we have refocused $45 million to support the roll out of the Positive Behaviour for Learning Action Plan. This was developed by the Ministry and ...

$55m skills fund move angers industry - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

$55m skills fund move angers industry New Zealand Herald Photo / Natalie Slade The $55 million the Government is to redirect from funding industry training to universities will damage New Zealand's economic ...

Don't cut trade training support - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Don't cut trade training support
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Skill shortages are likely to reappear with the Government removing $55 million from apprenticeship training and reallocating it to fund university places ...

Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more

Pay hike for uni heads, as students pay more
The heads of the country's eight universities got pay rises of more than $200,000 between them, while raising student fees and complaining about under-funding.

A homecoming and an exciting partnership

A homecoming and an exciting partnership
Dr Taima Moeke-Pickering (Ngāti Pukeko, Tūhoe) the Director of Native Human Services at Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada returned last week to her hometown of Whakatane to re-sanction a Memorandum of Understanding between her university and ...

SSC report paints false impression

SSC report paints false impression
The State Services Commissioner's comments yesterday that there has been a big rise in the number of people earning more than $100,000 a year at universities, wānanga, and polytechnics, and that the sector needs to exercise more restraint, gives a false ...

Schools shut out siblings - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Schools shut out siblings New Zealand Herald Milford School principal Lee Hopkirk said she initially hoped to "squeeze" in the siblings but realised it would not be possible. Education Minister Anne ...

Helping hands open door to brighter future - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Helping hands open door to brighter future New Zealand Herald They work with their mentors from the start of Year 10 until they leave school, usually four years later. In each of the programme's 12 schools, ...

Scathing report attacks standards at foreign student school - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Scathing report attacks standards at foreign student school New Zealand Herald Some tutors expressed concern that students were being placed on courses when their English was too poor. Photo / APN An Auckland school for ...

Parents stump up millions in donations - SundayNews.co.nz

SundayNews.co.nz

Parents stump up millions in donations SundayNews.co.nz This year the school asked parents for $880-$1760 per pupil. Non-payment of school fees didn't affect the pupils concerned, Morris said. ...

Behaviour of campers at Otematata praised - Otago Daily Times

Behaviour of campers at Otematata praised
Otago Daily Times
Both Snr Sgt McCoy and Mr Ridley paid tribute to the input into the weekend and ideas put forward by Students Against Driving Drunk representatives. ...

Students really dig Doug's fun lessons - Northland Independent Community

Northland Independent Community

Students really dig Doug's fun lessons Northland Independent Community DIGGING IN: Doug the Digger creator Alistair McIntyre travels the country with his roadshow. He teaches the importance of good literacy and mathematical ...

Minister welcomes Maori Youth Council ideas

Minister welcomes Maori Youth Council ideas
Pita Sharples | Maori Affairs
The voice of young Maori is an increasingly important aspect of modern policy advice, according to Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples. Welcoming the Maori Youth Council to Parliament for its fir...

NZCER 2010 Primary & Intermediate Schools National Survey

NZCER 2010 Primary & Intermediate Schools National Survey
This report contains an overview of the findings from our latest national survey of primary and intermediate schools, which was conducted in July this year. The report also contains details of the findings related to National Standards.

Valuable and encouraging information from Ministry survey of principals

Valuable and encouraging information from Ministry survey of principals
The first report of a three-year Ministry of Education-initiated study on the implementation of National Standards contains valuable information about where further support needs to be targeted.

Surveys highlight national standards concerns - Radio New Zealand

Surveys highlight national standards concerns
Radio New Zealand
The council's survey covered 350 primary and intermediate schools. The Council for Educational Research says the Government might need to postpone the date ...

Yet More Evidence of the Chaos Around Standards - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Yet More Evidence of the Chaos Around Standards
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The survey of 350 schools by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research shows there is considerable variation in where schools are at with the ...

National Standards too rushed - report - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

National Standards too rushed - report New Zealand Herald Education Minister Anne Tolley said a sector advisory group had been set up to discuss any concerns. She said schools were still required to report back in ... NZCER...

MR 2010/78 - Yet more evidence of the chaos around National Standards

MR 2010/78 - Yet more evidence of the chaos around National Standards
An independent survey on the implementation of National Standards provides yet more evidence that they are unworkable and there is widespread confusion among schools and parents, according to the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.... NZCER...

Government will not budge on National Standards deadline

Government will not budge on National Standards deadline
The government won't budge on its 2012 deadline for primary teachers to report back on how National Standards are working... NZCER...

National standards help lacking: review

National standards help lacking: review
Half of all principals say they are getting little or no help with the new National Standards, the first Government review on the controversial policy has revealed.

Education review falls short - The Nelson Mail

New Zealand Herald

Education review falls short The Nelson Mail "I still can't hear how they are planning to resource schools. What's changed?" She said her school had made a point of being fully inclusive with students ...

Principals welcome more inclusive policies for disabled - Manawatu Standard

New Zealand Herald

Principals welcome more inclusive policies for disabled Manawatu Standard The Government yesterday announced the Special Education Review, which aims to make 80 per cent of schools fully inclusive for children with special ...

Funding cuts hit teacher aide jobs - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Funding cuts hit teacher aide jobs New Zealand Herald Fears that some early childhood education staff would lose their jobs as a result of funding cuts have become a reality. ...

MR 2010/79 - Teacher Aides become casualties of Government's Early Childhood Education Cuts

MR 2010/79 - Teacher Aides become casualties of Government's Early Childhood Education Cuts
The government’s cuts to early childhood education have claimed their first known casualties.

$20K raise for education boss

$20K raise for education boss
Ministry of Education boss Karen Sewell saw her salary boosted by up to $20,000 in the last year.

Education boss tops public service pay - TVNZ

3News NZ

Education boss tops public service pay TVNZ As secondary school teachers strike to push their case for a salary increase, it has been revealed the Ministry of Education's chief executive has received ...

State Services head takes swipe at tertiary sector pay rises

State Services head takes swipe at tertiary sector pay rises
The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, has taken a swipe at the tertiary education sector, questioning pay increases in the sector.

'Make te reo compulsory' - New Zealand Herald

Telegraph.co.uk

'Make te reo compulsory' New Zealand Herald New Zealand's largest education union says te reo Maori should be compulsory in all schools to ensure it's kept alive. After the release of a Waitangi ...

Universities Have Part To Play In Te Reo Survival - Voxy

Voxy	Universities Have Part To Play In Te Reo Survival Voxy Professor Black is also supportive of the tribunal's provisional recommendation that regional organisations, public bodies and schools with high numbers of ...

Schools must lift game to help Maori achieve more - The Daily Post

Schools must lift game to help Maori achieve more
The Daily Post
The school was one of the few in the country last year that received the five-year tick from the Education Review Office (ERO). ...

MR 2010/77 - Compulsory Te Reo Māori in schools would help keep language alive

MR 2010/77 - Compulsory Te Reo Māori in schools would help keep language alive
Te Reo MÄ ori should be compulsory in all schools to help keep the language alive, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Sustainability and pupils stars of film - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Sustainability and pupils stars of film Otago Daily Times "It shows the five guiding principles of Enviroschools, which are sustainable communities, empowering students, learning for sustainability, ...

Massey University To Hire Staff For Good, Not Just 90 Days - Voxy

Massey University To Hire Staff For Good, Not Just 90 Days
Voxy
The Tertiary Education Union announced today that it has negotiated that any new staff hired at Massey University will not be subject to a ninety day ...

Industry Training Organisations (ITOs)

Industry Training Organisations (ITOs)
In this case study, three ITOs, the BCITO, HSI and ATTTO, reflect on their work with schools in the Youth Apprenticeships Scheme’s first year.

Information to the Youth Apprenticeships Scheme schools

Information to the Youth Apprenticeships Scheme schools
This document provides an overview of what is expected by schools involved in the Youth Apprenticeships Scheme (YAS) in 2009. It also provides a list of support material and links to the YAS wiki and website.

Smarter sex: Does it matter if girls do better than boys?

Smarter sex: Does it matter if girls do better than boys?
Boys will perform just as you expect them to, it seems. If you tell them they aren't as intelligent as girls and are less likely to do well in tests, that is exactly what will happen. So says the latest salvo in the battle of the...

Critical mass or is mass critical?

Critical mass or is mass critical?
This post originally appeared at Sciblogs.co.nz . In research and development, it's often taken for granted that teams require a certain critical mass to be successful. Indeed, in a recent pape

Mentoring the Next Generation

Mentoring the Next Generation
On 29 October leaders in education will gather on World Teachers’ Day to answer a crucial question - what does it take to mentor the next generation of teachers in New Zealand?

Science and business driving economic growth

Science and business driving economic growth: "
Wayne Mapp | Research, Science and Technology
High-quality research and cutting-edge business development will form a winning partnership in the Government's new Technology Transfer Voucher scheme, says Research, Science and Technology Minister W...Read More

Te Reo chapter of Wai 262 claim report received

Te Reo chapter of Wai 262 claim report received: "
Christopher Finlayson | Attorney-General
Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson today acknowledged receipt of the Te Reo Maori chapter of the Waitangi Tribunal's report on the Wai 262 claim.
The Waitangi Tribunal has issued this chapter to ...
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Minister welcomes Tribunal report on Te Reo Māori

Minister welcomes Tribunal report on Te Reo Māori: "
Pita Sharples | Maori Affairs
Māori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples says the Waitangi Tribunal report on te Reo Māori tackles a vital issue of great concern to Māori people - the future of the language.
'Our reo is a key mar...
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Speech to Waitangi Tribunal members' dinner

Speech to Waitangi Tribunal members' dinner: "
Pita Sharples | Maori Affairs
E nga mema o te Ropu Whakamana i te Tiriti, tena koutou katoa.
Tena koutou e takahi nei i nga tapuwae o nga tipuna, na ratou te Tiriti o Waitangi i tamoko kia whai mana.
The Tribunal is unique, and ...
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Tribunal warns Te reo Maori near crisis point - New Zealand Herald

Tribunal warns Te reo Maori near crisis point - New Zealand Herald: "

Telegraph.co.uk

Tribunal warns Te reo Maori near crisis point New Zealand Herald The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing assessment of the Crown's performance on te reo Maori in the last 25 years, recommending urgent action to halt ... Wide powers to revitalise te reoStuff.co.nz Te Reo verdict no surprise for teachersNewstalk ZB Sharples Welcomes Strongly-Worded Waitangi ReportVoxy Scoop.co.nz (press release) -TVNZ -Radio New Zealand all 78 news articles » Note: Dom post features p1 and 2.  Mentions quality of a TPK survey on Te Reo

Success for All - Every School, Every Child

Success for All - Every School, Every Child: "
Tariana Turia | Disability Issues
Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia has welcomed Success for All - Every School, Every Child, the Government's response to the Review of Special Education.
The plan sets out changes that w...
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Success For All - Every School, Every Child

Success For All - Every School, Every Child: "
Rodney Hide | Education
Associate Minister of Education Rodney Hide today launched 'Success for All - Every School, Every Child', the Government's response to the Special Education Review. The plan sets out changes to ...
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Special Education Policy Guidelines

Special Education Policy Guidelines: "These guidelines are for all those involved with young children and school students with special education needs."

Special Education Review Must Be Able To Deliver At The Chalkface - Voxy

Special Education Review Must Be Able To Deliver At The Chalkface
Voxy
It will put in extra specialist resources for children in their first three years of school and aims to have 80% of all schools being fully inclusive of ..

Special education changes not enough - IHC - Stuff.co.nz

Special education changes not enough - IHC - Stuff.co.nz: "

Voxy	Special education changes not enough - IHC Stuff.co.nz "There is an expectation that all children have access to education, but there is a sense that some students are being shunted away from it and I think that ...

Prejudice top obstacle for special needs pupils: Hide - New Zealand Herald

Prejudice top obstacle for special needs pupils: Hide - New Zealand Herald: "

New Zealand Herald

Prejudice top obstacle for special needs pupils: Hide New Zealand Herald Schools are failing high-needs students because of "soft prejudices" and attitudes need to change, the Government says. ...

Inclusive Education Action Group Says Review Is Disappointing - Voxy

Inclusive Education Action Group Says Review Is Disappointing - Voxy: "

New Zealand Heral

Inclusive Education Action Group Says Review Is Disappointing Voxy "The emphasis on inclusion in teacher education and professional development; the support for transitions in and out of school; training for Boards of ... Success For All - Every School, Every ChildVoxy Special Education Review Must Be Able To Deliver At The ChalkfaceVoxy Special ed target welcome but needs commitmentScoop.co.nz (press release) Scoop.co.nz (press release) -Radio New Zealand -Voxy all 20 news articles »

Commission Welcomes Education Initiative - Voxy

Commission Welcomes Education Initiative - Voxy: "

New Zealand Hera

Commission Welcomes Education Initiative Voxy Success for All will include changes to National Standards to enable the education outcomes for disabled children to be assessed in the same way ... Review Of Special Education: A Goal Is Not A StrategyVoxy all 31 news articles »

Half of NZ schools failing special needs kids - Hide - New Zealand Herald

Voxy	Half of NZ schools failing special needs kids - Hide New Zealand Herald Half of all schools are catering well for special education students, but the other half is failing them, a Government review into special ...

HRC welcomes special education changes - TVNZ

New Zealand Herald

HRC welcomes special education changes TVNZ A review released yesterday by Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide found 50% of schools were not inclusive of special needs children and funding of $69 ...

Commission Welcomes Education Initiative - Voxy

Commission Welcomes Education Initiative
Voxy
Associate Minister of Education Rodney Hide today announced the government's Success for All - Every School, Every Child programme. ...

Encouraging Step Towards More Inclusive Schools - Children's Commissioner - Voxy

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Encouraging Step Towards More Inclusive Schools - Children's Commissioner Voxy But I hear of too many cases where students are being denied an education because schools don't have the right attitude to make it happen. ...

Special needs plan to address failings in schools - Radio New Zealand

Special needs plan to address failings in schools
Radio New Zealand
It follows an Education Review Office report earlier this year which found that only 50% of schools were inclusive. An extra 1100 students will get Ongoing ...

ORRS Guidelines

ORRS Guidelines
2006 revision of the Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS) Guidelines. The guidelines explain about the Schemes for students with the highest special education needs, the criteria for eligibility...

The School High Health Needs Fund

The School High Health Needs Fund
Guidelines and application form for students with High Health Needs who require support to attend school safely. The application form can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.

ORRS Extension - Overview

ORRS Extension - Overview
The Ongoing Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS), which provide support to students with high special education needs, are being extended in 2010 to include an additional 400 students.

Success for all

Success for all
Public Response Summary, the Review of Special Education.

All Schools Must Include Disabled Kids-Action Plan

All Schools Must Include Disabled Kids-Action Plan
A government plan of action for special education, Success for All that charts a path for all disabled students to receive education in the same settings as other kids is very welcome indeed says DPA, the national pan-disability organisation and ...

Revitalizsin Te Reo: Wide powers to push through change

Article covering the findings of a recent Waitangi Tribunal report. The report is critical of the 2006 Te Puni Kokiri survey, labelling it as "not credible".
See the Dominion Post, Tuesday 21st October 2010, page A2

First chapter in landmark Waitangi report out today

First chapter in landmark Waitangi report out today
The first chapter of a landmark Waitangi Tribunal report will be released today, almost twenty years after the claim was first made.

Spending Review: Reaction on education - BBC News

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Spending Review: Reaction on education BBC News The budget for schools in England is to rise from £35bn to £39bn over the next four years, Chancellor George Osborne said in his Spending Review. But universities in England are to face a 40% cut to their teaching budgets, while post-18 further ...

Pakeha fluent in Te Reo could top Maori Te Reo speakers

Pakeha fluent in Te Reo could top Maori Te Reo speakers
The Waitangi Tribunal has warned that the Maori language is approaching crisis point, as Kohanga Reo numbers fall and native speakers die off.

A shared understanding at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri

A shared understanding at Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri
Yolanda Julies discusses the importance of establishing a shared understanding and supportive school culture as the school explores the national curriculum documents.

Bilingual government can help save te reo - report

Bilingual government can help save te reo - report
New Zealand should have a bilingual Maori-speaking government, a hard-hitting report from the Waitangi Tribunal said yesterday.Led by Justice Joe Williams, the tribunal released a specific te reo chapter of its WAI 262 Flora and...

Maori language needs life support

Maori language needs life support
Education minister Anne Tolley said there is a 'severe shortage' of Te Reo Maori teachers, as a report warns the language could die out.

Education minister says send kids to school - TVNZ

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Education minister says send kids to school TVNZ Secondary school teachers who are in the PPTA are not getting paid if we strike and roster students home." And Rangitikei College science teacher Claire ...

Pay rise would put 'noose around students' necks': PM - Otago Daily Times

New Zealand Herald

Pay rise would put 'noose around students' necks': PM Otago Daily Times Many of the nearly 60000 Year 9 students stayed home today as secondary school teachers began strike action after rejecting the Ministry of Education's ...

Ministry wants to meet PPTA priorities

Ministry wants to meet PPTA priorities
Following the PPTA’s public statement of its three main priorities for secondary teacher bargaining, the Ministry of Education has reiterated its call for the union to come back to bargaining.

Highest research honour for head of study - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Highest research honour for head of study Otago Daily Times The medal is awarded to researchers for outstanding scholarly achievement. Prof Fergusson, who was appointed study director in 1988 and received his PhD ...

Time to dot the 'I', cross the 'T' - NZ Business

Time to dot the 'I', cross the 'T'
NZ Business
When it comes to IT training and support too many businesses are neglecting to dot the 'I' and cross the 'T'. Brett O'Riley, CEO, New Zealand Information ...

School told to accept student on field trip - Newstalk ZB

New Zealand Herald

School told to accept student on field trip Newstalk ZB An Ombudsmen has ruled that Masterton's Rathkeale College has no reason to prevent a student attending a school trip. The college told the teen he wasn't ...