Wednesday, September 22, 2010

NZ speaks to APEC Women Leaders Network

The Beehive, Pansy Wong - Women's Affairs
From an economic perspective it is essential women take their rightful places in leadership roles, Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong told the 15th APEC Women's Leaders Network Meeting in Tokyo.
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ITUC Support New Standard On Social Responsibility - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Scoop
Although the ITUC is not a national standards body and could not vote, it has gone on record as supporting this standard. In commenting on the standard to ...
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Conference To Look At Education's "Big Issues" - Voxy

Voxy
National Standards, government cuts to early childhood education and private public partnerships will be the focus of discussions at this year's annual ...

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MR 2010/68 - SELECT COMMITTEE TO HEAR DEEP COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT NATIONAL STANDARDS

NZEI
A petition representing the concerns of tens of thousands of New Zealanders about the government’s National Standards policy will go before parliament’s Education and Science Select Committee on September 22.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NzeiMediaReleases/~3/ExmK1dnHEfI/00560.html

Teachers' union disputes Tolley's claim - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff
Tolley said the latest results demonstrated the need for the Government's national standards policy. Year 4 and year 8 pupils' maths achievement did not ...

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Ananish Chaudhuri: Paying peanuts to teachers a gamble we can't afford - New Zealand Herald

NZ Herald
Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland Business School and the author of Experiments in Economics: Playing ...
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Teacher pay figures are correct

MoE
The Ministry of Education has released details of how it calculated the total average pay for secondary teachers of $71,110...
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/AboutUs/mediaCentreLanding/mediaReleaseIndex/MR18TeacherPayFiguresCorrect.aspx

Teacher pay figures are correct

MoE
The Ministry of Education has released details of how it calculated the total average pay for secondary teachers of $71,110.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/AboutUs/mediaCentreLanding/mediaReleaseIndex/MR18TeacherPayFiguresCorrect.aspx

Secondary teachers, ministry disagree on teacher pay

Radio NZ
Secondary teachers, ministry disagree on teacher pay: "The Ministry of Education is sticking by figures that put the average secondary teacher's pay at 71-thousand dollars a year.
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20100922-0843-Secondary_teachers,_ministry_disagree_on_teacher_pay-048.mp3

The average NZer is a 5’6” hermaphrodite – PPTA

Scoop
Education minister Anne Tolley is misleading and mischievous in her use of statistics – particularly when it comes to teachers’ salaries, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1009/S00091/the-average-nzer-is-a-56-hermaphrodite-ppta.htm

Gateway - an educational opportunity - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times
Gateway is limited to only fifteen students, in most schools, and you have an interview which decides if you are a suitable student who would do really well ...
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Education sector unhappy with youth training - Radio New Zealand

Radio NZ
They say schools could do more for if they had more money. But supporters of the programmes say school is not right for everyone. Students involved in this ...
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Teachers, principals doubtful about trade training initiatives

Radio NZ
School teachers and principals are not happy with the government's attempts to reduce the number of teenagers who are not in education or training. It is spending tens of millions of dollars on the problem - some of it in polytechnics and some of it in secondary schools.
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20100921-0826-Teachers,_principals_doubtful_about_trade_training_initiatives-048.mp3

Teachers, principals doubtful about trade training initiatives

Radio NZ
School teachers and principals are not happy with the government's attempts to reduce the number of teenagers who are not in education or training. It is spending tens of millions of dollars on the problem - some of it in polytechnics and some of it in secondary schools.
http://nzcerlibrary-nznews.blogspot.com/2010/09/teachers-principals-doubtful-about.html

Education sector unhappy with youth training - Radio New Zealand

Radio NZ
Government efforts to cut the number of 15 to 19 year olds who are not in education, training or work, are in the early stages. ...
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NorthTec hosts Regional e-Learning Symposium

Scoop
NorthTec is hosting the second annual Regional e-Learning Symposium on Wednesday, 29 September from 9am-4:30pm at its Interactive Learning Centre, Raumanga campus, Whangarei.

Innovative programme contributes to skilled labour

Scoop
C-Me Mentoring Foundation Trust has successfully partnered with Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) to integrate secondary education and industry apprenticeships in the innovative “Trades At School” programme.

Innovative programme contributes to skilled labour - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Scoop
There are currently 30 companies and 10 schools involved in the programme. By the beginning of 2012, Trades At School will be working with 180 students, ...

Project Auckland: Reports will track the city's progress - New Zealand Herald

NZ Herald
... report on metrics ranging from economic growth to educational achievement, environmental protection, internet speed and so on across the Super City. ...
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Project Auckland: Pacific hub' will be no easy feat - New Zealand Herald


NZ Herald
That probably means different ways of investing in education and training, and probably incentives for the smaller local firms to think about how they can ...
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