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

TopNews Arab Emirates

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

Moneycontrol.com

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

Stuff.co.nz

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 ...

Compulsory student union membership to end - Stuff.co.nz

Compulsory student union membership to end
Stuff.co.nz
Students will return to voluntary union membership with the Government set to back a historic bill through parliament tonight. ...

Varsity part of scheme - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Varsity part of scheme Otago Daily Times The University of Otago is one of first six research institutions to be included in the Government's new technology transfer voucher scheme. ...

School programme encourages children to speak up say police - The Southland Times

School programme encourages children to speak up say police
The Southland Times
Education Ministry senior manager of education, curriculum and performance Chris Harwood said schools determined the content of the curriculum and how they ...

University And Students Unite In Opposition To VSM Bill - Voxy

3News NZ

University And Students Unite In Opposition To VSM Bill Voxy Victoria University of Wellington and its students' association, VUWSA, are uniting in opposition to the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill ...

Otago Uni launches new ethical guidelines - Stuff.co.nz

Otago Uni launches new ethical guidelines
Stuff.co.nz
The Tertiary Education Union has said in the past that other universities were watching to see the outcome of the University of Otago review and said it may ...

A-B-C of resuscitation is rewritten

A-B-C of resuscitation is rewritten
Do you remember your first aid training? Well, the A-B-C of resuscitation has now been re-written by the American Heart Association.

Netsafe learn, guide, protect

Netsafe learn, guide, protect
The Learn Guide Protect website provides a frame-work that supports schools in creating a culture of responsible, safe use of digital technologies. LGP promotes a student-centered approach to teaching and learning about cybersafety and digital citizenship across the curriculum.

Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa wins award

Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa wins award
The Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa (APNK) has won the Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Award 2010 in the ‘Best Access Initiative’ category which awards “initiatives that aim to combat the digital divide, facilitating access ...

New mayor launches new service training programme with “enormous potential” - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

New mayor launches new service training programme with “enormous potential”
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
She was speaking at an official launch of New Zealand's uniquely-Kiwi service training programme – KiaOraMai – in Wellington last night. ...