Researchers share concern over education standards - Massey News (press release)

Massey News (press release)

URL   Researchers share concern over education standards Massey News (press release) “A survey of parents last year by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research showed that only 14 per cent of those surveyed were supportive of ...

Researchers back National Standards boycott - New Zealand Herald

Researchers back National Standards boycott
New Zealand Herald
"A survey of parents last year by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research showed that only 14 per cent of those surveyed were supportive of ...

Labour calls for delay to national standards | Otago Daily Times ...

Labour calls for delay to national standards | Otago Daily Times ...
Labour is calling on the Government to delay the introduction of National Standards in schools following a decision by 225 school boards to refuse to work with them.

TUMEKE!: National Standards boycott from the best public education ...

TUMEKE!: National Standards boycott from the best public education ...
IF National Standards are not about imposing league tables by stealth to aid the private education industry, then Tolley has been useless at bringing teachers with her on her claims that primary school children need a special ...

GenevaLunch » New Zealand schools balk at national standards

GenevaLunch » New Zealand schools balk at national standards
New Zealand schools balk at national standards. New Zealand school boards are refusing to implement government standards on pupils' achievements, saying they are flawed and the scheme should have been tested first. More than 200 school ...

Educational Relativity | MacDoctor

Educational Relativity | MacDoctor
Could it be that the main difference is that national standards will reverse the main effect of NCEA, which was to render it all but impossible to compare schools and extremely difficult to compare individual achievements of children. ...

National Standards won't achieve better outcomes – BOT | New ...

National Standards won't achieve better outcomes – BOT | New ...
Around 10 percent of New Zealand primary and intermediate schools are refusing to implement National Standards.

Schools rebel over National Standards | New Zealand News, Business ...

Schools rebel over National Standards | New Zealand News, Business ...
The boards of trustees for 225 primary schools are refusing to report back on National Standards, saying they are flawed and unworkable.

Delay National Standards – Labour | New Zealand News, Business ...

Delay National Standards – Labour | New Zealand News, Business ...
Labour is calling on the Government to delay the introduction of National Standards in schools following a decision by 225 school boards to refuse to work with them.The boards said ...

Keeping Stock: National Standards; smelling a rat

Keeping Stock: National Standards; smelling a rat
Quite why a school principal is the spokesman for a group of Boards of Trustees is beyond us, but we think it might have something to do with Mr Rush's long-held opposition to National Standards. That opinion is so strongly held that Mr ...

Schools stand up for education « The Standard

Schools stand up for education « The Standard
Back in June I wrote about the news of the first few schools standing up for the education of their children, and refusing to participate in National's flawed, damaging “national standards” process. That post finished: “It's good to see ...

Researchers share concern over education standards - Massey News (press release)

Massey News (press release)

Researchers share concern over education standards Massey News (press release) Two education researchers say concerns expressed by school trustees over national standards in primary schools are warranted because of the risk of harm to ...

Union doubts sanctions over national standards will work - Radio New Zealand

Union doubts sanctions over national standards will work
Radio New Zealand
The primary teachers' union is dismissing possible Government sanctions against schools that oppose the national standards in reading, ...

Standards ban widens - Stuff.co.nz

New Zealand Herald

Standards ban widens Stuff.co.nz Two Timaru boards of trustees have joined hundreds around the country in delaying the implementation of the Government's National Standards for primary ...

Do you have confidence in National Standards? - New Zealand Herald

3News NZ

Do you have confidence in National Standards? New Zealand Herald More than 200 schools are refusing to introduce part of the Government's mandatory national standards next year after voting "no confidence" in the system. ...

Schools against national standards risk sanctions - Radio New Zealand

Schools against national standards risk sanctions
Radio New Zealand
Schools that announced their opposition to the Government's national standards in reading, writing and maths on Wednesday are to face special reviews by the ...

More schools may boycott National Standards - TVNZ

3News NZ

More schools may boycott National Standards TVNZ Wellington's Island Bay School Board of Trustee chairwoman Jane Forrest, who presented a list of the 225 schools boycotting the National Standards to ...

Bay schools protest standards - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

Bay schools protest standards Hawke's Bay Today Hawke's Bay primary schools are joining hundreds of others nationwide to show their lack of confidence in the Government's National Standards. ...

Ministry of Education stands firm - Newstalk ZB

Ministry of Education stands firm
Newstalk ZB
No back down from the Ministry of Education despite a mass rebellion against National Standards. Two hundred and twenty five boards have banded together, ...

Delay National Standards, Labour says - New Zealand Herald

3News NZ

Delay National Standards, Labour says New Zealand Herald Labour is calling on the Government to delay the introduction of National Standards in schools following a decision by 225 school boards to refuse to work ...

National Standards roll-out not working - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

National Standards roll-out not working
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The implementation of National standards should be delayed and re-thought given the widespread concern and opposition from parents and principals, ...

schools dig in over national standards - Stuff.co.nz

Hawke's Bay Today

schools dig in over national standards Stuff.co.nz Thirty Waikato school boards have joined more than 225 nationwide in considering withdrawing co-operation over the national standards. ...

'Stop the standards' call by 225 school boards - Radio New Zealand

'Stop the standards' call by 225 school boards
Radio New Zealand
More than 225 school boards have called for a moratorium on the national standards in reading, writing and mathematics. It's the first united action against ...

225 schools veto national standards - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

225 schools veto national standards Stuff.co.nz STANDARD SIEGE: The Government's flagship education policy, national standards were set up as benchmarks for children aged 5 to 12 in reading, ...

Schools won't join boycott of standards - Stuff.co.nz

Schools won't join boycott of standards
Stuff.co.nz
Marlborough primary schools are not collectively joining the boycott of national standards by at least 225 schools around the country, ...

No Taranaki rebel schools - Taranaki Daily News

No Taranaki rebel schools
Taranaki Daily News
No Taranaki schools are among the more than 200 "rebel" schools who are refusing to co-operate with the Government's mandatory national standards next year. ...

Rebel parents take on Tolley - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Rebel parents take on Tolley
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The news that more than 200 rebel boards of trustees will defy Education Minister Anne Tolley over National Standards is no surprise, says Labour MP and ...

National Standards won't achieve better outcomes - BOT - 3News NZ

3News NZ

National Standards won't achieve better outcomes - BOT 3News NZ They say the standards won't achieve better outcomes for students, but the Government says they'll be breaking the law if they don't. ...

Kids matter more than philosophy - The Dominion Post

Kids matter more than philosophy
The Dominion Post
Now some schools have acted on those threats. Yet principals are public servants, obliged to follow the law. Further, their anti-national-standards campaign ...

Education Ministry unlikely to persuade rebel boards

Education Ministry unlikely to persuade rebel boards
Critics of the national standards in reading, writing and maths are dismissing the government's planned sanctions against schools that oppose the standards.

Hundreds of school boards on collision course with govt

Hundreds of school boards on collision course with govt
More than 225 school boards say they are on a collision course with the government over its national standards in reading, writing and maths.

MR 2010/82 - MORE BOARDS PREDICTED TO TAKE ACTION OVER NATIONAL STANDARDS

MR 2010/82 - MORE BOARDS PREDICTED TO TAKE ACTION OVER NATIONAL STANDARDS
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa believes the number of school boards taking action over National Standards will continue to grow.

Maori students soar - Wairarapa Times Age

Maori students soar
Wairarapa Times Age
The report also gave special mention to an improvement in Maori education levels - an achievement that is significant given that 55 per cent of Makoura ...

Diploma In Early Childhood Education Now Available On The Coast - Voxy

Diploma In Early Childhood Education Now Available On The Coast
Voxy
Tai Poutini Polytechnic and the New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education of Christchurch are making it count for nanny students who want to further ...

Pacific units in limbo - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Pacific units in limbo
Auckland stuff.co.nz
RESOURCE THREAT: Suzie-Jo Rasmussen, Richmond Road Primary School's Samoan bilingual unit head teacher, is concerned about the Education Ministry decision ...

Early childhood centres brace for cuts - Hawke's Bay Today

New Zealand Herald

Early childhood centres brace for cuts Hawke's Bay Today Job losses and raised fees are likely as early childhood education centres bear the brunt of the Government funding cuts that hit this week. ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 42

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 42
Nursing education to move from polytechnics to universities? The tertiary education advisory company Ed Insider reports that NZNO has released for consultation a vision statement on nursing in New Zealand. The statement includes the idea that universities ...

Students given assessment a week early - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

Students given assessment a week early The Daily Post NCEA students are required to undergo internal assessments towards their marks with schools throughout New Zealand required to give the same assessments to ...

Child only site big hit with students - The Daily Post

Child only site big hit with students
The Daily Post
Lynmore School students are among 250000 pupils who have signed up to learn more about cyber-safety though the latest social networking site for children ...

Eel viewing platform wins Twyford students honour - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

Eel viewing platform wins Twyford students honour Hawke's Bay Today The project was born from a challenge set by the ASB Community Enterprise which encouraged students to form teams (student companies), to plan a project for ...

Students fruity for success - Times Online - Auckland

Times Online - Auckland

Students fruity for success Times Online - Auckland Botany Downs Secondary College students Andrea Swart, Kimberley Higham and Lizaan Potgieter have won a product development challenge run through the ...

United front on high school truancy - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

United front on high school truancy Auckland stuff.co.nz Manurewa police and James Cook High School are working together to cut the number of students roaming the streets when they should be in class. ...

Cultural festival delights - Marlborough Express

Cultural festival delights
Marlborough Express
Students from Witherlea School, St Joseph's School, St Mary's School, Redwoodtown School, Springlands School, Whitney Street School, Mayfield School, ...

Hawke's Bay Schools' Trades Academy Announced - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Hawke's Bay Schools' Trades Academy Announced
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has given the green light for the opening of the Hawke's Bay Schools' Trades Academy @ EIT in 2012. ...

NorthTec Gets Building Apprentice On Track

NorthTec Gets Building Apprentice On Track
Building apprentice Daniel Miles freely admits he used to have a bad attitude. After leaving school at 15 he had the chance to work with a construction contractor but blew the opportunity. “I had a really bad attitude. I didn’t get on with the ...

Hawke’s Bay Schools’ Trades Academy Announced

Hawke’s Bay Schools’ Trades Academy Announced
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has given the green light for the opening of the Hawke’s Bay Schools’ Trades Academy @ EIT in 2012.