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Now of course there will be some parents who are anti national standards and vote National. Just as many parents who are for national standards vote Labour. But what is interesting is to look at the ring-leaders who are driving this ...
Monday, November 8, 2010
School boards protest against national standards | Otago Daily ...
School boards protest against national standards | Otago Daily ...
School boards opposed to the new National Standards have taken a stance and say they are deferring setting student achievement targets based on the new benchmarks.
School boards opposed to the new National Standards have taken a stance and say they are deferring setting student achievement targets based on the new benchmarks.
Quote Unquote: National standards disinformation
Quote Unquote: National standards disinformation
This week, about 30 Waikato school boards of 225 nationwide joined a coalition withdrawing co-operation over the controversial national standards, which were introduced by the Education Ministry at the start of the year. ...
This week, about 30 Waikato school boards of 225 nationwide joined a coalition withdrawing co-operation over the controversial national standards, which were introduced by the Education Ministry at the start of the year. ...
Beehive - Welcoming Secretary Hillary Clinton
Beehive - Welcoming Secretary Hillary Clinton
National Standards in education are a core part of our plan to secure a brighter future for New Zealanders. Before the 2008 election we promised to implement National Standards, and that is what we have done. ...
National Standards in education are a core part of our plan to secure a brighter future for New Zealanders. Before the 2008 election we promised to implement National Standards, and that is what we have done. ...
Dom Post on national standards | Kiwiblog
Dom Post on national standards | Kiwiblog
The Dom Post editorial: It is hard to escape the conclusion that the head teachers' trade union, the Principals Federation, desperately hopes the Government.
The Dom Post editorial: It is hard to escape the conclusion that the head teachers' trade union, the Principals Federation, desperately hopes the Government.
Keeping Stock: National Standards; the smell gets worse
Keeping Stock: National Standards; the smell gets worse
We blogged earlier in the week about the campaign, nominally from a number of Boards of Trustees, opposing the impelmentation of National Standards. We said at the time that we smelt a rat. Today, the odour is getting stronger. ...
We blogged earlier in the week about the campaign, nominally from a number of Boards of Trustees, opposing the impelmentation of National Standards. We said at the time that we smelt a rat. Today, the odour is getting stronger. ...
Dad to withhold fees over standards boycott - Stuff.co.nz
Dad to withhold fees over standards boycott
Stuff.co.nz
A Wellington school's boycott on full national standards compliance has in turn encountered a boycott – by a father who has vowed to stop paying school fees ...
Stuff.co.nz
A Wellington school's boycott on full national standards compliance has in turn encountered a boycott – by a father who has vowed to stop paying school fees ...
Teachers's behaviour, police errors - The Southland Times
Teachers's behaviour, police errors
The Southland Times
Now that a new government is trying to reverse the trend, a pathetic vestige of the old order is bleating that the new national standards are "fundamentally ...
The Southland Times
Now that a new government is trying to reverse the trend, a pathetic vestige of the old order is bleating that the new national standards are "fundamentally ...
John Key: Key Notes - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
John Key: Key Notes
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
National Standards in education are a core part of our plan to secure a brighter future for New Zealanders. Before the 2008 election we promised to ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
National Standards in education are a core part of our plan to secure a brighter future for New Zealanders. Before the 2008 election we promised to ...
Local schools may join protest against national standards - Manawatu Standard
Local schools may join protest against national standards
Manawatu Standard
Manawatu primary students are likely to become part of a nationwide protest against national standards. More than 250 schools are refusing to set targets ...
Manawatu Standard
Manawatu primary students are likely to become part of a nationwide protest against national standards. More than 250 schools are refusing to set targets ...
Boycotts by school boards 'outrageous' - The Dominion Post
Boycotts by school boards 'outrageous'
The Dominion Post
The boards of six Lower Hutt schools should be sacked over their national standards boycott, according to a city councillor. Hutt City councillor Max ...
The Dominion Post
The boards of six Lower Hutt schools should be sacked over their national standards boycott, according to a city councillor. Hutt City councillor Max ...
Figure belies standards discontent - Waikato Times
Figure belies standards discontent
Waikato Times
The Government may be dismissing the 10 per cent of schools shunning national standards as a minority but Waikato principals say it is just the tip of the ...
Waikato Times
The Government may be dismissing the 10 per cent of schools shunning national standards as a minority but Waikato principals say it is just the tip of the ...
Every board chairman gets a letter and a call - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | Every board chairman gets a letter and a call Otago Daily Times The calls, which are being made to the chairmen of 2018 boards, follow a renewed backlash against National Standards in which 225 schools refused to set ... |
More schools tipped to defer National Standards - TVNZ
More schools tipped to defer National Standards
TVNZ
The primary teachers' union says it believes the number of school boards deferring the use of National Standards will continue to grow. ...
TVNZ
The primary teachers' union says it believes the number of school boards deferring the use of National Standards will continue to grow. ...
Lone stand against standards - Wairarapa Times Age
Lone stand against standards
Wairarapa Times Age
Martinborough Primary School has alone taken a stand in Wairarapa against the roll-out of national standards next year. The decile 7 school has joined with ...
Wairarapa Times Age
Martinborough Primary School has alone taken a stand in Wairarapa against the roll-out of national standards next year. The decile 7 school has joined with ...
Perhaps there is a lesson in dissent - The Nelson Mail
Perhaps there is a lesson in dissent
The Nelson Mail
Equally, it could be argued that the decision to introduce National Standards, without a trial or, some would say, adequate consultation, was where the ...
The Nelson Mail
Equally, it could be argued that the decision to introduce National Standards, without a trial or, some would say, adequate consultation, was where the ...
Editorial: Parents heed teachers for good reasons - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | Editorial: Parents heed teachers for good reasons New Zealand Herald When 225 school boards of trustees declare they will not adopt the Government's National Standards it is time to take stock. ... |
More schools tipped to defer National Standards - TVNZ
More schools tipped to defer National Standards
TVNZ
Wellington's Island Bay School is one of those deferring setting the targets and reporting to the Ministry of Education, instead calling for the government ...
TVNZ
Wellington's Island Bay School is one of those deferring setting the targets and reporting to the Ministry of Education, instead calling for the government ...
Launch Of The Report, Youth '09 - Voxy
Launch Of The Report, Youth '09
Voxy
The report presents findings from a health and wellbeing survey of 335 students attending alternative education facilities in Auckland and Northland. ...
Voxy
The report presents findings from a health and wellbeing survey of 335 students attending alternative education facilities in Auckland and Northland. ...
Teachers and Govt back in talks - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | Teachers and Govt back in talks New Zealand Herald Contract talks are back on between secondary school teachers and the Government in a "last chance" to resolve an impasse before the school's year end. ... |
Tapu Misa: No easy formula for pupils doing well - New Zealand Herald
Tapu Misa: No easy formula for pupils doing well
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Christine Cornege I don't ask a lot of the education system that an international think-tank recently called the best in the world. I know schools ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Christine Cornege I don't ask a lot of the education system that an international think-tank recently called the best in the world. I know schools ...
1000 march against cuts to early education - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | 1000 march against cuts to early education Otago Daily Times The rally came at the end of a march from the Dental School, organised to protest the Government's plan to reduce funding of qualified and registered ... |
Underinvestment in Early Education A Stupid Policy - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Underinvestment in Early Education A Stupid Policy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“There is evidence of returns in terms of educational achievement, health, social adjustment, workforce participation, and reduced crime rates, she said...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“There is evidence of returns in terms of educational achievement, health, social adjustment, workforce participation, and reduced crime rates, she said...
Does life get better after high school? - Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Does life get better after high school?
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
And I was very lucky to be a year ahead of NCEA. Before NCEA it was so very simple. Only 7th form mattered, and all you had to do in 7th form was pass any ...
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
And I was very lucky to be a year ahead of NCEA. Before NCEA it was so very simple. Only 7th form mattered, and all you had to do in 7th form was pass any ...
Pasifika pupils triumph despite insult - The Press
Pasifika pupils triumph despite insult
The Press
St Thomas of Canterbury College's Oceanic Fusion became the first Pasifika team to win the Young Enterprise Scheme (Yes) company of the year award at a ...
The Press
St Thomas of Canterbury College's Oceanic Fusion became the first Pasifika team to win the Young Enterprise Scheme (Yes) company of the year award at a ...
Students support Two Drink Max - New Zealand Herald
Students support Two Drink Max
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Herald on Sunday Dozens of students from around the country will be out in force from next weekend signing up people for the Herald on Sunday's Two ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Herald on Sunday Dozens of students from around the country will be out in force from next weekend signing up people for the Herald on Sunday's Two ...
College denies turning blind eye to bullying - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | College denies turning blind eye to bullying New Zealand Herald Mr Ropati's comments came after dozens of parents and some students contacted the Herald this week when the father of a Year 9 Howick student said his ... |
Pasifika cosmetics sweep enterprise awards - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | Pasifika cosmetics sweep enterprise awards Stuff.co.nz The company, Oceanic Fusion, which was set up by five students from Christchurch's St Thomas of Canterbury College, this week became the first Pasifika ... |
Women's Census Report Rates New Zealand Universities - Voxy
 Otago Daily Times | Women's Census Report Rates New Zealand Universities Voxy Canterbury University, ranked fifth of the universities, has made the most significant percentage gain from a low base since reporting began in 2003, ... |
Women losing grip on key workforce positions - TVNZ
 New Zealand Herald | Women losing grip on key workforce positions TVNZ The report showed that universities were making steady progress for women at a time when improvements in other areas of professional and public life were ... |
RNZ SAT: David Suzuki: a sustainable future
RNZ SAT: David Suzuki: a sustainable future
Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, who will visit New Zealand for talks based on his new book, The Legacy: An Elder's Vision for a Sustainable Future.
Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist, who will visit New Zealand for talks based on his new book, The Legacy: An Elder's Vision for a Sustainable Future.
Posters showcase iwi creativity - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
Posters showcase iwi creativity
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
The annual exhibition was first held in 2006 to celebrate the success of Maori students and highlight the contribution the University makes to the creative ...
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
The annual exhibition was first held in 2006 to celebrate the success of Maori students and highlight the contribution the University makes to the creative ...
Teacher education campus closure fear - Nelson Mail
Teacher education campus closure fear
Nelson Mail
Principals yesterday met with the pro-vice-chancellor for the College of Education, Gail Gillon, to talk about the proposal to close the 12-year-old Hardy ...
Nelson Mail
Principals yesterday met with the pro-vice-chancellor for the College of Education, Gail Gillon, to talk about the proposal to close the 12-year-old Hardy ...
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