Research fellowships extend teaching horizons

Research fellowships extend teaching horizons
Wayne Mapp | Research, Science and Technology
Twenty-three primary and secondary teachers have been awarded New Zealand Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellowships for 2011. Announcing the fellowships today, Minister of Research, Scie...

National Standards crisis looming - Manawatu Standard

National Standards crisis looming
Manawatu Standard
OPINION: The mounting backlash from schools against National Standards is shaping as a crisis for the government that could inflict catastrophic damage on ...

What's really motivating opposition to National Standards ...

What's really motivating opposition to National Standards ...
What's really motivating opposition to National Standards? Credo Quia Absurdum Est has the answer in an email from a teacher: “…we teachers have been told the entire campaign by the principals and the NZEI would be dropped in a second ...

Principal compares Minister to Hitler | Kiwiblog

Principal compares Minister to Hitler | Kiwiblog
The union assault on national standards gets more deranged. Marlene Campbell is the principal of Salford School in Invercargill. She writes on her Facebook.

A fees boycott | Kiwiblog

A fees boycott | Kiwiblog
The board was still “progressing the work of national standards” and was refusing to report only their 2012 achievement targets to the Education Ministry next year, until they had some dialogue and more explanations from the ministry, ...

Kapiti schools 'defer' standards - The Dominion Post

Kapiti schools 'defer' standards
The Dominion Post
Nicki Wrighton, chairwoman Paekakariki School board of trustees, said the Government expects boards to follow advice from teachers, principals and education ...

Teachers and Ministry of Education talks continue today

Teachers and Ministry of Education talks continue today
Contract talks between secondary teachers and the Ministry of Education will continue today, following a day of bargaining.

Crowd protests funding cuts - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

Crowd protests funding cuts Stuff.co.nz ... to school," he said as a member of the 250-strong crowd who attended Saturday's rally in Nelson to protest funding cuts to the early childhood education ...

Women’s Census report rates NZ universities

Women’s Census report rates NZ universities
The 2010 New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation has highlighted New Zealand universities as an area making steady progress for women at a time when improvements in other areas of professional and public life have stalled.

ERO Report Vindicates Public Ece Provision

ERO Report Vindicates Public Ece Provision
The Education Review Office (ERO) recently reviewed the on Tauranga Region Kindergartens’ (TRK) Home Based service. The Report establishes that the service is a high quality one.

Literacy initiative at Dunstan High School - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Literacy initiative at Dunstan High School Otago Daily Times By LPaterson on Mon, 8 Nov 2010 The Dunstan High School PTA recently held a literacy information evening to familiarise parents with the Wide Reading ...

The school on the wrong side of the tracks - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

The school on the wrong side of the tracks The Dominion Post "You'd be at rugby or a sports event and the kids from other schools would call us a bunch of criminals, riff-raff, no- hopers not getting an education, ...

MS picks NZ college for Schools Programme - TechDay.co.nz

TechDay.co.nz

MS picks NZ college for Schools Programme TechDay.co.nz Over the next 12 months, Microsoft New Zealand will work to assist Botany Downs staff and students through a ...

Bishop applies to close St Patrick's School - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Bishop applies to close St Patrick's School Otago Daily Times Education specialist and University of Otago Educational Assessment Research Unit emeritus director Lester Flockton said the main reason for Dunedin's ...

Innovative Centre to Improve Student Success - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Innovative Centre to Improve Student Success
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways seeks to align both employers' and students' needs through events such as seminars conferences and international ...

Speech: Professor Sir Mason Durie - A Tribute: Hon Tariana Turia - Voxy

Speech: Professor Sir Mason Durie - A Tribute: Hon Tariana Turia
Voxy
Maori Academic Achievement Dinner acknowledging significant contribution to Maori academic achievement Wharerata, Massey University, Palmerston North ...

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Tauranga Primary - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Tauranga Primary The Bay of Plenty Times "These type of things are wonderful for schools. "People talk about a free education, but we're always looking for funding. It's something we're always ...