Thursday, December 9, 2010

Beattie's Book Blog: The impacts of education policy under the *...*

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Dr Wylie is currently a Chief Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and will take up the one year fellowship at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies in March 2011. She is no stranger to Victoria ...

VUW names education research fellow - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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In the past we have seen people talk superficially about education, and we have seen a lot of that in the debate about national standards, ...

Tolley slams fee rise claims - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
"Research showed education for children aged three to five is vital for giving children a good start before primary school." The Government will reduce ...

Porirua council weighs in on national standards - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Porirua City Council is supporting local teachers who are against national standards - the first local government authority in the country to do so. ...

NZ students among best in world, survey shows - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Ms Tolley said the introduction of "National Standards in reading, writing and maths will help identify and provide support for primary and intermediate ...

More School Choice And Flexibility The Way To Help Our Under-Achievers - Voxy


The Guardian (blog)

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Voxy
They had more diversity and students had better access to quality education. Mr Bentley said more autonomy for schools would also go a long way to helping ...

From the washing room to the world - TVNZ

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TVNZ
An education resource business, which began in the laundry of an Invercargill home, has gone global now supplying resources to 50% of Australian schools and ...

High school a top performer - Northland Independent Community

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Northland Independent Community
For schools of the same type the pass rate was 64.9 percent, for co-educational schools the pass rate was 61.7 percent and for schools in the same area the ...

Heavyweights test award winner's software - National Business Review

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National Business Review
Roleplay is an online e-learning solution, that helps corporate trainers and training designers to create and deliver “people skills” training content ...

Schools share environmental effort award - Marlborough Express


Marlborough Express

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Marlborough Express
Pupil Angus Dysart said the school established a native garden four years ago. This year pupils designed and applied for resource consent for a bridge, ...

Bug man visits outdoor classroom - Marlborough Express


Marlborough Express

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Marlborough Express
NURTURE NATURE: Bug man Ruud Kleinpaste was at Rapaura School yesterday to inspect the site for the school's outdoor classroom, which he expects will ...

Pupils win foundation's innovation prize - Auckland stuff.co.nz


Auckland stuff.co.nz

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HEALTHY HEARTS: Journey Rehu, Janice Diamond, Carlea Rameka and Heart Foundation mascot Hearty celebrate Finlayson Park School's Heart Foundation innovation ...