URL: Worried? You are not alone
Gisborne Herald
National standards; the education system has been infested by change agents who want the education system to be politicised. The desired total lack of accountability is symptomatic of the current agenda-driven curriculum. ...
Friday, April 29, 2011
MP not representing and hearing our many voices - Gisborne Herald
URL: MP not representing and hearing our many voices
Gisborne Herald
In addition, the call from our very own teachers and principals speaking out against the implementation of National Standards has fallen on deaf ears. In return she labels the Principals' Association as political activists. Then to rub further salt in ...
Gisborne Herald
In addition, the call from our very own teachers and principals speaking out against the implementation of National Standards has fallen on deaf ears. In return she labels the Principals' Association as political activists. Then to rub further salt in ...
Changes improve exam results - Times Online - Auckland
URL: Changes improve exam results
Times Online - Auckland
A SCHOOL has leapt ahead of the national decile-four average for its Year 11 NCEA pass rate with the help of a new programme. Allan Vester, principal of Edgewater College, says only 40 per cent of Year 11 ...
Times Online - Auckland
A SCHOOL has leapt ahead of the national decile-four average for its Year 11 NCEA pass rate with the help of a new programme. Allan Vester, principal of Edgewater College, says only 40 per cent of Year 11 ...
Privacy issues hamper disclosure over bullying cases - Northern Advocate
URL: Privacy issues hamper disclosure over bullying cases
Northern Advocate
Privacy issues may prevent some parents being told their child is being bullied at school. Schools can use their discretion on which parties they inform about bullying cases, Northland principals say. It comes amid concerns by the Human Rights ...
Northern Advocate
Privacy issues may prevent some parents being told their child is being bullied at school. Schools can use their discretion on which parties they inform about bullying cases, Northland principals say. It comes amid concerns by the Human Rights ...
What does “student voice” mean to you?
URL: What does “student voice” mean to you?
“Student voice” is talked about a lot in education, but what does it actually mean? Does it mean listening to students’ opinions? Does it mean involving students in decisions about their learning? Does it mean students should have an equal say in decisions made about their entire educational experience, including decisions made at the level [...]
“Student voice” is talked about a lot in education, but what does it actually mean? Does it mean listening to students’ opinions? Does it mean involving students in decisions about their learning? Does it mean students should have an equal say in decisions made about their entire educational experience, including decisions made at the level [...]
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 14
URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 14
University of Auckland students rally for staff University of Auckland students are helping organise a rally tomorrow aiming to convince the vice-chancellor not to remove key working conditions from the academic collective agreement. Student ...
University of Auckland students rally for staff University of Auckland students are helping organise a rally tomorrow aiming to convince the vice-chancellor not to remove key working conditions from the academic collective agreement. Student ...
Auckland Academic to Head Influential Organisation
URL: Auckland Academic to Head Influential Organisation
Dr Christopher Tremewan of The University of Auckland has been appointed to head one of the world’s most influential university associations.
Dr Christopher Tremewan of The University of Auckland has been appointed to head one of the world’s most influential university associations.
Ugly side of 'parent power' at school - New Zealand Herald
URL: Ugly side of 'parent power' at school
New Zealand Herald
"We may have excluded their child from school or sometimes banned them from the premises," he said. "I'm not against parents having a real say in the way their schools are run, but sometimes you have to make choices and decisions that displease. ...
New Zealand Herald
"We may have excluded their child from school or sometimes banned them from the premises," he said. "I'm not against parents having a real say in the way their schools are run, but sometimes you have to make choices and decisions that displease. ...
Funding assurance pleases kura principal - Otago Daily Times
URL: More scholarships planned
The Press
Vice-chancellor Rod Carr said the university had lost about 1000 students since the February 22 earthquake, and offering a "substantial" increase in financial assistance to high-achieving students was one way to bolster student numbers. ...
The Press
Vice-chancellor Rod Carr said the university had lost about 1000 students since the February 22 earthquake, and offering a "substantial" increase in financial assistance to high-achieving students was one way to bolster student numbers. ...
More scholarships planned - The Press
URL: More scholarships planned
The Press
Vice-chancellor Rod Carr said the university had lost about 1000 students since the February 22 earthquake, and offering a "substantial" increase in financial assistance to high-achieving students was one way to bolster student numbers. ...
The Press
Vice-chancellor Rod Carr said the university had lost about 1000 students since the February 22 earthquake, and offering a "substantial" increase in financial assistance to high-achieving students was one way to bolster student numbers. ...
Timaru science ace off to Apec conference - Timaru Herald
 Timaru Herald | URL: Timaru science ace off to Apec conference Timaru Herald A Timaru Boys' High School student will be one of only four young New Zealanders representing the country at a prestigious science forum in Thailand. Christopher Arthur said he was "surprised, but really excited" to be selected by the Royal Society of ... |
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Standing behind a failing child-care system - Western Star
URL: Standing behind a failing child-care system
Western Star
In “Differences Between Community Owned and Privately Owned Early Childhood Education and Care Centres: A Review of Evidence,” Linda Mitchell, senior researcher with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research reviewed both international and New ...
Western Star
In “Differences Between Community Owned and Privately Owned Early Childhood Education and Care Centres: A Review of Evidence,” Linda Mitchell, senior researcher with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research reviewed both international and New ...
New body to attract foreign students - Stuff.co.nz
URL: New body to attract foreign students
Stuff.co.nz
It will take the name of one of its predecessors, Education New Zealand, and will have a new board appointed to lead marketing and representation work overseas. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the new body would lead "an ongoing ...
Stuff.co.nz
It will take the name of one of its predecessors, Education New Zealand, and will have a new board appointed to lead marketing and representation work overseas. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the new body would lead "an ongoing ...
Childhood stimulation may reduce adult violence - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Childhood stimulation may reduce adult violence
Stuff.co.nz
Toddlers in a program to encourage interaction and play with their mothers grew into adults with higher IQs, greater educational attainment and less involvement in violence than kids who did not receive the early stimulation, a new study finds. ...
Stuff.co.nz
Toddlers in a program to encourage interaction and play with their mothers grew into adults with higher IQs, greater educational attainment and less involvement in violence than kids who did not receive the early stimulation, a new study finds. ...
Skin infections put more kids in hospital - Stuff.co.nz
 TopNews Arab Emirates | URL: Skin infections put more kids in hospital Stuff.co.nz An Otago University study, published in the international journal Epidemiology and Infection, has found the rate of children admitted to hospital with severe skin infections nearly doubled between 1990 and 2007, from about 3 to nearly 5.5 per 1000 ... |
Future of schools under review - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: Future of schools under review
Auckland stuff.co.nz
The structure of primary school education in Tamaki looks set to be settled by August after more than a year of uncertainty. Consultation will begin next month to allow parents, teachers and other community members to have their say on the future of ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
The structure of primary school education in Tamaki looks set to be settled by August after more than a year of uncertainty. Consultation will begin next month to allow parents, teachers and other community members to have their say on the future of ...
More doctoral students graduating at Waikato University
URL: More doctoral students graduating at Waikato University
Waikato University has had a 30% increase in the number of higher degree completions. In May 2010, 18 students graduated either in person or in absentia with a PhD and this year there are 33. Students are graduating ceremonies in Tauranga and Hamilton ...
Waikato University has had a 30% increase in the number of higher degree completions. In May 2010, 18 students graduated either in person or in absentia with a PhD and this year there are 33. Students are graduating ceremonies in Tauranga and Hamilton ...
Wintec Secures Partnership with Open University of Malaysia
URL: Wintec Secures Partnership with Open University of Malaysia
Wintec will help the Open University of Malaysia to provide security programmes as part of a new educational partnership.
Wintec will help the Open University of Malaysia to provide security programmes as part of a new educational partnership.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
NCEA failure rate 'not unusual' - The Ashburton Guardian
URL: NCEA failure rate 'not unusual'
The Ashburton Guardian
That roughly half of Year 13 students leave school without a NCEA Level 3 qualification is not alarming nor uncommon, local principals say. The national average for those leaving Year 13 last year without gaining their ...
The Ashburton Guardian
That roughly half of Year 13 students leave school without a NCEA Level 3 qualification is not alarming nor uncommon, local principals say. The national average for those leaving Year 13 last year without gaining their ...
Capital debate: Top Wellington school - The Dominion Post
URL: Capital debate: Top Wellington school
The Dominion Post
The tables show 2010 NCEA pass rates, along with numbers of pupils who achieved excellence and merit, in years 11, 12 and 13 based on school roll numbers as of July 1, 2010. In many cases, the numbers of pupils who were undertaking NCEA either went up ...
The Dominion Post
The tables show 2010 NCEA pass rates, along with numbers of pupils who achieved excellence and merit, in years 11, 12 and 13 based on school roll numbers as of July 1, 2010. In many cases, the numbers of pupils who were undertaking NCEA either went up ...
Youth suffer 'shocking' dental health - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Youth suffer 'shocking' dental health
Stuff.co.nz
The school convinced a local dental surgery to close for a week to treat pupils. Dentists were paid an annual fee for each enrolled youth under 18, which was supposed to cover a checkup and treatment, he said. This often did not cover costs, ...
Stuff.co.nz
The school convinced a local dental surgery to close for a week to treat pupils. Dentists were paid an annual fee for each enrolled youth under 18, which was supposed to cover a checkup and treatment, he said. This often did not cover costs, ...
Students take part in global census - Stuff.co.nz
 3News NZ | URL: Students take part in global census Stuff.co.nz CensusAtSchool - run by Auckland University's Department of Statistics, the Ministry of Education and Statistics New Zealand - was designed to teach students the value of statistics in everyday life, census coordinator Rachel Cunliffe said. ... |
Primary healthcare failing NZers - NZ City
URL: Primary healthcare failing NZers
NZ City
Groundbreaking research by a Christchurch high school has shown that primary healthcare is failing young New Zealanders. Linwood College's Alan Parris led the project which found medical issues such as poor eyesight, hearing and oral health stop ...
NZ City
Groundbreaking research by a Christchurch high school has shown that primary healthcare is failing young New Zealanders. Linwood College's Alan Parris led the project which found medical issues such as poor eyesight, hearing and oral health stop ...
900 medical specialists look to close Indigenous gap - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
URL: 900 medical specialists look to close Indigenous gap
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), Australia's largest specialist medical college, will hold its annual Congress this year with the theme Take up the Challenge: Indigenous Health and Chronic Disease. The Congress will address a ...
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), Australia's largest specialist medical college, will hold its annual Congress this year with the theme Take up the Challenge: Indigenous Health and Chronic Disease. The Congress will address a ...
Opinion: Books, Socrates and apprentices - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Opinion: Books, Socrates and apprentices Auckland stuff.co.nz "I now fill the role of industry manager for ETITO, the industry training organisation for electrotechnology. "I regularly meet training providers, industry bodies and employers and am responsible for maintaining the national training system for ... |
School marae success - Northland Independent Community
 Northland Independent Community | URL: School marae success Northland Independent Community TAKING SHAPE: Kamo High School's Lucille Spring and Bernie Taffs are proud of the marae being built on the school grounds. A new school marae could already be helping to raise the achievement rates of Maori students. Kamo High School is building the ... |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Māori participation in early childhood education services in *...*
URL: Māori participation in early childhood education services in...
Wellington, New Zealand: Teaching and Learning Research Initiative & New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Ritchie, J. (2008). Honouring Māori subjectivities within early childhood education in Aotearoa. ...
An NZCER book is referenced in the article.
Wellington, New Zealand: Teaching and Learning Research Initiative & New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Ritchie, J. (2008). Honouring Māori subjectivities within early childhood education in Aotearoa. ...
An NZCER book is referenced in the article.
Street leads education protest - The Nelson Mail
URL: Street leads education protest
The Nelson Mail
About 20 people upset at the Government's direction in education gathered in Nelson last night for a public meeting focusing on cuts and "shambolic national standards", Nelson-based Labour List MP, Maryan Street said today. ...
The Nelson Mail
About 20 people upset at the Government's direction in education gathered in Nelson last night for a public meeting focusing on cuts and "shambolic national standards", Nelson-based Labour List MP, Maryan Street said today. ...
Dip in health failing pupils - Stuff.co.nz
 3News NZ | URL: Dip in health failing pupils Stuff.co.nz About 450 year 9 and 10 pupils were surveyed in 2006 about their lives, had physical health tests and a mental health assessment. Their progress was tracked as they continued through school and new pupils were tested if referred by their teacher. ... |
Learning starts with the child - SunLive
URL: Learning starts with the child
SunLive
In achieving her first class honours masters, Chris Brough spent a year researching what happened when three primary school teachers used student-centred curriculum integration techniques in their classrooms. “The teacher involves them in classroom ...
SunLive
In achieving her first class honours masters, Chris Brough spent a year researching what happened when three primary school teachers used student-centred curriculum integration techniques in their classrooms. “The teacher involves them in classroom ...
Innovators encouraged - SunLive
URL: Innovators encouraged
SunLive
Read More Students are being encouraged to think innovatively and creatively in a competition being run by Western Bay of Plenty economic development agency Priority One. The Young Innovator Awards, which see students invent solutions for real ...
SunLive
Read More Students are being encouraged to think innovatively and creatively in a competition being run by Western Bay of Plenty economic development agency Priority One. The Young Innovator Awards, which see students invent solutions for real ...
Boarding school 'can be a trauma'
URL: Boarding school 'can be a trauma'
Children sent away to boarding school can suffer psychological damage akin to being taken into care, a leading psychotherapist warns.'Boarding School Syndrome' can leave adults struggling to form intimate relationships and unable...
Children sent away to boarding school can suffer psychological damage akin to being taken into care, a leading psychotherapist warns.'Boarding School Syndrome' can leave adults struggling to form intimate relationships and unable...
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 13
URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 13
Three pay rises and a lump sum for WITT members The Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) and TEU members have ratified a collective agreement that will give the union members a 0.75 percent pay rise effective from December last year, ...
Three pay rises and a lump sum for WITT members The Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) and TEU members have ratified a collective agreement that will give the union members a 0.75 percent pay rise effective from December last year, ...
Action goes global - Times Online - Auckland
URL: Action goes global
Times Online - Auckland
Mike Williams, the head of Edgewater College's guidance department, started using the “undercover team approach” in 2004. Since then, those bullied have formed 35 small groups of classmates to tackle the issue, with support given by students to those ...
Times Online - Auckland
Mike Williams, the head of Edgewater College's guidance department, started using the “undercover team approach” in 2004. Since then, those bullied have formed 35 small groups of classmates to tackle the issue, with support given by students to those ...
Masterton NCEA rate lauded - Wairarapa Times Age
URL: Masterton NCEA rate lauded
Wairarapa Times Age
Praise has been lavished on St Matthew's Collegiate after the Masterton school posted a perfect 2010 NCEA pass rate. According to New Zealand Qualifications Authority tables released on Thursday, the decile 9 integrated school achieved a 100per cent ...
Wairarapa Times Age
Praise has been lavished on St Matthew's Collegiate after the Masterton school posted a perfect 2010 NCEA pass rate. According to New Zealand Qualifications Authority tables released on Thursday, the decile 9 integrated school achieved a 100per cent ...
Kamo High raises the bar with NCEA results - Northern Advocate
URL: Kamo High raises the bar with NCEA results
Northern Advocate
Kamo High School has emerged as the surprise achiever of Northland's 2010 NCEA results, with the number of Year 11 students completing Level 1 rising 21 per cent since 2009. The school, Northland's second biggest, ...
Northern Advocate
Kamo High School has emerged as the surprise achiever of Northland's 2010 NCEA results, with the number of Year 11 students completing Level 1 rising 21 per cent since 2009. The school, Northland's second biggest, ...
I can see clearly now the blur is gone - Wairarapa Times Age
 Wairarapa Times Age | URL: I can see clearly now the blur is gone Wairarapa Times Age Rotorua students with Irlen Syndrome find learning easier with their coloured-lens glasses. Photo / Andrew Warner Paul Osborne sees the world through tinted glasses. The 28-year-old Rotorua man had always struggled with reading. ... |
School injuries cost $14m - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School injuries cost $14m
Stuff.co.nz
Schoolyard injuries to pupils cost $14 million last year with principals saying obesity, a "bubble-wrap" culture and a lack of milk are behind many injuries. ACC figures obtained by The Press show more than 60000 pupils were injured at school last year ...
Stuff.co.nz
Schoolyard injuries to pupils cost $14 million last year with principals saying obesity, a "bubble-wrap" culture and a lack of milk are behind many injuries. ACC figures obtained by The Press show more than 60000 pupils were injured at school last year ...
Cops keep tabs on school fights - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: Cops keep tabs on school fights
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Greater communication between three high schools and the police has been the key to reducing a spate of youth violence in Manurewa, police say. For the first few months of the school year police responded to a number of incidents involving groups of ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Greater communication between three high schools and the police has been the key to reducing a spate of youth violence in Manurewa, police say. For the first few months of the school year police responded to a number of incidents involving groups of ...
New Zealand Pupils Returning To School Next Monday Will Be Taking Part In An ... - Voxy
URL: New Zealand Pupils Returning To School Next Monday Will Be Taking Part In An ...
Voxy
The Year 5-10 students will be taking all sorts of measurements - from the length of their hair and fingers to the weight of their school bags - for CensusAtSchool, an educational project hosted by the Department of Statistics at the University of ...
Voxy
The Year 5-10 students will be taking all sorts of measurements - from the length of their hair and fingers to the weight of their school bags - for CensusAtSchool, an educational project hosted by the Department of Statistics at the University of ...
Shared vision with a twist
URL: Shared vision with a twist
In this talk Stuart Armistead explains how the collaborative forming of the Stanley Avenue Learner guides all learning and teaching at his school. Particularly Stuart tells us how this vision is integral in the use of technology in a meaningful way.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Shared-vision-with-a-twist
In this talk Stuart Armistead explains how the collaborative forming of the Stanley Avenue Learner guides all learning and teaching at his school. Particularly Stuart tells us how this vision is integral in the use of technology in a meaningful way.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Shared-vision-with-a-twist
Schoolboys caught 'sexting'
URL: Schoolboys caught 'sexting'
A group of Rotorua teenagers have been counselled by police after inappropriate 'sexting' messages were discovered on a boy's mobile phone.It has prompted warnings for parents to remind their kids about the risks of technology.Sexting...
A group of Rotorua teenagers have been counselled by police after inappropriate 'sexting' messages were discovered on a boy's mobile phone.It has prompted warnings for parents to remind their kids about the risks of technology.Sexting...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Bard Wired: Changes to PLD for Schools
URL: Bard Wired: Changes to PLD for Schools
“Te Toi Tupu - Leading Learning Network consortium (CORE Education, The University of Waikato, Cognition Education, The New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Waikato Tainui) are providers of professional development and ...
“Te Toi Tupu - Leading Learning Network consortium (CORE Education, The University of Waikato, Cognition Education, The New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Waikato Tainui) are providers of professional development and ...
National goes into hiding on national standards - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: National goes into hiding on national standards
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
National are so desperate to hide bad news about National Standards they are now finding any means possible not to release information to the public, Labour's Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. "Minister of Education Anne Tolley's attempts to ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
National are so desperate to hide bad news about National Standards they are now finding any means possible not to release information to the public, Labour's Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. "Minister of Education Anne Tolley's attempts to ...
Teachers delve into 'big issues' - Manawatu Standard
URL: Teachers delve into 'big issues'
Manawatu Standard
National standards were the hot topic at an education meeting that attracted 80 teaching staff from the lower North Island yesterday. "We are looking at the big issues in line with the election," New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) communications ...
Manawatu Standard
National standards were the hot topic at an education meeting that attracted 80 teaching staff from the lower North Island yesterday. "We are looking at the big issues in line with the election," New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) communications ...
Schools defy Govt over national standards - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Schools defy Govt over national standards 3News NZ A group of school Boards of Trustees opposed to National Standards says a survey it has done shows one third of schools are refusing to implement the standards this year. Principals from just under half of all primary and intermediate schools responded ... |
Schools ignore request for achievement targets - Radio New Zealand
URL: Schools ignore request for achievement targets
Radio New Zealand
The charters are expected to include targets based on the national standards in reading, writing and maths. The ministry says it has received 788 charters. Of the 580 it has analysed, 90% include targets based on national standards. ...
Radio New Zealand
The charters are expected to include targets based on the national standards in reading, writing and maths. The ministry says it has received 788 charters. Of the 580 it has analysed, 90% include targets based on national standards. ...
Govt Panicking With National Standards “Marketing” - Newsy | Newsy
URL: Govt Panicking With National Standards “Marketing” - Newsy | Newsy
Govt Panicking With National Standards “Marketing” The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government has launched what amounts to a National Standards marketing campaign, showing it is clearly on the back foot over the ...
Govt Panicking With National Standards “Marketing” The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government has launched what amounts to a National Standards marketing campaign, showing it is clearly on the back foot over the ...
National Standards – another good reason for Independent Schools ...
URL: National Standards – another good reason for Independent Schools ...
It has been quiet on the National Standards front for a while – you could be excused for thinking that after initial resistance, National Standards were now an accepted part on the educational landscape. They are not. ...
It has been quiet on the National Standards front for a while – you could be excused for thinking that after initial resistance, National Standards were now an accepted part on the educational landscape. They are not. ...
Call for Pacific education plan
URL: Call for Pacific education plan
Poor university entrance rates among Pacific Island pupils have prompted calls for a national strategy to address their under-performance.
See also: The Dominion Post, 21 April 2011, A10.
Poor university entrance rates among Pacific Island pupils have prompted calls for a national strategy to address their under-performance.
See also: The Dominion Post, 21 April 2011, A10.
Schools can't fix teen drinking problems alone - Principals - TVNZ
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Schools can't fix teen drinking problems alone - Principals TVNZ Principals think changes to alcohol laws would do more to prevent teenage binge drinking than education. The comments follow the release of the final coroner's report into the death of teenager James Webster. Webster died from acute alcohol poisoning ... |
National Education Qualification for In-Home Educators
URL: National Education Qualification for In-Home Educators
PORSE, New Zealand’s largest provider of in-home childcare, said today it will campaign for a “fit for purpose” qualification for educators who provide in-home childcare. PORSE Managing Director Jenny Yule said in-home is now the fastest growing ...
PORSE, New Zealand’s largest provider of in-home childcare, said today it will campaign for a “fit for purpose” qualification for educators who provide in-home childcare. PORSE Managing Director Jenny Yule said in-home is now the fastest growing ...
Self review tool for schools: focus on students achieving below curriculum expectations in Literacy (years 1-8)
URL: Self review tool for schools: focus on students achieving below curriculum expectations in Literacy (years 1-8)
This self-review tool is one of the review tools designed by the MOE to support schools to better understand what they need to achieve and what they should focus on next.
This self-review tool is one of the review tools designed by the MOE to support schools to better understand what they need to achieve and what they should focus on next.
Lack of apprentices hurting traditional trades - Southland Times
URL: Lack of apprentices hurting traditional trades
Southland Times
Southern Group Training Trust general manager Glenys McKenzie said it was a problem that had been around for the past 15 years and was difficult to fix. "We don't have a skilled workforce in the numbers that we need. "In a lot of trades the average age ...
Southland Times
Southern Group Training Trust general manager Glenys McKenzie said it was a problem that had been around for the past 15 years and was difficult to fix. "We don't have a skilled workforce in the numbers that we need. "In a lot of trades the average age ...
Girls charged over Southland school attack - Otago Daily Times
URL: Girls charged over Southland school attack
Otago Daily Times
A 15-year-old pupil was attacked while she was having her lunch last Wednesday, Sergeant Sharee Winsloe, of Gore, said. The victim was punched and kicked 25 to 35 times about the head and body and required medical treatment for a suspected injury to ...
Otago Daily Times
A 15-year-old pupil was attacked while she was having her lunch last Wednesday, Sergeant Sharee Winsloe, of Gore, said. The victim was punched and kicked 25 to 35 times about the head and body and required medical treatment for a suspected injury to ...
University signs partnership with Air New Zealand - Massey News (press release)
 NZ City | URL: University signs partnership with Air New Zealand Massey News (press release) Aviation students at the University will be among the first in line for commercial airline pilot jobs with Air New Zealand thanks to a new partnership launched today. The University's School of Aviation has been selected to partner with the national ... |
School's library for all - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: School's library for all Auckland stuff.co.nz SCHOOL'S IN: Senior teacher Krisen Naidoo shows Kelvin Road School students around the school's new community library which is now open for parents and children to use. School is back in session for the parents at Kelvin Road School – well, ... |
Straight A report card for UCOL teachers
URL: Straight A report card for UCOL teachers
UCOL academic staff members have received straight As in an assessment by their students. UCOL’s annual Student Satisfaction Survey, covering teaching, student support, facilities and costs at all three campuses, has produced A ratings – for Very Satisfactory ...
UCOL academic staff members have received straight As in an assessment by their students. UCOL’s annual Student Satisfaction Survey, covering teaching, student support, facilities and costs at all three campuses, has produced A ratings – for Very Satisfactory ...
Building skills shortage imminent - TVNZ
 guide2.co.nz | URL: Building skills shortage imminent TVNZ New Zealand needs more than double the number of workers currently working in the industry in the medium term, the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) said. Chief executive Ruma Karaitiana said the boom and bust nature of ... |
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Mapping our Anzac Day
The Dominion Post, Wed 20th Apr 2011, A11.
ANZAC messages from around the country will be stored for posterity thanks to a new digital project which id only the third of its kind in the world... Hyper Cities combines historical maps, multimedia and Google Earth to create comprehensive narratives about the cultural and social layers of places worldwide... By NZCER fellow Michael Harcourt.
See: http://anzacday2011.hypercities.com/
See: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mapping-Anzac-Day-Tweets/2067733526810
ANZAC messages from around the country will be stored for posterity thanks to a new digital project which id only the third of its kind in the world... Hyper Cities combines historical maps, multimedia and Google Earth to create comprehensive narratives about the cultural and social layers of places worldwide... By NZCER fellow Michael Harcourt.
See: http://anzacday2011.hypercities.com/
See: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mapping-Anzac-Day-Tweets/2067733526810
Third of schools plan to defy National Standards - Newstalk ZB
URL: Third of schools plan to defy National Standards
Newstalk ZB
A third of schools are planning to defy the first major requirement of National Standards. A survey from the Boards Taking Action Coalition reveals 30% of schools won't comply with the requirement to set achievement targets. ...
Newstalk ZB
A third of schools are planning to defy the first major requirement of National Standards. A survey from the Boards Taking Action Coalition reveals 30% of schools won't comply with the requirement to set achievement targets. ...
Greens say Tolley has something to hide - Newstalk ZB
URL: Greens say Tolley has something to hide
Newstalk ZB
The Greens are wondering if the Education Minister has something to hide over National Standards. It follows news Anne Tolley's office wants Newstalk ZB to pay $5000 dollars for copies of supportive correspondence ...
Newstalk ZB
The Greens are wondering if the Education Minister has something to hide over National Standards. It follows news Anne Tolley's office wants Newstalk ZB to pay $5000 dollars for copies of supportive correspondence ...
Outrage over Tolley's request for cartoon - Newstalk ZB
URL: Outrage over Tolley's request for cartoon
Newstalk ZB
Hawke's Bay cartoonist Jim Hubbard's revealed the request after revelations the minister's office asked Newstalk ZB to pay $10000 for copies of correspondence relating to her national standards scheme. The figure was later revised to $5000, ...
Newstalk ZB
Hawke's Bay cartoonist Jim Hubbard's revealed the request after revelations the minister's office asked Newstalk ZB to pay $10000 for copies of correspondence relating to her national standards scheme. The figure was later revised to $5000, ...
Schools Refuse to Compromise on Quality Learning - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Schools Refuse to Compromise on Quality Learning
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The government must take notice of a new survey that shows around one-third of schools, or some 600, will not comply with requirements to set achievement targets against National Standards. The survey was conducted by the Boards Taking Action Coalition ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The government must take notice of a new survey that shows around one-third of schools, or some 600, will not comply with requirements to set achievement targets against National Standards. The survey was conducted by the Boards Taking Action Coalition ...
A Third of Primary Schools Set to Defy Government - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: A Third of Primary Schools Set to Defy Government
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A survey of primary and intermediate schools by the Boards Taking Action Coalition (BTAC) has found almost one third of survey respondents say they refuse to compromise quality learning for children by setting achievement targets for National Standards ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A survey of primary and intermediate schools by the Boards Taking Action Coalition (BTAC) has found almost one third of survey respondents say they refuse to compromise quality learning for children by setting achievement targets for National Standards ...
What is the Minister Trying to Hide? - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: What is the Minister Trying to Hide?
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Minister of Education Anne Tolley must release the correspondence requested under the Official Information Act on National Standards, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. Newstalk ZB requested copies of correspondence from teachers, boards of trustees, ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Minister of Education Anne Tolley must release the correspondence requested under the Official Information Act on National Standards, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. Newstalk ZB requested copies of correspondence from teachers, boards of trustees, ...
Minister under fire - Gisborne Herald
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Gisborne Herald
MINISTER of Education Anne Tolley has been slammed by Gisborne Principals Association in the continuing debate over national standards. The criticism comes on the back of the furore over transport and truancy issues for Kaiti secondary students. ...
Gisborne Herald
MINISTER of Education Anne Tolley has been slammed by Gisborne Principals Association in the continuing debate over national standards. The criticism comes on the back of the furore over transport and truancy issues for Kaiti secondary students. ...
Survey shows third of schools defying government over standards
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A third of all primary and intermediate schools will defy the government over its national standards in reading, writing and maths. A group of school boards say hundreds of other schools are doing just the bare minimum to comply with the standards.
A third of all primary and intermediate schools will defy the government over its national standards in reading, writing and maths. A group of school boards say hundreds of other schools are doing just the bare minimum to comply with the standards.
Schools refuse to compromise on quality learning
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The government must take notice of a new survey that shows around one-third of schools, or some 600, will not comply with requirements to set achievement targets against National Standards.
The government must take notice of a new survey that shows around one-third of schools, or some 600, will not comply with requirements to set achievement targets against National Standards.
What is the minister trying to hide?
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The Minister of Education Anne Tolley must release the correspondence requested under the Official Information Act on National Standards, says NZEI Te Riu Roa.
The Minister of Education Anne Tolley must release the correspondence requested under the Official Information Act on National Standards, says NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Third resignation of a ministry boss in three weeks - The Dominion Post
 Voxy | URL: Third resignation of a ministry boss in three weeks The Dominion Post Justice Ministry head Belinda Clark has quit her $530000a-year job to move in to a much smaller role to lead the Tertiary Education Commission. Ms Clark, who has been ministry head for 10 years, said last night it was "time for a change of direction". ... |
Low decile children will miss out on ECE
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The steep jump in the cost of early childhood education will hit hardest those children who the government claims it is trying to target for ECE, says NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union representing teachers in the sector.
The steep jump in the cost of early childhood education will hit hardest those children who the government claims it is trying to target for ECE, says NZEI Te Riu Roa, the union representing teachers in the sector.
RNZ NTN: Cuts to school health services - what will be the impact?
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Susan Impey, principal of Alfriston College, one of the schools whose school nurse funding will be cut by the Counties Manukau DHB. Phillipa Bennetts, President of the Auckland School Nurses Group.
Susan Impey, principal of Alfriston College, one of the schools whose school nurse funding will be cut by the Counties Manukau DHB. Phillipa Bennetts, President of the Auckland School Nurses Group.
Non-violence campaign launches website and training programme - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
An innovative and ground-breaking project promoting youth non-violence is launching a new-look website as well as special training in Wellington for youth workers. RAP: Respect All People – Whakamana Tangata supports youth organisations to take a ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
An innovative and ground-breaking project promoting youth non-violence is launching a new-look website as well as special training in Wellington for youth workers. RAP: Respect All People – Whakamana Tangata supports youth organisations to take a ...
Rural broadband contract announced
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Telecom and Vodafone have won the contract to provide broadband to rural areas. The roll-out will begin in the middle of the year.
Telecom and Vodafone have won the contract to provide broadband to rural areas. The roll-out will begin in the middle of the year.
Telecom/Vodafone to deliver ultra-fast broadband access to 95% of rural schools
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A contract has been signed with Telecom and Vodafone to supply fibre to rural New Zealand under the first phase of the Rural Broadband Initiative.
A contract has been signed with Telecom and Vodafone to supply fibre to rural New Zealand under the first phase of the Rural Broadband Initiative.
Scheme to track school-leavers hits a hurdle - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Scheme to track school-leavers hits a hurdle New Zealand Herald A proposal to track New Zealand's 55000 school-leavers each year until they get either a job or further training hangs in the balance as the country's mayors and government officials argue over its feasibility. Auckland Mayor Len Brown ... |
Teachers put in the picture on 'screenagers' - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Teachers put in the picture on 'screenagers' Stuff.co.nz Controlling classrooms has never been so tough, as cellphones and other technology distract teenagers from the old "chalk and talk" teaching, a behaviour expert says. "Many [teachers] struggle," Australian behaviour management expert Christine Richmond ... |
Education Review Office gives school good report - Timaru Herald
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Timaru Herald
Pupils moved into their new classrooms at the end of May. Timaru Christian is an integrated decile six school with pupils from years one to eight. The school plans to apply to the Education Ministry this year to develop a middle school, ...
Timaru Herald
Pupils moved into their new classrooms at the end of May. Timaru Christian is an integrated decile six school with pupils from years one to eight. The school plans to apply to the Education Ministry this year to develop a middle school, ...
Students unite for smoke-free school - Dargaville & Districts
 Dargaville & Districts | URL: Students unite for smoke-free school Dargaville & Districts SETTING STANDARDS: Spotswood College pupils are united against smoking and aim to rid their school grounds of it as best they can. They are, from left, Shaun Piercy, 17, Lavinia Winter, 17, Amin Osama, 17, Beula Leach, 15, Jordan Smith, 15, ... |
Top art on tour - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Top art on tour Otago Daily Times This artwork by Cromwell College pupil Margot Streeter has been chosen by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to tour New Zealand in the 2011 Top Art Exhibition. Her visual arts portfolio was one of about 50 by pupils who achieved excellence in ... |
Vicki Carpenter: Bloodlines' aim for schools unfair - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Before Tomorrow's Schools (1989) every child was expected to go to her or his local school, and zoning was reasonably well-enforced by the then Department of Education. That was a time when resourcing within the state schooling system ensured there was ...
New Zealand Herald
Before Tomorrow's Schools (1989) every child was expected to go to her or his local school, and zoning was reasonably well-enforced by the then Department of Education. That was a time when resourcing within the state schooling system ensured there was ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Practice, practising, practicing practise.: *NZCER* PD with Charles Darr
URL: Practice, practising, practicing practise.: *NZCER* PD with Charles Darr
I found that on the NZCER website I can go into each question (comp, maths etc) and see what percentage of my kids answered correctly/incorrectly. I found this very valuable because it can give me teaching points for the rest of the ...
I found that on the NZCER website I can go into each question (comp, maths etc) and see what percentage of my kids answered correctly/incorrectly. I found this very valuable because it can give me teaching points for the rest of the ...
Michael Young - Routledge author of the month - Institute of ...
URL: Michael Young - Routledge author of the month - Institute of ...
In 2009 he was a keynote speaker at the Annual Conference the European Council for Educational Research in Vienna and at the 75th Anniversary Conference of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in Wellington. ...
In 2009 he was a keynote speaker at the Annual Conference the European Council for Educational Research in Vienna and at the 75th Anniversary Conference of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in Wellington. ...
Tolley's office charging for information - Newstalk ZB
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Newstalk ZB
The Education Minister's office is trying to charge Newstalk ZB thousands of dollars to see correspondence relating to national standards. Last year Anne Tolley claimed widespread support for the scheme. A request was made under the Official ...
Newstalk ZB
The Education Minister's office is trying to charge Newstalk ZB thousands of dollars to see correspondence relating to national standards. Last year Anne Tolley claimed widespread support for the scheme. A request was made under the Official ...
Peritorial,Perigo! Show #4 - Child Molesters of the Mind - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Peritorial,Perigo! Show #4 - Child Molesters of the Mind
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The unions have been resisting tooth and nail the introduction of national standards of literacy and numeracy. Why allow pupils to attain standards they themselves don't meet? The tools of the Handicappers-General are things like the NCEA with its ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The unions have been resisting tooth and nail the introduction of national standards of literacy and numeracy. Why allow pupils to attain standards they themselves don't meet? The tools of the Handicappers-General are things like the NCEA with its ...
PPPs Principles And Practice, Auckland Seminar A Success, Wellington ... - Voxy
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Voxy
Facilitated by DrAndrew Edkins, a Senior Lecturer in The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management at University College London (UCL). Andrew is the course Director for MSc Strategic Management of Projects (SMP) which explores the complexity ...
Voxy
Facilitated by DrAndrew Edkins, a Senior Lecturer in The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management at University College London (UCL). Andrew is the course Director for MSc Strategic Management of Projects (SMP) which explores the complexity ...
Soaring cost of early childhood education - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Early childhood education costs have leapt 11.7 per cent in a year but the Government says it is not to blame. Inflation figures issued yesterday show overall education costs for the three months to March up 6.6 per cent on the same period last year. ...
Stuff.co.nz
Early childhood education costs have leapt 11.7 per cent in a year but the Government says it is not to blame. Inflation figures issued yesterday show overall education costs for the three months to March up 6.6 per cent on the same period last year. ...
Early childhood cost increases biggest on record
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Early childhood education leaders say the government's subsidy cuts are behind the biggest jump in early childhood fees on record.
Early childhood education leaders say the government's subsidy cuts are behind the biggest jump in early childhood fees on record.
Soaring cost of early childhood education
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Early childhood education costs have leapt 11.7 per cent in a year but the Government says it is not to blame.
Early childhood education costs have leapt 11.7 per cent in a year but the Government says it is not to blame.
Editorial: Decile funding doesn't make up for wealth - New Zealand Herald
URL: Editorial: Decile funding doesn't make up for wealth
New Zealand Herald
The league table of school examination results we published yesterday broadly confirms the view within the teaching profession that pupils' family wealth largely determines their educational success. The Ministry of Education gives every school a ...
New Zealand Herald
The league table of school examination results we published yesterday broadly confirms the view within the teaching profession that pupils' family wealth largely determines their educational success. The Ministry of Education gives every school a ...
Teachers seek action on girl cyber bullies - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Teachers seek action on girl cyber bullies New Zealand Herald UK STORY They were also more adept at using modern social media such as Facebook to bully their fellow pupils. The survey of 859 teachers in primary and secondary schools and further education colleges said girls' misbehaviour centred on isolating fellow pupils ... |
TEC Board welcomes new Chief Executive
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TEC Board welcomes new Chief Executive 18 April 2011 The Chair of the Board of Commissioners at the TEC, Sir Wira Gardiner has welcomed the appointment of Belinda Clark as the Commission's new Chief Executive.
TEC Board welcomes new Chief Executive 18 April 2011 The Chair of the Board of Commissioners at the TEC, Sir Wira Gardiner has welcomed the appointment of Belinda Clark as the Commission's new Chief Executive.
Student loan changes 'pick on the elderly' - TVNZ
 3News NZ | URL: Student loan changes 'pick on the elderly' TVNZ The government is being accused of "picking on the elderly" as it considers changes to the student loan system. Measures in next month's Budget include tightening up the current allowance for over-55s. That will allow them to get a student loan to ... |
RNZ NTN: Changes to student loans
URL: RNZ NTN: Changes to student loans
David Do, co-president of the NZ Union of Students' Associations; Stephen Joyce, Tertiary Education Minister.
David Do, co-president of the NZ Union of Students' Associations; Stephen Joyce, Tertiary Education Minister.
Tapu Misa: Govt foolish to sniff around school nursing for savings - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Tapu Misa: Govt foolish to sniff around school nursing for savings New Zealand Herald Bennetts was hired under a community-driven initiative to raise achievement levels in what came to be known as the AIMHI schools - one Wellington (Porirua) and eight predominantly brown South Auckland decile 1 high schools. ... |
Innovation in education - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
Given the acute imperative for increased New Zealand competitiveness and tight national budgets, the strive for more efficiency everywhere, including education, is essential. There are, of course, several counter arguments. ...
Otago Daily Times
Given the acute imperative for increased New Zealand competitiveness and tight national budgets, the strive for more efficiency everywhere, including education, is essential. There are, of course, several counter arguments. ...
Geocaching, treasure hunt for teachers
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New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Professional Conference 2011 Secondary school teachers from across New Zealand will take to the streets of Wellington in a treasure hunt geocaching style.
New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Professional Conference 2011 Secondary school teachers from across New Zealand will take to the streets of Wellington in a treasure hunt geocaching style.
“Employers want WelTec Graduates”
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Wellington employers say they receive real value from employing WelTec graduates and having students on site for work experience. The latest independent survey of 150 employers for the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) shows 9 out of ...
Wellington employers say they receive real value from employing WelTec graduates and having students on site for work experience. The latest independent survey of 150 employers for the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) shows 9 out of ...
Business people get a taste of teaching secondary students - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Business people from Zespri, Woods Creative, Catalyst R & D and Locus Research, as well as representatives from the Sustainable Business Network, spent time with local secondary school students outside the classroom last week as part of the 2011 Young ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Business people from Zespri, Woods Creative, Catalyst R & D and Locus Research, as well as representatives from the Sustainable Business Network, spent time with local secondary school students outside the classroom last week as part of the 2011 Young ...
Support for kura to move to High Street School site - Otago Daily Times
URL: Support for kura to move to High Street School site
Otago Daily Times
Although only 15 people attended a community hui yesterday to discuss moving Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti from Fairfield to the former High Street School premises in Dunedin, their response was a resounding yes. ...
Otago Daily Times
Although only 15 people attended a community hui yesterday to discuss moving Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti from Fairfield to the former High Street School premises in Dunedin, their response was a resounding yes. ...
Sherry Hargreaves retires after 30 years at Whangarei Boys' High School - Northern Advocate
 Northern Advocate | URL: Sherry Hargreaves retires after 30 years at Whangarei Boys' High School Northern Advocate She is enjoying her first day of retirement today, after running the Learning Support Unit at Whangarei Boys' High School for the past three decades. While leaving friends and breaking long-established routines may be difficult at first, Mrs Hargreaves ... |
Monday, April 18, 2011
Minister opens new $28 million school in Papamoa
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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has today officially opened a new school at Papamoa, which will eventually have the capacity to cater for 1200 Year 7-13 students. The $28 million project was brought forward as part of the Government’s economic stimulus programme, which has seen 400 new school buildings being constructed around New Zealand since 2009. “The new Papamoa College is a fantastic boost to the area,” says Mrs Tolley...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has today officially opened a new school at Papamoa, which will eventually have the capacity to cater for 1200 Year 7-13 students. The $28 million project was brought forward as part of the Government’s economic stimulus programme, which has seen 400 new school buildings being constructed around New Zealand since 2009. “The new Papamoa College is a fantastic boost to the area,” says Mrs Tolley...
Q+A: Interview with Steven Joyce - transcript - TVNZ
 Voxy | URL: Q+A: Interview with Steven Joyce - transcript TVNZ We are currently loaning $30 million a year to people training to be pilots. $30 million a year. Most of them don't go on to get jobs as pilots, either in the commercial or general aviation sphere. The write-off for pilot training in terms of write-off ... |
Glenholme 007: Literacy Teacher: Required Readings for Course
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Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Langer, J. (2001). Beating the odds: Teaching middle and high school students to read and write well. American Educational Research Journal, 38, 4, 837-880. ...
Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Langer, J. (2001). Beating the odds: Teaching middle and high school students to read and write well. American Educational Research Journal, 38, 4, 837-880. ...
Government needs to be called to account - NZEI - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Government needs to be called to account - NZEI
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says serious questions need to be asked about what the government's National Standards Sector Advisory Group is actually achieving. The group is meeting for the fourth time today after it was set up by the ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says serious questions need to be asked about what the government's National Standards Sector Advisory Group is actually achieving. The group is meeting for the fourth time today after it was set up by the ...
Tolley dismissing experts' opinions - Gisborne Herald
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Gisborne Herald
I would also question her office's claims that the majority of schools are implementing National Standards, as I wonder how many are forced to under the threat of boards of trustees sackings. I put my faith in those who work directly with my child, ...
Gisborne Herald
I would also question her office's claims that the majority of schools are implementing National Standards, as I wonder how many are forced to under the threat of boards of trustees sackings. I put my faith in those who work directly with my child, ...
Principals urge parents to oppose national standards - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
The Principals Federation has called on school trustees to join its opposition to the national standards in reading, writing and maths. The organisation says the Government has ignored principals' and teachers' criticisms of the national standards. ...
Radio New Zealand
The Principals Federation has called on school trustees to join its opposition to the national standards in reading, writing and maths. The organisation says the Government has ignored principals' and teachers' criticisms of the national standards. ...
NCEA Report: Level 2 seen as minimum for success in today's world - New Zealand Herald
URL: NCEA Report: Level 2 seen as minimum for success in today's world
New Zealand Herald
There was also a "huge variance within schools" across the deciles but policies that have been recently introduced to lift achievement, such as the controversial National Standards, have been designed to do so "regardless of decile, gender or ethnicity ...
New Zealand Herald
There was also a "huge variance within schools" across the deciles but policies that have been recently introduced to lift achievement, such as the controversial National Standards, have been designed to do so "regardless of decile, gender or ethnicity ...
Alarm as science falls victim to national standards | David ...
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Labour's Research, Science and Technology spokesperson David Shearer says he is alarmed, but not surprised, by reports that science education is being pushed out of classrooms to make way for National Standards in numeracy and literacy. ...
Labour's Research, Science and Technology spokesperson David Shearer says he is alarmed, but not surprised, by reports that science education is being pushed out of classrooms to make way for National Standards in numeracy and literacy. ...
Mike's Blog: and!! What ?? does this like mean??
URL: Mike's Blog: and!! What ?? does this like mean??
Until the expert attention is applied to them my school will not be fully compliant with the national standards regime. This does not mean I am a rampant anti standards campaigner, it means that I am taking a considered professional ...
Until the expert attention is applied to them my school will not be fully compliant with the national standards regime. This does not mean I am a rampant anti standards campaigner, it means that I am taking a considered professional ...
Report reveals ECE shortcomings
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New Zealand's biggest study into literacy teaching at childcare centres - where under-5s are cared for and prepared for school - has revealed some alarming findings. * 330 Childcare centres were inspected. * 60% were lacking...
New Zealand's biggest study into literacy teaching at childcare centres - where under-5s are cared for and prepared for school - has revealed some alarming findings. * 330 Childcare centres were inspected. * 60% were lacking...
Government ignoring own review on ECE for under-2s
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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says it's a pity the government isn't listening to its own commissioned research on early childhood education for under-2s.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says it's a pity the government isn't listening to its own commissioned research on early childhood education for under-2s.
Schools want help with disruptive pupils - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Schools want help with disruptive pupils Otago Daily Times The Phoenix Centre in Forth St, which worked with disruptive pupils who needed help readjusting their behaviour, closed more than a year ago following an independent evaluation of the service which found it was not meeting the Ministry of Education's ... |
Pink picnic a stand against bullying - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Pink picnic a stand against bullying Stuff.co.nz Palmerston North Girls' High School students had a picnic in pink to ward off bullying in their school. More than 200 girls crammed into the school's hall for pinky bars and pink marshmallows for the lunchtime event, which was organised by the school's ... |
Tolley: They still ride horses, don't they? - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Tolley: They still ride horses, don't they?
Stuff.co.nz
Mrs Tolley said the horseriding reference, in an email to Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon, was only light-hearted and some pupils in the Gisborne area already went to school by horse. But Labour says the East Coast MP was bullying Mr Foon in her email and ...
Stuff.co.nz
Mrs Tolley said the horseriding reference, in an email to Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon, was only light-hearted and some pupils in the Gisborne area already went to school by horse. But Labour says the East Coast MP was bullying Mr Foon in her email and ...
Squeeze to be put on students - Stuff.co.nz
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Squeeze to be put on students Stuff.co.nz Hundreds of millions of dollars in savings have been targeted in new measures that put the squeeze on the interest-free student loans scheme. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said last night that "a few thousand" people failing to meet ... |
Minister angry at Mayor's stance - Gisborne Herald
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Gisborne Herald
Mrs Tolley was annoyed the Mayor went public with his comments supporting a student protest hikoi over the issue this week without first checking the facts with her. In an exchange of e-mails, Mrs Tolley expressed her disappointment that the Mayor did ...
Gisborne Herald
Mrs Tolley was annoyed the Mayor went public with his comments supporting a student protest hikoi over the issue this week without first checking the facts with her. In an exchange of e-mails, Mrs Tolley expressed her disappointment that the Mayor did ...
Parents give school sharing a pass mark - The Press
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The Press
The first term ended yesterday with 11 schools still operating in shifts or sharing sites with other schools since reopening after the February 22 earthquake. Education Minister Anne Tolley said this month that Heaton Intermediate would return to its ...
The Press
The first term ended yesterday with 11 schools still operating in shifts or sharing sites with other schools since reopening after the February 22 earthquake. Education Minister Anne Tolley said this month that Heaton Intermediate would return to its ...
Parents who stumble on words may help children learn language
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Parents who stumble over their words need not worry - it may even help their children learn to talk.Sentences peppered with 'ums' and 'ers' can be easier for children to follow than those uttered with complete fluency, researchers...
Parents who stumble over their words need not worry - it may even help their children learn to talk.Sentences peppered with 'ums' and 'ers' can be easier for children to follow than those uttered with complete fluency, researchers...
Court rules polytechnic lecturers can have their agreement
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TEU members at six polytechnics have won an important case before a full bench of the Employment Court that allows them to negotiate the type of employment agreement that they choose. Yesterday the court decided that TEU members at Northtec, Unitec, ...
TEU members at six polytechnics have won an important case before a full bench of the Employment Court that allows them to negotiate the type of employment agreement that they choose. Yesterday the court decided that TEU members at Northtec, Unitec, ...
Student passes below the average - Waikato Times
URL: Student passes below the average
Waikato Times
For the third year running, Waikato high school students were last year behind the NCEA national average in the majority of levels. New Zealand Qualifications Authority figures show pass rates at levels one, two and three went up across the region, ...
Waikato Times
For the third year running, Waikato high school students were last year behind the NCEA national average in the majority of levels. New Zealand Qualifications Authority figures show pass rates at levels one, two and three went up across the region, ...
NCEA Report: Mangere College must do better - New Zealand Herald
URL: NCEA Report: Mangere College must do better
New Zealand Herald
John Heyes, Principal of Mangere College, says the lowly statistics fail to explain the full story. Photo / Dean Purcell On paper Mangere College has some of the lowest achievement rates in the country but principal John Heyes says ...
New Zealand Herald
John Heyes, Principal of Mangere College, says the lowly statistics fail to explain the full story. Photo / Dean Purcell On paper Mangere College has some of the lowest achievement rates in the country but principal John Heyes says ...
NCEA Report: Level 2 seen as minimum for success in today's world - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
NCEA Level 2 - today's equivalent of the old sixth form certificate - is now regarded as the minimum qualification needed to succeed in the modern world. But, according to the latest NCEA results not all of our students are ...
New Zealand Herald
NCEA Level 2 - today's equivalent of the old sixth form certificate - is now regarded as the minimum qualification needed to succeed in the modern world. But, according to the latest NCEA results not all of our students are ...
NCEA Report: Sir Edmund school making good progress - New Zealand Herald
URL: NCEA Report: Sir Edmund school making good progress
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Dean Purcell After receiving some "very low" NCEA results in 2009, Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate staff decided it was time to take action. They called a teachers-only day, targeted "at risk" students and worked on a mentoring plan - involving ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Dean Purcell After receiving some "very low" NCEA results in 2009, Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate staff decided it was time to take action. They called a teachers-only day, targeted "at risk" students and worked on a mentoring plan - involving ...
BoP Polytechnic wins tender for Immigration Training - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: BoP Polytechnic wins tender for Immigration Training
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Department of Labour announced last week that Bay of Plenty Polytechnic had won the tender for delivering a new tertiary qualification for immigration training. Currently immigration advisers are not required to hold formal qualifications to become ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Department of Labour announced last week that Bay of Plenty Polytechnic had won the tender for delivering a new tertiary qualification for immigration training. Currently immigration advisers are not required to hold formal qualifications to become ...
Papamoa College officially opened - The Bay of Plenty Times
 The Bay of Plenty Times | URL: Papamoa College officially opened The Bay of Plenty Times Mayor Stuart Crosby, Education Minister Anne Tolley and BOP MP Tony Ryall watch as Shay Ridley cuts the ribbon at Papamoa College's official opening. Photo / Claire Fraser. Local iwi, dignitaries and ... |
Schools 'free to decide' on facial piercings - New Zealand Herald
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Schools 'free to decide' on facial piercings New Zealand Herald By Vaimoana Tapaleao Some students will be able to express themselves freely after their school waived a rule against facial piercings. New Plymouth Girls' High School this week announced it would drop a rule where students were only allowed to have ... |
Dictionary gift delights primary school - The Daily Post
 The Daily Post | URL: Dictionary gift delights primary school The Daily Post Learning: Sunset Primary School is encouraging students to take control of their own learning. Photo / Ben Fraser 110411bf1 Sunset Primary School students are getting help to become independent learners. The Rotorua North Rotary Club has donated 50 ... |
Friday, April 15, 2011
Ministers open new special education school for Wellington region
URL: Ministers open new special education school for Wellington region
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley and Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide have today officially opened a new $6.3 million special education facility in Lower Hutt. Kimi Ora School, which has relocated from Thorndon, has been specifically designed to meet the needs of students with physical disabilities. “Students, families, specialists and teachers will all benefit from the new facilities which include a hydrotherapy pool, sensory room, and state of the art learning and therapy spaces,” says Mrs Tolley...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley and Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide have today officially opened a new $6.3 million special education facility in Lower Hutt. Kimi Ora School, which has relocated from Thorndon, has been specifically designed to meet the needs of students with physical disabilities. “Students, families, specialists and teachers will all benefit from the new facilities which include a hydrotherapy pool, sensory room, and state of the art learning and therapy spaces,” says Mrs Tolley...
Government needs to be called to account for National Standards Sector Advisory Group
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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says serious questions need to be asked about what the government’s National Standards Sector Advisory Group is actually achieving. The group is meeting for the fourth time today after it was set up by the Education Minister in September last year. It was supposed to provide an opportunity for sector groups to share experiences, identify issues and then feedback to the Education Minister...
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says serious questions need to be asked about what the government’s National Standards Sector Advisory Group is actually achieving. The group is meeting for the fourth time today after it was set up by the Education Minister in September last year. It was supposed to provide an opportunity for sector groups to share experiences, identify issues and then feedback to the Education Minister...
Rosslyn Noonan: School bullying reveals gap in natural justice - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Prime Minister John Key has called for a "national conversation" on how to reduce bullying in our schools. Political leadership is welcome on an issue that is complex and too often dismissed as unimportant and, at any rate, insoluble. ...
New Zealand Herald
Prime Minister John Key has called for a "national conversation" on how to reduce bullying in our schools. Political leadership is welcome on an issue that is complex and too often dismissed as unimportant and, at any rate, insoluble. ...
Bullying lessons in Parliament - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
In Parliament, Labour's Sue Moroney asked questions about Education Minister Anne Tolley's recent letter to schools demanding action on bullying after serious assaults on students. Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide answered for Ms Tolley, ...
Otago Daily Times
In Parliament, Labour's Sue Moroney asked questions about Education Minister Anne Tolley's recent letter to schools demanding action on bullying after serious assaults on students. Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide answered for Ms Tolley, ...
bullying fight taken to the top - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: bullying fight taken to the top Stuff.co.nz A Morrinsville College student is taking her fight against school bullying straight to the top - requesting a sit-down with the prime minister. Victoria McAuley, 13, was friends with a group of girls who in February attacked a fellow student in the ... |
Drop in donations puts pressure on schools - Marlborough Express
 The Bay of Plenty Times | URL: Drop in donations puts pressure on schools Marlborough Express Marlborough school principals have had a mixed response to a call by Waikato principals that fewer parents are paying school donations. Most non-private schools ask for a donation from parents to make up shortfalls in operational funding, ... |
Nurses slam school health review - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
A school nursing group is aghast that state-funded school health services in poor areas are to be reviewed, after previous evaluations confirmed their importance in improving teenagers' access to health care and advice. ...
New Zealand Herald
A school nursing group is aghast that state-funded school health services in poor areas are to be reviewed, after previous evaluations confirmed their importance in improving teenagers' access to health care and advice. ...
Kiwi discovers mother of language - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
The claims by Quentin Atkinson of the University of Auckland have appeared today in the prestigious journal Science, winning extensive coverage in the world's major media. Atkinson said the world's 6000 languages descended from a single ancestral ...
Stuff.co.nz
The claims by Quentin Atkinson of the University of Auckland have appeared today in the prestigious journal Science, winning extensive coverage in the world's major media. Atkinson said the world's 6000 languages descended from a single ancestral ...
Tolley says exception will not be made here - Gisborne Herald
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Gisborne Herald
EAST Coast MP and Education Minister Anne Tolley is sticking to her guns over provision of free school bus services for rural students only. Extending this to cities would take millions of dollars out of the education budget, she says. ...
Gisborne Herald
EAST Coast MP and Education Minister Anne Tolley is sticking to her guns over provision of free school bus services for rural students only. Extending this to cities would take millions of dollars out of the education budget, she says. ...
Red Cross grant to see Chch kids through winter - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Red Cross grant to see Chch kids through winter 3News NZ The Red Cross has announced a new grant for the parents of 7000 pupils, who have to travel to another school because their own is earthquake damaged. The $500 one-off payment is meant to ease the inconvenience of the commute. ... |
Red Cross pays out despite free buses - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Red Cross pays out despite free buses 3News NZ Even though Christchurch students enrolled in closed schools can get free buses to their new one, their families will be the first to receive an earthquake pay out from the Red Cross. Five hundred dollars is to be granted to the families of each ... |
Makoura College calls for trustees - Wairarapa Times Age
 Wairarapa Times Age | URL: Makoura College calls for trustees Wairarapa Times Age Makoura College will elect a new board of trustees after returning from the brink of closure and the resignation of its last board a little over two years ago. In the latest school newsletter, principal Tom Hullena said the election date for a new ... |
Schools 'free to decide' on facial piercings - New Zealand Herald
Stuff.co.nz | URL: Schools 'free to decide' on facial piercings New Zealand Herald By Vaimoana Tapaleao Some students will be able to express themselves freely after their school waived a rule against facial piercings. New Plymouth Girls' High School this week announced it would drop a rule where students were only allowed to have ... |
Exchange student chosen for Anzac service - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Exchange student chosen for Anzac service Stuff.co.nz The AFS Intercultural Programmes exchange student, 17, has been chosen as the young Turkish representative for the national service on Anzac Day in Wellington. Appearing at the National War Memorial in front of the Prime Minister, Governor-General and ... |
Pupils give PM the lowdown on earthquake safety - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Pupils give PM the lowdown on earthquake safety Stuff.co.nz SAFETY DRILL: Woodend School pupil Jesse Jacobs-Mitchell, 5, checks that his classmates are doing the "turtle" earthquake safety position correctly. Prime Minister John Key has received a down-to-earth lesson in earthquake safety from North Canterbury ... |
Students' achievements get support from the top - Hawke's Bay Today
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Hawke's Bay Today
"We also celebrated the success of a large number of our trainees who, as a result of their training with AgITO and along with some additional support, also achieved their NCEA Levels 1, 2 and, in some cases, Level 3, certificates. ...
Hawke's Bay Today
"We also celebrated the success of a large number of our trainees who, as a result of their training with AgITO and along with some additional support, also achieved their NCEA Levels 1, 2 and, in some cases, Level 3, certificates. ...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Education Bill brings greater accountability in international education
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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
The Education Amendment Bill (No. 4), which last night passed its first reading in Parliament, brings changes to the oversight of private training establishments (PTEs) involved in export education which will result in higher standards and greater accountability, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce. Changes in the Bill are designed to...
See the Bill at http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2011/0279/latest/DLM3612006.html?search=ts_bill_education_resel&p=1&sr=1
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
The Education Amendment Bill (No. 4), which last night passed its first reading in Parliament, brings changes to the oversight of private training establishments (PTEs) involved in export education which will result in higher standards and greater accountability, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce. Changes in the Bill are designed to...
See the Bill at http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2011/0279/latest/DLM361
Education reform bill in Parliament - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Legislation which will improve the oversight of private tertiary education providers, tidy up New Zealand's raft of tertiary qualifications and improve administration of student loans and allowances gets its first reading today as ...
New Zealand Herald
Legislation which will improve the oversight of private tertiary education providers, tidy up New Zealand's raft of tertiary qualifications and improve administration of student loans and allowances gets its first reading today as ...
Ten thousand young people on the job
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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Job Ops has given ten thousand young people the chance to learn on the job skills and work ethic says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. The Job Opportunities Package, first announced in 2009 and then expanded in 2010, provides employers with a $5,000 subsidy to create a position for an unskilled 16 to 24 year old. “We know that the younger a person is when they first go on an Unemployment Benefit the harder it is for them to come off it,” says Ms Bennett...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Job Ops has given ten thousand young people the chance to learn on the job skills and work ethic says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. The Job Opportunities Package, first announced in 2009 and then expanded in 2010, provides employers with a $5,000 subsidy to create a position for an unskilled 16 to 24 year old. “We know that the younger a person is when they first go on an Unemployment Benefit the harder it is for them to come off it,” says Ms Bennett...
Smarter Government, Stronger Communities Cabinet paper released
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Rodney Hide | Education
Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today released a Cabinet paper setting out the purpose, framework, timing and terms of reference for the ‘Smarter Government, Stronger Communities: Towards Better Local Government and Public Services’ comprehensive review of local government...
Rodney Hide | Education
Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today released a Cabinet paper setting out the purpose, framework, timing and terms of reference for the ‘Smarter Government, Stronger Communities: Towards Better Local Government and Public Services’ comprehensive review of local government...
Young children 'labelled' failures - Gisborne Herald
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Gisborne Herald
It is with dismay that I read once again that the New Zealand Principals' Federation has put forward a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Education, and her national standards policy. Over 700 principals felt so strongly that national standards ...
Gisborne Herald
It is with dismay that I read once again that the New Zealand Principals' Federation has put forward a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Education, and her national standards policy. Over 700 principals felt so strongly that national standards ...
Call to divert $600m to save te reo
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The Government should create a minister of te reo to oversee spending of $600 million on promoting the Maori language and boosting its use in the home, an independent review panel says.
The Government should create a minister of te reo to oversee spending of $600 million on promoting the Maori language and boosting its use in the home, an independent review panel says.
Te Ao Whanui - local participation, global confidence
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In this talk Anne Sturgess discusses a social studies programme at Edgecumbe College. She is joined by students who explain how Te Ao Whanui - local participation, global confidence, supported them to be autonomous learners.
In this talk Anne Sturgess discusses a social studies programme at Edgecumbe College. She is joined by students who explain how Te Ao Whanui - local participation, global confidence, supported them to be autonomous learners.
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