URL: New resource will lift Māori student success through more effective teaching - Sharples
Pita Sharples | Education
A new resource launched today will help improve Māori student achievement by strengthening the cultural awareness and skills of teachers in schools and early childhood education services, says Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples. ‘Tātaiako’ recognises the relationship between teachers and students as the all-important foundation for learning, and it provides a cultural competence framework for teachers engaging with Māori students, their whānau and communities,” said Dr Sharples...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Inaugural board of Education New Zealand appointed
URL: Inaugural board of Education New Zealand appointed
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has today confirmed four further appointments to the establishment Board of Education New Zealand – the new Crown Agency established to support and grow New Zealand’s export education sector. Jenny Alford, Neil Barns, Jill Tattersall and Elizabeth Valintine join Chair Charles Finny on the Board. The Agency commences operations on Thursday...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has today confirmed four further appointments to the establishment Board of Education New Zealand – the new Crown Agency established to support and grow New Zealand’s export education sector. Jenny Alford, Neil Barns, Jill Tattersall and Elizabeth Valintine join Chair Charles Finny on the Board. The Agency commences operations on Thursday...
Education symposium to discuss national standards - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Education symposium to discuss national standards
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Educational researchers, assessment experts and educators will be meeting to discuss national standards and educational assessment practices at a national symposium this week. The Symposium on Assessment and Learner Outcomes is being hosted at ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Educational researchers, assessment experts and educators will be meeting to discuss national standards and educational assessment practices at a national symposium this week. The Symposium on Assessment and Learner Outcomes is being hosted at ...
Massey Educator Leads thinking on National Standards - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Massey Educator Leads thinking on National Standards Massey News (press release) The Government's introduction of National Standards has caused a sharp divide in schools, but Massey University Dr Jenny Poskitt is rapidly becoming the 'go to' expert on how schools can get the best out them. National Standards focus particularly on ... |
Dann and Goff – Dumb and Dumber —
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On TVNZ Breakfast yesterday Corin Dann talked to John Key about National Standards and said this: Corin: But Trevor Mallard in parliament last week I think it was, or I'm not sure exactly when it was, said that you know a lot.
On TVNZ Breakfast yesterday Corin Dann talked to John Key about National Standards and said this: Corin: But Trevor Mallard in parliament last week I think it was, or I'm not sure exactly when it was, said that you know a lot.
Education symposium to discuss national standards and ...
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Educational researchers, assessment experts and educators will be meeting to discuss national standards and educational assessment practices at a national symposium this week. The Symposium on Assessment and ...
Educational researchers, assessment experts and educators will be meeting to discuss national standards and educational assessment practices at a national symposium this week. The Symposium on Assessment and ...
NZ National Standards and Special Needs (with a particular focus ...
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One of the hot topics in education over the past few years, is that of National Standards; introduced into New Zealand schools as of 2010. Or, at least, it was meant to be introduced in 2010; many schools continue to refuse to ...
One of the hot topics in education over the past few years, is that of National Standards; introduced into New Zealand schools as of 2010. Or, at least, it was meant to be introduced in 2010; many schools continue to refuse to ...
New resource for teachers to engage with Maori students - Radio New Zealand
URL: New resource for teachers to engage with Maori students
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education has developed a new resource to help teachers better understand the identity, language and culture of their Maori students, whanau and the wider Maori community. Entitled Tataiako, the resource challenges and encourages ...
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education has developed a new resource to help teachers better understand the identity, language and culture of their Maori students, whanau and the wider Maori community. Entitled Tataiako, the resource challenges and encourages ...
Maori culture guidelines released for teachers
URL: Maori culture guidelines released for teachers
Teachers are being encouraged to increase their knowledge of Maori culture under new guidelines released today by the Government.
Teachers are being encouraged to increase their knowledge of Maori culture under new guidelines released today by the Government.
New profiling tool gives insight to how children learn - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: New profiling tool gives insight to how children learn
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In a real test environment, these traits could lead to a student making rushed decisions and could inevitably see them underachieve. By using ePace, teachers can intervene early and implement a strategy for the student to work on.” Once students have ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In a real test environment, these traits could lead to a student making rushed decisions and could inevitably see them underachieve. By using ePace, teachers can intervene early and implement a strategy for the student to work on.” Once students have ...
Project Possum on NCEA curriculum - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
More than 50 Northland students will be able to gain NCEA credits while getting practical training in possum trapping, fur and pelt recovery. Northland Regional Council, Enviroschools Northland and the Department of Conservation have teamed up with a ...
Radio New Zealand
More than 50 Northland students will be able to gain NCEA credits while getting practical training in possum trapping, fur and pelt recovery. Northland Regional Council, Enviroschools Northland and the Department of Conservation have teamed up with a ...
Twilight scores top NCEA grades - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: Twilight scores top NCEA grades
Auckland stuff.co.nz
NCEA students are picking up top grades by writing about Twilight - despite warnings from markers that the bestselling vampire book should be avoided. The young-adult novel by Stephenie Meyer follows a human girl, Bella Swan, as she falls in love with ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
NCEA students are picking up top grades by writing about Twilight - despite warnings from markers that the bestselling vampire book should be avoided. The young-adult novel by Stephenie Meyer follows a human girl, Bella Swan, as she falls in love with ...
Mouth tape case: eye on teacher
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Parents at a school where a teacher has been accused of taping two children's mouths closed to keep them quiet are concerned she is back in front of the class this week.Mercury Bay Area School principal John Wright said the complaint...
Parents at a school where a teacher has been accused of taping two children's mouths closed to keep them quiet are concerned she is back in front of the class this week.Mercury Bay Area School principal John Wright said the complaint...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Doubling the number of new Trades Academies
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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that the number of new Trades Academies is to double, keeping even more 16 and 17 year olds engaged in education and practical skills training, who would otherwise be at risk of dropping out of the system. Budget 2011 funding of $63.1 million and some reprioritised funding will be used to increase the promised new Trades Academies from five to ten, starting as soon as possible from next year, bringing the total number of Academies to 21...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that the number of new Trades Academies is to double, keeping even more 16 and 17 year olds engaged in education and practical skills training, who would otherwise be at risk of dropping out of the system. Budget 2011 funding of $63.1 million and some reprioritised funding will be used to increase the promised new Trades Academies from five to ten, starting as soon as possible from next year, bringing the total number of Academies to 21...
A failure that cannot be explained away - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
The execution of the National Standards into New Zealand primary schools has been a lamentable failure, writes David McKenzie, of Dunedin. The ODT editorial "Standoff over standards" (25.8.11) is well-timed. The treatment meted out to Pembrooke School ...
Otago Daily Times
The execution of the National Standards into New Zealand primary schools has been a lamentable failure, writes David McKenzie, of Dunedin. The ODT editorial "Standoff over standards" (25.8.11) is well-timed. The treatment meted out to Pembrooke School ...
John Key interviewed on TV ONE's Breakfast this morning - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: John Key interviewed on TV ONE's Breakfast this morning
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Okay, an issue that's been bubbling away under the surface last week is national standards in education. Why hasn't the government three years on after a key election policy into all schools? I mean there's still 350 schools or something that aren't ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Okay, an issue that's been bubbling away under the surface last week is national standards in education. Why hasn't the government three years on after a key election policy into all schools? I mean there's still 350 schools or something that aren't ...
Breakfast: Tuesday August 30 - TVNZ
URL: Breakfast: Tuesday August 30
TVNZ
National Standards is fast coming one of the great political footballs. So with the debate heating up, does our current assessment system need a re-think? Breakfast speaks with Labour leader Phil Goff on the challenges of ensuring our kids get a good ...
TVNZ
National Standards is fast coming one of the great political footballs. So with the debate heating up, does our current assessment system need a re-think? Breakfast speaks with Labour leader Phil Goff on the challenges of ensuring our kids get a good ...
More dishonest NZEI action —
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A very concerned citizen writes a diatribe against National Standards in the Herald letters to the editor today. Liz Horgan really lets rip. But hang on. The Herald doesn't point out that Ms Horgan is actually an NZEI member and ...
A very concerned citizen writes a diatribe against National Standards in the Herald letters to the editor today. Liz Horgan really lets rip. But hang on. The Herald doesn't point out that Ms Horgan is actually an NZEI member and ...
New guidelines on searching students and confiscation
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These newly released guidelines from the Ministry of Education will assist boards of trustees (or manager of a private school ) and principals to develop an appropriate and practical approach to searching students and also to confiscation of student property. They are designed to provide some understanding of the responsibilities and issues that boards of trustees and principals need to consider when searching students and confiscating their property. The guidelines also set out a practical model of good practices within the broader school context...
These newly released guidelines from the Ministry of Education will assist boards of trustees (or manager of a private school ) and principals to develop an appropriate and practical approach to searching students and also to confiscation of student property. They are designed to provide some understanding of the responsibilities and issues that boards of trustees and principals need to consider when searching students and confiscating their property. The guidelines also set out a practical model of good practices within the broader school context...
Schools want Government help with rising internet costs
URL: Schools want Government help with rising internet costs
School leaders say the Government needs to help them out so they can deal with rising internet costs and the advent of ultra-fast broadband.
School leaders say the Government needs to help them out so they can deal with rising internet costs and the advent of ultra-fast broadband.
New Sponsorship Scheme for Gifted Students
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The Gifted Education Centre is launching a new sponsorship scheme that allows companies, clubs, organisations and groups, irrespective of their size, to support their local One Day School.
The Gifted Education Centre is launching a new sponsorship scheme that allows companies, clubs, organisations and groups, irrespective of their size, to support their local One Day School.
Protestors call on PM to squash college plans - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Protestors call on PM to squash college plans Auckland stuff.co.nz PROTEST ACTION: Protesters from the Buckland Beach Action Society want to see a stop to Thurston Place College. LATEST: More than 600 people protested at a National Party fundraiser last Thursday. Bucklands Beach Action Society members carrying ... |
New resource will lift Māori student success - Sharples - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: New resource will lift Māori student success - Sharples
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A new resource launched today will help improve Māori student achievement by strengthening the cultural awareness and skills of teachers in schools and early childhood education services, says Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A new resource launched today will help improve Māori student achievement by strengthening the cultural awareness and skills of teachers in schools and early childhood education services, says Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples. ...
School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The School Journal is published by Learning Media for the Ministry of Education and is distributed free to all schools in New Zealand. It has been published since 1907. The judges said of Learning Media Senior Designer Jodi Wicksteed's winning design ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The School Journal is published by Learning Media for the Ministry of Education and is distributed free to all schools in New Zealand. It has been published since 1907. The judges said of Learning Media Senior Designer Jodi Wicksteed's winning design ...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Providers awarded $1.1 million in education contracts
URL: Providers awarded $1.1 million in education contracts
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says twenty-one providers around New Zealand have been awarded contracts worth over $1.1 million to provide Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) following the latest contestable tender round. “452,000 students are taking part in LEOTC visits this year, with the support of the Government’s annual investment of around $5 million,” says Mrs Tolley. “The programmes allow teachers to take students out of the traditional classroom and to link their curriculum learning with real-life experiences...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says twenty-one providers around New Zealand have been awarded contracts worth over $1.1 million to provide Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) following the latest contestable tender round. “452,000 students are taking part in LEOTC visits this year, with the support of the Government’s annual investment of around $5 million,” says Mrs Tolley. “The programmes allow teachers to take students out of the traditional classroom and to link their curriculum learning with real-life experiences...
Newsletters | New Zealand Council for Educational Research
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e-ResearchEd is the official newsletter of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, full of news about our research, books, products, people, and services. It contains information and electronic links of interest to early childhood ...
e-ResearchEd is the official newsletter of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, full of news about our research, books, products, people, and services. It contains information and electronic links of interest to early childhood ...
Standoff over standards | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
URL: Standoff over standards | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
National Standards have been the subject of heated debate since the National Government announced its intention to introduce them to primary and intermediate schools. It did so because it wanted to address the long-tail of ...
National Standards have been the subject of heated debate since the National Government announced its intention to introduce them to primary and intermediate schools. It did so because it wanted to address the long-tail of ...
Hell will freeze over: Letters, 27 August - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Hell will freeze over: Letters, 27 August
The Bay of Plenty Times
It's not being fair to anyone to gloss over the subjectivity involved in the National Standards' way of reporting progress to parents (News, August 23). Nuthall's research reveals that, for a variety of reasons, teachers simply don't have enough ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
It's not being fair to anyone to gloss over the subjectivity involved in the National Standards' way of reporting progress to parents (News, August 23). Nuthall's research reveals that, for a variety of reasons, teachers simply don't have enough ...
National Standards and school reports | 95bFM
URL: National Standards and school reports | 95bFM
National Standards and school reports. MP3, 9m09s, 8.4MB, first broadcast 24 August 2011. Murray Wratt, the principal of Opaheke Primary School in Papakura, talks to Nicole Pryor about primary school reports under the "National Standards" ...
National Standards and school reports. MP3, 9m09s, 8.4MB, first broadcast 24 August 2011. Murray Wratt, the principal of Opaheke Primary School in Papakura, talks to Nicole Pryor about primary school reports under the "National Standards" ...
Training recalled as more practical - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Training recalled as more practical Otago Daily Times Jubilee committee member Bruce Cromb said the reunion had been "brilliant" for catching up with old classmates, meeting those from decades before, and touring his old classrooms. • King Edward Technical College opened in 1914, a purpose-built facility ... |
Auckland teenagers to have more access to trade academies - New Zealand Herald
URL: Auckland teenagers to have more access to trade academies
New Zealand Herald
Auckland teenagers will have greater access to trade training with a Government plan to double the number of new academies next year, and triple the number in the Auckland region. But extra academies will not mean a proportional increase ...
New Zealand Herald
Auckland teenagers will have greater access to trade training with a Government plan to double the number of new academies next year, and triple the number in the Auckland region. But extra academies will not mean a proportional increase ...
Should teachers have the power to search students? - MSN NZ News
 MSN NZ News | URL: Should teachers have the power to search students? MSN NZ News Under new guidelines teachers will be able to search students' mobile phones, diaries and laptops. The rules have come into effect after teachers put pressure on the Ministry of Education following knife attacks in the past three years, the New Zealand ... |
Cyber-bullies 'damaging lives' - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Cyber-bullies 'damaging lives'
Stuff.co.nz
Degrading gossip and malicious comments are being posted by Nelson students on anonymous gossip sites on Facebook, with "absolutely devastating impacts" on their victims, an online safety expert says. The Nelson Mail was told about the sites after ...
Stuff.co.nz
Degrading gossip and malicious comments are being posted by Nelson students on anonymous gossip sites on Facebook, with "absolutely devastating impacts" on their victims, an online safety expert says. The Nelson Mail was told about the sites after ...
Govt fails to convince pupils' parents - The Daily Post
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The Daily Post
Earlier this year, after the community made it clear they wanted to retain a separate intermediate school, Education Minister Anne Tolley proposed a middle school (years 7-9) and a senior school (years 10-13) for the Kawerau College site. ...
The Daily Post
Earlier this year, after the community made it clear they wanted to retain a separate intermediate school, Education Minister Anne Tolley proposed a middle school (years 7-9) and a senior school (years 10-13) for the Kawerau College site. ...
New working classes
URL: New working classes
Sweeping changes are transforming high schools to ensure thousands of pupils who will never study for degrees get the skills to find valuable careers, writes Simon Collins. New Zealand secondary schools are quietly being redesigned...
Sweeping changes are transforming high schools to ensure thousands of pupils who will never study for degrees get the skills to find valuable careers, writes Simon Collins. New Zealand secondary schools are quietly being redesigned...
Children silent victims of the recession
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Vulnerable children from the most deprived communities have become "silent victims" of the recession, often having to go without healthy food, healthcare and clothing, a new report has found.
Vulnerable children from the most deprived communities have become "silent victims" of the recession, often having to go without healthy food, healthcare and clothing, a new report has found.
Programme to inspire teenagers takes top EEO Trust award
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A programme that gives secondary-school students hands-on experience of health careers to encourage them into the sector has taken the top prize in the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2011.
A programme that gives secondary-school students hands-on experience of health careers to encourage them into the sector has taken the top prize in the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2011.
NIWA announces science fair winners - Voxy
URL: NIWA announces science fair winners
Voxy
The 2011 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair has again been a resounding success, with nearly 600 intermediate and secondary school students taking part. NIWA's Education Coordinator Dr Julie Hall says that "the winning ideas, ...
Voxy
The 2011 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair has again been a resounding success, with nearly 600 intermediate and secondary school students taking part. NIWA's Education Coordinator Dr Julie Hall says that "the winning ideas, ...
'Appalled' as kids' mouths taped shut
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Two 7-year-olds had their mouths taped shut for talking in class, leaving them too afraid to return to school.Teacher Pat Doube allegedly told the parents of year three classmates Madison Finch and Nikale Wilson that she had punished...
Two 7-year-olds had their mouths taped shut for talking in class, leaving them too afraid to return to school.Teacher Pat Doube allegedly told the parents of year three classmates Madison Finch and Nikale Wilson that she had punished...
School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award
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A School Journal that is part of a series published to redress a historical grievance has won the Pearson Award for Best Educational Book Design at the Publishers Association of New Zealand’s (PANZ) 2011 Book Design Awards.
A School Journal that is part of a series published to redress a historical grievance has won the Pearson Award for Best Educational Book Design at the Publishers Association of New Zealand’s (PANZ) 2011 Book Design Awards.
Aoraki Polytechnic Ranked First in New Zealand
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Data released today by the TEC ranked Aoraki Polytechnic as number one in the ITP sector for course completion at 84%. A further upgrade from last year's second place rank.
Data released today by the TEC ranked Aoraki Polytechnic as number one in the ITP sector for course completion at 84%. A further upgrade from last year's second place rank.
NEC and WeITec Collaborate for Research
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NEC New Zealand Ltd (“NEC New Zealand”) and WelTec Connect Ltd , the service and commercial arm of the Wellington Institute of Technology (“WeITec”) announced, today their collaboration for research and development of technologies and their ...
NEC New Zealand Ltd (“NEC New Zealand”) and WelTec Connect Ltd , the service and commercial arm of the Wellington Institute of Technology (“WeITec”) announced, today their collaboration for research and development of technologies and their ...
Friday, August 26, 2011
New guidelines to support safer schools
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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says newly-released guidelines for the search and seizure of drugs and weapons in schools will help support teachers and protect students and staff. The guidelines – the first of their kind – were developed by the Ministry and external legal advisers following calls from the sector for clear advice on how to legally deal with students suspected of carrying drugs and dangerous items. Widespread consultation took place with sector groups before the guidelines were finalised...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says newly-released guidelines for the search and seizure of drugs and weapons in schools will help support teachers and protect students and staff. The guidelines – the first of their kind – were developed by the Ministry and external legal advisers following calls from the sector for clear advice on how to legally deal with students suspected of carrying drugs and dangerous items. Widespread consultation took place with sector groups before the guidelines were finalised...
Focus on tertiary results paying off
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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says an improvement in course and qualification completion rates in the tertiary education sector show that the increased focus on performance is paying off. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) today released 2010 educational performance information for tertiary education organisations that highlights a marked improvement in student achievement, particularly at institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and industry training organisations (ITOs)...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says an improvement in course and qualification completion rates in the tertiary education sector show that the increased focus on performance is paying off. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) today released 2010 educational performance information for tertiary education organisations that highlights a marked improvement in student achievement, particularly at institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and industry training organisations (ITOs)...
Ministry punishes school | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
URL: Ministry punishes school | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
A North Otago primary school has become the first in Otago to be publicly punished for non-compliance with the Ministry of Education's National Standards.
A North Otago primary school has become the first in Otago to be publicly punished for non-compliance with the Ministry of Education's National Standards.
Nats talk to locals in [insert region here] « The Standard
URL: Nats talk to locals in [insert region here] « The Standard
The launch of National Standards follows months of consultation and feedback from teachers, parents and sector groups. It's been great to receive positive feedback about National Standards and our other education initiatives ...
The launch of National Standards follows months of consultation and feedback from teachers, parents and sector groups. It's been great to receive positive feedback about National Standards and our other education initiatives ...
Some Northland schools rethink national standards | News Junkie
URL: Some Northland schools rethink national standards | News Junkie
A Northland principal says some schools in her region have agreed to implement national standards, as they fear they will lose funding otherwise.
A Northland principal says some schools in her region have agreed to implement national standards, as they fear they will lose funding otherwise.
School groups want political immunity for education - Radio New Zealand
URL: School groups want political immunity for education
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand's education correspondent says the meeting is inspired in part by the national standards, which the federation says are distracting schools from an innovative new curriculum. It expects any consensus reached will carry a lot of weight ...
Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand's education correspondent says the meeting is inspired in part by the national standards, which the federation says are distracting schools from an innovative new curriculum. It expects any consensus reached will carry a lot of weight ...
Rebel school ordered to comply with standards - Radio New Zealand
URL: Rebel school ordered to comply with standards
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education has begun ordering schools opposed to the national standards to start using the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths. Opponents say the move is a significant escalation in the battle over the standards. ...
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education has begun ordering schools opposed to the national standards to start using the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths. Opponents say the move is a significant escalation in the battle over the standards. ...
Standoff over standards - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Standoff over standards Otago Daily Times National Standards have been the subject of heated debate since the National Government announced its intention to introduce them to primary and intermediate schools. It did so because it wanted to address the long-tail of under-achieving children who ... |
School risks funding - Timaru Herald
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Timaru Herald
An Oamaru school has joined more than 500 others around the country in refusing to implement the Government's controversial National Standards for Education. Pembroke School has not yet committed to the National Standards, which track the progress of ...
Timaru Herald
An Oamaru school has joined more than 500 others around the country in refusing to implement the Government's controversial National Standards for Education. Pembroke School has not yet committed to the National Standards, which track the progress of ...
School trustee resigns over national standards - Radio New Zealand
URL: School trustee resigns over national standards
Radio New Zealand
The chair of a school board has resigned to avoid introducing the national standards in reading, writing and maths at his children's school. Steve Neary resigned from the board of Valley School in Pukekohe because he expects it will give in to Ministry ...
Radio New Zealand
The chair of a school board has resigned to avoid introducing the national standards in reading, writing and maths at his children's school. Steve Neary resigned from the board of Valley School in Pukekohe because he expects it will give in to Ministry ...
Broadsides: Do National Standards need a re-think? - New Zealand Herald
| Otago Daily Times | URL: Broadsides: Do National Standards need a re-think? New Zealand Herald We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye: Do National Standards need a re-think? I have no idea what age I learnt to read, but I do remember the process. My mother decided to adopt the use of flash cards. Although I'm sure it wasn't ... |
Ministry of Education a bully - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
By nickiskibum on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 Good on you, Pembroke School, Oamaru, for sticking to what is best for the children you teach in your school. Shame on you, Ministry of Education, for trying to bully Pembroke to comply with your flawed National ...
Otago Daily Times
By nickiskibum on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 Good on you, Pembroke School, Oamaru, for sticking to what is best for the children you teach in your school. Shame on you, Ministry of Education, for trying to bully Pembroke to comply with your flawed National ...
School groups question whether weapons guidelines will work
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A teachers union and principals are questioning whether new guidelines for searching students for weapons will do enough to protect teachers and students.
A teachers union and principals are questioning whether new guidelines for searching students for weapons will do enough to protect teachers and students.
Teachers told they can search students' diaries - TVNZ
 Voxy | URL: Teachers told they can search students' diaries TVNZ Teachers can search a student's pockets, their schoolbag and locker, as well as read correspondence in their laptop, mobile phone, and even diary under new guidelines. The Ministry of Education today released 'search and seizure' guidelines for ... |
Teachers given 'search and seize' powers - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Teachers given 'search and seize' powers New Zealand Herald Teachers have been given the power to search students - including their cellphones, diaries and laptops. The guidelines, a first of their kind, come after teachers put pressure on the Ministry of Education following knife attacks in the ... |
AUT undertakes twenty reviews in four years
URL: AUT undertakes twenty reviews in four years
Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 31
In the last year, AUT has conducted seven separate staffing reviews.
While three of these reviews reorganised the university’s management structure and did not result in redundancies, the other four identified 8.1 full time equivalent staff as surplus. The biggest job losses were in the certificate of health studies, the centre of learning and teaching and the bachelor of dance programmes.
Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 31
In the last year, AUT has conducted seven separate staffing reviews.
While three of these reviews reorganised the university’s management structure and did not result in redundancies, the other four identified 8.1 full time equivalent staff as surplus. The biggest job losses were in the certificate of health studies, the centre of learning and teaching and the bachelor of dance programmes.
A peek inside the NCEA classroom - Nelson Mail
 Nelson Mail | URL: A peek inside the NCEA classroom Nelson Mail In through my classroom door pour 28 year 11 boys, fresh from their long summer holiday and raring to go. This is their first year of NCEA, the end of two years as a junior and the beginning of formal assessment in the senior school. ... |
Warning sounded over teacher supply - New Zealand Herald
URL: Warning sounded over teacher supply
New Zealand Herald
A survey released this week found 172 schools started this year with nearly 200 teaching vacancies. While that figure is slightly higher than in 2010, it's much lower than in previous years and down from a high of 424 vacancies in 318 schools in 2004. ...
New Zealand Herald
A survey released this week found 172 schools started this year with nearly 200 teaching vacancies. While that figure is slightly higher than in 2010, it's much lower than in previous years and down from a high of 424 vacancies in 318 schools in 2004. ...
Outrage over shortened school merger consultation - The Daily Post
URL: Outrage over shortened school merger consultation
The Daily Post
The first of a series of community meetings about Kawerau Intermediate School's future was to be held tomorrow night - but now it could be the last. On Monday the school's board of trustees received written word from Education Minister Anne Tolley that ...
The Daily Post
The first of a series of community meetings about Kawerau Intermediate School's future was to be held tomorrow night - but now it could be the last. On Monday the school's board of trustees received written word from Education Minister Anne Tolley that ...
Fairfield College manager goes distance for her old community - Waikato Times
URL: Fairfield College manager goes distance for her old community
Waikato Times
Fairfield College's new limited statutory manager says giving back to the community in which she grew up is worth the five-hour round trip. Hineihaea Murphy took over from former commissioner Dennis Finn as the Education Ministry-appointed official ...
Waikato Times
Fairfield College's new limited statutory manager says giving back to the community in which she grew up is worth the five-hour round trip. Hineihaea Murphy took over from former commissioner Dennis Finn as the Education Ministry-appointed official ...
Police clear College of bullying allegations - New Zealand Herald
URL: Police clear College of bullying allegations
New Zealand Herald
An inquiry was launched in May this year when the mother of a student boarding at New Plymouth Boys' High claimed that he had been bullied in a dormitory. Pip Houghton-Rountree, of Wanganui, said she had been forced to remove her son from the school. ...
New Zealand Herald
An inquiry was launched in May this year when the mother of a student boarding at New Plymouth Boys' High claimed that he had been bullied in a dormitory. Pip Houghton-Rountree, of Wanganui, said she had been forced to remove her son from the school. ...
Schools bulging as students stay longer - Manawatu Standard
URL: Schools bulging as students stay longer
Manawatu Standard
Senior high school students are staying in education for longer in Palmerston North, making it hard for some schools to find room for new students. Three of the city's largest schools have noticed students are increasingly staying at school to gain ...
Manawatu Standard
Senior high school students are staying in education for longer in Palmerston North, making it hard for some schools to find room for new students. Three of the city's largest schools have noticed students are increasingly staying at school to gain ...
Bullying caused girl's ulcer, says mum - TVNZ
URL: Bullying caused girl's ulcer, says mum
TVNZ
A Porirua mother is hoping to sue her daughter's school after protracted bullying caused a stomach ulcer that burst, and left the girl suffering from incontinence. Shania Andrews, 12, is in her final year at Windley School, but almost daily bullying ...
TVNZ
A Porirua mother is hoping to sue her daughter's school after protracted bullying caused a stomach ulcer that burst, and left the girl suffering from incontinence. Shania Andrews, 12, is in her final year at Windley School, but almost daily bullying ...
WelTec – Second Highest Qualification Completion
URL: WelTec – Second Highest Qualification Completion
WelTec again sits among the country's top Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) in results published by the Tertiary Education Commission today for qualification completion, progression to higher study and students retained in study.
WelTec again sits among the country's top Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) in results published by the Tertiary Education Commission today for qualification completion, progression to higher study and students retained in study.
Students script win - Times Online - Auckland
 Times Online - Auckland | URL: Students script win Times Online - Auckland For their efforts, the team of Year 6 students earned the school a broadcast quality film camera and accessories, and an industry training session with a video production company. The competition asks students to develop an idea for a short documentary ... |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Focus on youth employment continues
URL: Focus on youth employment continues
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says the Government’s high priority on young people continues through the Job Ops with Training and Skills for Growth programmes. “Since 2009 this Government has backed nearly 12,000 young people into work by giving them a job and valuable experience through the Job Opportunity employer subsidy,” says Ms Bennett. Job Ops paid $5,000 to an employer to take a young person off benefit and employ them for a minimum of six months...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says the Government’s high priority on young people continues through the Job Ops with Training and Skills for Growth programmes. “Since 2009 this Government has backed nearly 12,000 young people into work by giving them a job and valuable experience through the Job Opportunity employer subsidy,” says Ms Bennett. Job Ops paid $5,000 to an employer to take a young person off benefit and employ them for a minimum of six months...
Local Bodies: Jane Clifton Sucked in by the Spin!
URL: Local Bodies: Jane Clifton Sucked in by the Spin!
The New Zealand Council for Educational Research revealed inconsistency and confusion due to the rushed implementation and high levels of concern from parents and teachers. A recent review of the Ministry of Education by ...
The New Zealand Council for Educational Research revealed inconsistency and confusion due to the rushed implementation and high levels of concern from parents and teachers. A recent review of the Ministry of Education by ...
Rebel schools succumb to national standards pressure - Radio New Zealand
URL: Rebel schools succumb to national standards pressure
Radio New Zealand
Some schools refusing to use the national standards in reading, writing and maths are giving in to Government pressure, official figures show. The pressure was evident in Otago this week when the Education Ministry refused to let a rebel school host a ...
Radio New Zealand
Some schools refusing to use the national standards in reading, writing and maths are giving in to Government pressure, official figures show. The pressure was evident in Otago this week when the Education Ministry refused to let a rebel school host a ...
National standards not needed - The Dominion Post
| Otago Daily Times | URL: National standards not needed The Dominion Post OPINION: As hundreds of schools defy the Government over national standards, we need to ask why the Government refuses to value the opinion of educators, why it ignores the depth of feeling coming from those school communities which are taking a stand, ... |
Tolley 'mistress of demotivation' - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Tolley 'mistress of demotivation' Voxy Education Minister Anne Tolley is turning a blind eye to her own ministry's findings that show huge concern about students being demotivated by national standards, says Labour's Education spokesperson Sue Moroney. "Anne Tolley is not listening," Sue ... |
Steve Chadwick: What working together means - The Daily Post
URL: Steve Chadwick: What working together means
The Daily Post
National standards in education is another potboiler that Minister Tolley has adroitly got offside with educationists on and her latest was the assurance last week that play centres will not have a 70 per cent funding cut after all but there is still ...
The Daily Post
National standards in education is another potboiler that Minister Tolley has adroitly got offside with educationists on and her latest was the assurance last week that play centres will not have a 70 per cent funding cut after all but there is still ...
Call for culture to be acknowledged in national standards - Radio New Zealand
URL: Call for culture to be acknowledged in national standards
Radio New Zealand
A Porirua school principal says more children from Pacific Island backgrounds will succeed at school if the Ministry of Education recognises the importance of their culture in the national standards. A report for the ministry shows half of all Pasifika ...
Radio New Zealand
A Porirua school principal says more children from Pacific Island backgrounds will succeed at school if the Ministry of Education recognises the importance of their culture in the national standards. A report for the ministry shows half of all Pasifika ...
Pasifika schools say national standards fail their pupils
URL: Pasifika schools say national standards fail their pupils
Schools teaching Pasifika children say their pupils are set up to fail under the controversial national standards.
Schools teaching Pasifika children say their pupils are set up to fail under the controversial national standards.
National Standards opposition brings unwarranted punishment
URL: National Standards opposition brings unwarranted punishment
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is appalled by the type of punitive action taken against a north Otago school which is standing up against National Standards. Pembroke School in Oamaru was to have a hosted a Pasifika Fono last Friday in conjunction ...
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is appalled by the type of punitive action taken against a north Otago school which is standing up against National Standards. Pembroke School in Oamaru was to have a hosted a Pasifika Fono last Friday in conjunction ...
Outrage at treatment of school - Otago Daily Times
| Otago Daily Times | URL: Outrage at treatment of school Otago Daily Times "The Government says putting a focus on Pasifika education is a top priority, and yet here they are playing politics. New Zealand Educational Institute president Ian Leckie agreed. He said the action was disgraceful because it not only punished ... |
Few Maori students earn Maori performing arts credits - Radio New Zealand
URL: Few Maori students earn Maori performing arts credits
Radio New Zealand
Statistics compiled by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority show very few Maori secondary school students are gaining NCEA credits in Maori performing arts. Figures show 2286 pupils are earning the credits, out of 29763 students who could be doing ...
Radio New Zealand
Statistics compiled by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority show very few Maori secondary school students are gaining NCEA credits in Maori performing arts. Figures show 2286 pupils are earning the credits, out of 29763 students who could be doing ...
Call for laptops for Kiwi students - TVNZ
URL: Call for laptops for Kiwi students
TVNZ
The New Zealand Institute is urging the Government to consider buying laptops for all Kiwi school students. The think tank is set to meet with the Ministry of Education and warns the ultra fast broadband rollout will be pointless for schools if there ...
TVNZ
The New Zealand Institute is urging the Government to consider buying laptops for all Kiwi school students. The think tank is set to meet with the Ministry of Education and warns the ultra fast broadband rollout will be pointless for schools if there ...
Kiwi students urged to take action for climate change - Voxy
URL: Kiwi students urged to take action for climate change
Voxy
UNICEF NZ (UN Children's Fund) is calling on students, parents and teachers to reduce the amount of cars driven to school on Thursday 22 September to support a global action campaign against climate change. Thousands of students are already set to take ...
Voxy
UNICEF NZ (UN Children's Fund) is calling on students, parents and teachers to reduce the amount of cars driven to school on Thursday 22 September to support a global action campaign against climate change. Thousands of students are already set to take ...
University staff take industrial action - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: University staff take industrial action
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland University staff will take industrial action this weekend at a Courses and Careers Day for prospective students. For nine months the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has been negotiating with the university for staff to keep their current ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland University staff will take industrial action this weekend at a Courses and Careers Day for prospective students. For nine months the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) has been negotiating with the university for staff to keep their current ...
Secondary middle leaders
URL: Secondary middle leaders
This newly launched section provides a range of information, tools, and resources to support secondary middle leaders as they lead change in relation to The New Zealand Curriculum.
This newly launched section provides a range of information, tools, and resources to support secondary middle leaders as they lead change in relation to The New Zealand Curriculum.
Visit the refreshed secondary middle leaders site
URL: Visit the refreshed secondary middle leaders site
If you're a middle leader in a secondary school you might like to check out your dedicated space on NZC Online. This area of the site has been recently refreshed. It provides a range of information, tools, and resources that support secondary middle leaders as you lead change in relation to The New Zealand Curriculum.
If you're a middle leader in a secondary school you might like to check out your dedicated space on NZC Online. This area of the site has been recently refreshed. It provides a range of information, tools, and resources that support secondary middle leaders as you lead change in relation to The New Zealand Curriculum.
Reminder: NAPP 2012 applications close soon
URL: Reminder: NAPP 2012 applications close soon
Contact the NAPP coordinator for your MoE region if you need further information:
Don't forget that the application process for the 2012 National Aspiring Principals Programme (NAPP) closes on Monday 29 August, 2011. Further information and applications form are available at this link:
NAPP 2012Contact the NAPP coordinator for your MoE region if you need further information:
- Northern: Micheal King mking@cognition.co.nz
- Central North: Jill Lunn jlunn@waikato.ac.nz
- Central South: Geoff Childs geoffchilds@xtra.co.nz
- Southern: Denis Pyatt pyatt7@hotmail.com
Graduate schemes win-win situation
URL: Graduate schemes win-win situation
Nurturing talent allows businesses to invest in the future, writes Val Leveson Several of the top companies operating in New Zealand, such as ANZ, Telecom and Meridian Energy, have programmes to help graduates understand what they...
Nurturing talent allows businesses to invest in the future, writes Val Leveson Several of the top companies operating in New Zealand, such as ANZ, Telecom and Meridian Energy, have programmes to help graduates understand what they...
Varsities not rolling in cash - Maharey
URL: Varsities not rolling in cash - Maharey
Growing surpluses are not a sign universities are awash with cash, Massey University's head says.
Growing surpluses are not a sign universities are awash with cash, Massey University's head says.
Equality for refugee-background tertiary students
URL: Equality for refugee-background tertiary students
Wellington, New Zealand, 23 August 2011 - A campaign to have refugee-background students recognised as an equity group in government policy and at universities and polytechnics will be launched today at the Victoria University Law School in Wellington at 5pm.
Wellington, New Zealand, 23 August 2011 - A campaign to have refugee-background students recognised as an equity group in government policy and at universities and polytechnics will be launched today at the Victoria University Law School in Wellington at 5pm.
Sustainable future in good hands at Waikato University
URL: Sustainable future in good hands at Waikato University
The University of Waikato has appointed a sustainability co-ordinator to help the university continue to develop as a leader and role model in regard to sustainability issues, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford.
The University of Waikato has appointed a sustainability co-ordinator to help the university continue to develop as a leader and role model in regard to sustainability issues, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford.
Charity receives funds from award winning student volunteer - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Charity receives funds from award winning student volunteer
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Megan Turner from East Otago High School was named as winner of the Award, which recognises secondary school students' service to the school and the community. The Award is jointly run by TrustPower and the Waitaki Council and is part of the TrustPower ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Megan Turner from East Otago High School was named as winner of the Award, which recognises secondary school students' service to the school and the community. The Award is jointly run by TrustPower and the Waitaki Council and is part of the TrustPower ...
'Girls can do anything' Willie Apiata tells schoolkids - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: 'Girls can do anything' Willie Apiata tells schoolkids Stuff.co.nz Te Horo School pupils have received a handwritten letter from SAS hero Willie Apiata inspiring them to "prepare your body, mind and soul and nothing will stop you". After choosing Mr Apiata as the subject of a project on heroes, Year 6 and 7 pupils ... |
Mayfield School embracing technology - The Ashburton Guardian
URL: Mayfield School embracing technology
The Ashburton Guardian
Since being hooked up to high-speed broadband in term one this year, the school has invested in three iPads to trial and principal Greg Wilson expects other schools to take notice if student achievement results improve. ...
The Ashburton Guardian
Since being hooked up to high-speed broadband in term one this year, the school has invested in three iPads to trial and principal Greg Wilson expects other schools to take notice if student achievement results improve. ...
Pupil's service rewarded - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Pupil's service rewarded Otago Daily Times To be considered, pupils had to have given service to school or community projects, treated others with care and respect and been a good ambassador for the school and the Waihemo region. Megan chairs the East Otago High School student council and is ... |
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Strong financial report card for tertiary institutions
URL: Strong financial report card for tertiary institutions
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has welcomed a report showing that New Zealand’s tertiary institutions continue to record strong financial positions. The report, released today by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), shows that tertiary institutions have improved their financial position year-on-year between 2008 and 2010. The report shows that in 2010, all sub-sectors improved on their 2008 surplus:...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has welcomed a report showing that New Zealand’s tertiary institutions continue to record strong financial positions. The report, released today by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), shows that tertiary institutions have improved their financial position year-on-year between 2008 and 2010. The report shows that in 2010, all sub-sectors improved on their 2008 surplus:...
Ministry punishes school - Otago Daily Times
| Otago Daily Times | URL: Ministry punishes school Otago Daily Times A North Otago primary school has become the first in Otago to be publicly punished for non-compliance with the Ministry of Education's National Standards. Pembroke School, in Oamaru, was to have hosted a Pacifika Fono ... |
School reports leave parents in the dark - New Zealand Herald
URL: School reports leave parents in the dark
New Zealand Herald
Thousands of parents will have been left confused about whether their children were on track to meet National Standards judging by the state of their school reports. A new Ministry of Education report has found that only a third of ...
New Zealand Herald
Thousands of parents will have been left confused about whether their children were on track to meet National Standards judging by the state of their school reports. A new Ministry of Education report has found that only a third of ...
Clear evidence of deep and widespread concern about National Standards
URL: Clear evidence of deep and widespread concern about National Standards
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says an evaluation report into National Standards counters government claims that concern about National Standards is confined to a small group of politically-driven activists.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says an evaluation report into National Standards counters government claims that concern about National Standards is confined to a small group of politically-driven activists.
High standards failure rate for Pasifika children - Radio New Zealand
URL: High standards failure rate for Pasifika children
Radio New Zealand
An evaluation of national standards indicates half of all Pasifika children failed to reach the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths last year. Radio New Zealand's education correspondent says the report for the Ministry of Education also shows ...
Radio New Zealand
An evaluation of national standards indicates half of all Pasifika children failed to reach the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths last year. Radio New Zealand's education correspondent says the report for the Ministry of Education also shows ...
Report shows many Pasifika children failing standards
URL: Report shows many Pasifika children failing standards
A major study of the first year of the controversial national standards, shows that half of all Pasifika children fail to reach the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths.
A major study of the first year of the controversial national standards, shows that half of all Pasifika children fail to reach the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths.
Education sector and Tolley at loggerheads again - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Education sector and Tolley at loggerheads again 3News NZ Factor in the removal of teachers rights to discipline kids, and the coresponding decline in respect, and its no wonder educational outcomes have suffered. We have incompetent teachers because teachers are bound to be trained in the education industry ... |
Positive response to new youth policy - Taranaki Daily News
URL: Positive response to new youth policy
Taranaki Daily News
Young mothers at a New Plymouth parenting unit believe a new youth welfare policy requiring teenage parents on benefits to undergo training before their child's first birthday is a good thing. "It's definitely something to give a go. ...
Taranaki Daily News
Young mothers at a New Plymouth parenting unit believe a new youth welfare policy requiring teenage parents on benefits to undergo training before their child's first birthday is a good thing. "It's definitely something to give a go. ...
ACT Party criticises schools, calls for bulk funding - Radio New Zealand
 Newstalk ZB | URL: ACT Party criticises schools, calls for bulk funding Radio New Zealand ACT Party leader Don Brash launched his party's education policy with an attack on poor grammar, bad teachers and the NCEA. The policy, launched on Sunday, calls for the same level of government funding for all schools and the removal of school zones. ... |
Brash finds one school a shining example - Stuff.co.nz
| Newstalk ZB | URL: Brash finds one school a shining example Stuff.co.nz By and large, he said, students were being "schooled, not educated". But Tu Toa School was different, he said. "Tu Toa School in Palmerston North operated as a charitable trust, though funded by Government, has since 2005 been taking on Maori children ... |
More new entrants getting kicked out of school
URL: More new entrants getting kicked out of school
With Fiona Ayers - child and educational psychologist. Iosua Esera - Petone Central school principal. Ian Leckie - President of the primary teachers' union, the New Zealand Educational Institute.
With Fiona Ayers - child and educational psychologist. Iosua Esera - Petone Central school principal. Ian Leckie - President of the primary teachers' union, the New Zealand Educational Institute.
More bad behaviour among youngest children - union - Radio New Zealand
URL: More bad behaviour among youngest children - union
Radio New Zealand
Ministry of Education figures show schools stood down five-year-olds 70 times last year, and six-year-olds in 131 instances. There were six suspensions of five-year-olds and 20 of six-year-olds. New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) president Ian ...
Radio New Zealand
Ministry of Education figures show schools stood down five-year-olds 70 times last year, and six-year-olds in 131 instances. There were six suspensions of five-year-olds and 20 of six-year-olds. New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) president Ian ...
Young troublemakers acting out - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Young troublemakers acting out
Stuff.co.nz
Growing numbers of naughty new entrants being stood down from school for bad behaviour are often undiagnosed with special conditions like ADHD, foetal alcohol syndrome, autism or Asperger's syndrome, Auckland child educational psychologist Fiona Ayers ...
Stuff.co.nz
Growing numbers of naughty new entrants being stood down from school for bad behaviour are often undiagnosed with special conditions like ADHD, foetal alcohol syndrome, autism or Asperger's syndrome, Auckland child educational psychologist Fiona Ayers ...
Students seek extra lessons - The Press
URL: Students seek extra lessons
The Press
Many Christchurch students are seeking extra help to get their studies back on track after disruptions this year. High school students in Canterbury have missed several weeks of classes after schools were forced to close because of earthquakes and two ...
The Press
Many Christchurch students are seeking extra help to get their studies back on track after disruptions this year. High school students in Canterbury have missed several weeks of classes after schools were forced to close because of earthquakes and two ...
Schools: Barring kids not answer - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Schools: Barring kids not answer
Stuff.co.nz
Schools in Marlborough are taking a restorative approach to dealing with disruptive pupils and problem behaviour in the schoolyard to reduce the number stood down and suspended. Figures released by the Education Ministry show the number of pupils stood ...
Stuff.co.nz
Schools in Marlborough are taking a restorative approach to dealing with disruptive pupils and problem behaviour in the schoolyard to reduce the number stood down and suspended. Figures released by the Education Ministry show the number of pupils stood ...
Woman pleads guilty over student truancy - Radio New Zealand
URL: Woman pleads guilty over student truancy
Radio New Zealand
The elderly guardian of a young school student has pleaded guilty at Wellington District Court to a charge involving the child's repeated truancy. The charge relates to 46 absences from school from May to August last year. The Crown lawyer told the ...
Radio New Zealand
The elderly guardian of a young school student has pleaded guilty at Wellington District Court to a charge involving the child's repeated truancy. The charge relates to 46 absences from school from May to August last year. The Crown lawyer told the ...
Teaching jobs at risk as doubts raised over school funding
URL: Teaching jobs at risk as doubts raised over school funding
Education Minister Anne Tolley is refusing to extend full funding to earthquake-affected schools in Christchurch despite a plea from a teachers' union.
Education Minister Anne Tolley is refusing to extend full funding to earthquake-affected schools in Christchurch despite a plea from a teachers' union.
Call for full funding for quake-hit schools and ECE centres until end of 2012
URL: Call for full funding for quake-hit schools and ECE centres until end of 2012
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is officially calling on the government to extend full staffing and funding to earthquake-affected schools and early childhood centres in Canterbury until the end of next year.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is officially calling on the government to extend full staffing and funding to earthquake-affected schools and early childhood centres in Canterbury until the end of next year.
Crown ordered into Kohanga Reo mediation
URL: Crown ordered into Kohanga Reo mediation
The Crown breached the Treaty of Waitangi in relation to kohanga reo and has been ordered to attend mediation with the movement.
The Crown breached the Treaty of Waitangi in relation to kohanga reo and has been ordered to attend mediation with the movement.
Schools can teach US and NZ about disasters - Voxy
URL: Schools can teach US and NZ about disasters
Voxy
There are lessons for both the United Sates and New Zealand from the way Kiwi primary and intermediate school children are taught how to prepare for disasters. Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellow, Victoria Johnson, has spent seven months studying New ...
Voxy
There are lessons for both the United Sates and New Zealand from the way Kiwi primary and intermediate school children are taught how to prepare for disasters. Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellow, Victoria Johnson, has spent seven months studying New ...
Police kept in dark over school stabbing
URL: Police kept in dark over school stabbing
The primary school where a 10-year-old boy was stabbed after a lunchtime "tackling" game did not report the incident to the police.A Year 4 boy from Jean Batten Primary School, in Mangere, brought a kitchen knife from home and stabbed...
The primary school where a 10-year-old boy was stabbed after a lunchtime "tackling" game did not report the incident to the police.A Year 4 boy from Jean Batten Primary School, in Mangere, brought a kitchen knife from home and stabbed...
Monday, August 22, 2011
NZEI Annual Conference
URL: NZEI Annual Conference
Anne Tolley | Education
...It was extremely important that we got children back into education routines as soon as possible. So, I was very impressed by how incredibly hard schools and early childhood education services worked to re-open – bringing some certainty and normality to children and their families – despite personal grief and adversity...
Anne Tolley | Education
...It was extremely important that we got children back into education routines as soon as possible. So, I was very impressed by how incredibly hard schools and early childhood education services worked to re-open – bringing some certainty and normality to children and their families – despite personal grief and adversity...
All seven Supported Teen Parent Homes now open
URL: All seven Supported Teen Parent Homes now open
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
The Minister of Social Development officially opened the first Supported Teen Parent Home in Gisborne today, the last of seven to open around the country. “We said we’d open seven supported homes for teen parents and it’s fantastic to celebrate this milestone with Te Aka Ora House,” says Ms Bennett...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
The Minister of Social Development officially opened the first Supported Teen Parent Home in Gisborne today, the last of seven to open around the country. “We said we’d open seven supported homes for teen parents and it’s fantastic to celebrate this milestone with Te Aka Ora House,” says Ms Bennett...
Effects of Drug Abuse to the Education of Teenagers in New Zealand
URL: Effects of Drug Abuse to the Education of Teenagers in New Zealand
Subsequently, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research was alarmed by the prevalence of drug abuse among pupils of alternative education. The fact that there are numerous alternative education schools around New ...
Subsequently, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research was alarmed by the prevalence of drug abuse among pupils of alternative education. The fact that there are numerous alternative education schools around New ...
PPTA calls for politics-free education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: PPTA calls for politics-free education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Finland is a top performer educationally, for thirty years Finnish politicians have been able to set aside petty politicking and commit to a long term vision for education. They put the strategic educational needs of the country before their own party ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Finland is a top performer educationally, for thirty years Finnish politicians have been able to set aside petty politicking and commit to a long term vision for education. They put the strategic educational needs of the country before their own party ...
National Standards: School Sample Monitoring Evaluation Project 2010
URL: National Standards: School Sample Monitoring Evaluation Project 2010
This report presents the findings of the School Sample Study: Monitoring and Evaluation Project in 2010. A variety of data sources were used, including Overall Teacher Judgments (OTJs) of students’ achievement in relation to the National Standards, copies of students’ end-of-year reports, and survey data from principals, teachers, and Board of Trustees chairpersons. The extent to which National Standards were operating as intended was described and evaluated.
This report presents the findings of the School Sample Study: Monitoring and Evaluation Project in 2010. A variety of data sources were used, including Overall Teacher Judgments (OTJs) of students’ achievement in relation to the National Standards, copies of students’ end-of-year reports, and survey data from principals, teachers, and Board of Trustees chairpersons. The extent to which National Standards were operating as intended was described and evaluated.
National Standards debate heats up Anne Tolley | Stuff.co.nz
URL: National Standards debate heats up Anne Tolley | Stuff.co.nz
A stand-off between Education Minister Anne Tolley and so-called "rebel schools" has intensified, with the teachers union claiming almost a quarter of schools are refusing to comply with national standards requirements.
A stand-off between Education Minister Anne Tolley and so-called "rebel schools" has intensified, with the teachers union claiming almost a quarter of schools are refusing to comply with national standards requirements.
ACT Now For Education | ACT New Zealand
URL: ACT Now For Education | ACT New Zealand
Ever wondered why so many schools are bucking against national standards in education? Not hard to work out. ACT says education standards in New Zealand must be raised dramatically over the next 10 years. ...
Ever wondered why so many schools are bucking against national standards in education? Not hard to work out. ACT says education standards in New Zealand must be raised dramatically over the next 10 years. ...
Labour hits back at minister over national standards | News Junkie
URL: Labour hits back at minister over national standards | News Junkie
The Labour Party says accusations by Education Minister Anne Tolley over national standards show signs of desperation in the face of an unpopular policy.
The Labour Party says accusations by Education Minister Anne Tolley over national standards show signs of desperation in the face of an unpopular policy.
National + Labour – « Homepaddock
URL: National + Labour – « Homepaddock
Even in areas which have proven controversial such as national standards in education, National is seen to be striving to lift performance. National's policies are aspirational, Labour's are motivated by envy; ...
Even in areas which have proven controversial such as national standards in education, National is seen to be striving to lift performance. National's policies are aspirational, Labour's are motivated by envy; ...
National Standards rural resistance | Green Party of Aotearoa New ...
URL: National Standards rural resistance | Green Party of Aotearoa New ...
Last week, I attended a meeting on National Standards in a small town in the Waikato. It was a cold Thursday evening but about 50 parents and teachers and the three candidates for the Coromandel electorate had a chance ...
Last week, I attended a meeting on National Standards in a small town in the Waikato. It was a cold Thursday evening but about 50 parents and teachers and the three candidates for the Coromandel electorate had a chance ...
robertguyton: Kennedy exposes Tolley
URL: robertguyton: Kennedy exposes Tolley
Here, our very own Kennedy brings the present situation, where 1/4 of all New Zealand schools are refusing to toe the Tolley-line and implement her national standards, into focus for us again and gives us the opportunity ...
Here, our very own Kennedy brings the present situation, where 1/4 of all New Zealand schools are refusing to toe the Tolley-line and implement her national standards, into focus for us again and gives us the opportunity ...
Moroney: National creates stalemate on standards - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Moroney: National creates stalemate on standards Voxy Anne Tolley's statements this weekend show National has no intention of finding a solution to the stalemate it has created with school communities over its failing national standards policy, Labour education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. ... |
Education sector and Tolley at loggerheads again - 3News NZ
| 3News NZ | URL: Education sector and Tolley at loggerheads again 3News NZ This week, the education sector union, the NZEI, has told the Government that it is time to face facts about its National Standards policy and to stop the standards being implemented. It has claimed more than 400 schools have refused to set achievement ... |
Teachers staunch but Tolley won't back down - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Teachers staunch but Tolley won't back down 3News NZ Nearly two years after national standards were launched in schools, teachers are still fighting to expel them. But Education Minister Anne Tolley is refusing to back down and is threatening statutory intervention for schools that ... |
Deadline passes for some national standard rebel schools - Radio New Zealand
URL: Deadline passes for some national standard rebel schools
Radio New Zealand
A 10-day deadline has expired for some of the schools opposed to the national standards in reading, writing and maths to provide targets for their students based on the standards. More than 400 schools have omitted national standards-based targets from ...
Radio New Zealand
A 10-day deadline has expired for some of the schools opposed to the national standards in reading, writing and maths to provide targets for their students based on the standards. More than 400 schools have omitted national standards-based targets from ...
Tolley faces tough teacher crowd - Stuff.co.nz
| 3News NZ | URL: Tolley faces tough teacher crowd Stuff.co.nz National standards, which set uniform assessment and achievement standards for primary and intermediate pupils, have been controversial since their introduction last year. Critics say they were rushed in and could have damaging impacts on the ... |
Education Minister stands firm on National Standards - TVNZ
 3News NZ | URL: Education Minister stands firm on National Standards TVNZ The Education Minister is refusing to back down on the stand off with teachers over National Standards and cuts to early childhood education. Anne Tolley addressed the NZEI's annual meeting in Wellington over the weekend, and made it clear that she is ... |
More schools file national standards targets - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education says 59 schools that failed to set targets using the national standards have now fallen into line with the controversial policy. More than 400 schools have omitted the standards from their charter documents but the ministry ...
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education says 59 schools that failed to set targets using the national standards have now fallen into line with the controversial policy. More than 400 schools have omitted the standards from their charter documents but the ministry ...
Tech news: user's guide to new copyright law
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Peter Griffin with a user's guide to new copyright laws due to come into force on September 1st.
Peter Griffin with a user's guide to new copyright laws due to come into force on September 1st.
Standards stand-off heats up
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A stand-off between Education Minister Anne Tolley and so-called "rebel schools" has intensified, with the teachers union claiming almost a quarter of schools are refusing to comply with national standards requirements.
A stand-off between Education Minister Anne Tolley and so-called "rebel schools" has intensified, with the teachers union claiming almost a quarter of schools are refusing to comply with national standards requirements.
Texts To The Editor: 19/08/11 - Hawke's Bay Today
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Hawke's Bay Today
Please Hawke's Bay, make an informed decision and say no to national standards. Esther * Re National Standards in breach of Human Rights Act. Parents are meant to have a choice of education without threats to the school's funding. KZ.
Hawke's Bay Today
Please Hawke's Bay, make an informed decision and say no to national standards. Esther * Re National Standards in breach of Human Rights Act. Parents are meant to have a choice of education without threats to the school's funding. KZ.
Online marking fails NZQA test - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has scratched plans to scan NCEA exams papers and mark them online after deciding it would be too expensive. The move has disappointed secondary teachers' union, the PPTA, which believed online marking's ...
Stuff.co.nz
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has scratched plans to scan NCEA exams papers and mark them online after deciding it would be too expensive. The move has disappointed secondary teachers' union, the PPTA, which believed online marking's ...
Skills seen as vital to filling, creating jobs - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Skills seen as vital to filling, creating jobs Otago Daily Times The recent Government announcement about funding support for young people to keep them in education or training programmes was important because it was in a supporting capacity, Mr Scandrett said. Tertiary education needed to focus more on offering ... |
Training give and take - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
With one hand the government is planning to give more help to unemployed youths; with the other it has already grabbed back more than $100 million from industry training. So, what's it up to? It says it is seeking better value overall for the money it ...
Stuff.co.nz
With one hand the government is planning to give more help to unemployed youths; with the other it has already grabbed back more than $100 million from industry training. So, what's it up to? It says it is seeking better value overall for the money it ...
Speech: - Brash: Education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
We want Kiwi schools and universities to be the All Blacks of the Education world. We can take our cue from Sweden … and surpass it! ACT's principles commit the party to: encourage individual choice and responsibility and the pursuit of excellence in ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
We want Kiwi schools and universities to be the All Blacks of the Education world. We can take our cue from Sweden … and surpass it! ACT's principles commit the party to: encourage individual choice and responsibility and the pursuit of excellence in ...
ACT Party criticises schools, calls for bulk funding - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
ACT Party leader Don Brash launched his party's education policy with an attack on poor grammar, bad teachers and the NCEA. The policy, launched on Sunday, calls for the same level of government funding for all schools and the removal of school zones. ...
Radio New Zealand
ACT Party leader Don Brash launched his party's education policy with an attack on poor grammar, bad teachers and the NCEA. The policy, launched on Sunday, calls for the same level of government funding for all schools and the removal of school zones. ...
ACT Party attacks school system - Radio New Zealand
| Voxy | URL: ACT Party attacks school system Radio New Zealand ACT Party leader Don Brash launched his party's education policy with an attack on poor grammar, bad teachers and the NCEA on Sunday. The policy calls for the same level of government funding for all schools and the removal of school zones. ... |
ACT's education plan 'political ping-pong' - 3News NZ
| 3News NZ | URL: ACT's education plan 'political ping-pong' 3News NZ In the end, whoever puts their set of new things in, leave it to the poor teachers in the classrooms to change and alter things to bring it into the 'new political thinking',” Mr Duff says. “Dr Brash maintains that we are a failed education system but ... |
new entrants kicked out of school - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Naughty five and six-year-olds are increasingly being turfed out of school as experts say the behaviour of young pupils is getting worse. One child psychologist says poor parenting is part of the problem, and exposure to drugs or alcohol in the womb is ...
Stuff.co.nz
Naughty five and six-year-olds are increasingly being turfed out of school as experts say the behaviour of young pupils is getting worse. One child psychologist says poor parenting is part of the problem, and exposure to drugs or alcohol in the womb is ...
Brash presses Nats for big education shake-up - New Zealand Herald
URL: Brash presses Nats for big education shake-up
New Zealand Herald
Dr Brash also challenged National to give schools and parents greater flexibility by reintroducing bulk-funding. This would allow school boards to negotiate pay directly with individual teachers (effectively performance pay), make funding follow the ...
New Zealand Herald
Dr Brash also challenged National to give schools and parents greater flexibility by reintroducing bulk-funding. This would allow school boards to negotiate pay directly with individual teachers (effectively performance pay), make funding follow the ...
Profits rise for tertiary institutions - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
A report released today by the Tertiary Education Commission shows that almost all institutions improved their financial position in 2010 compared to 2008. New Zealand's eight universities recorded a combined surplus of $126m, up from $75m in 2008, ...
Stuff.co.nz
A report released today by the Tertiary Education Commission shows that almost all institutions improved their financial position in 2010 compared to 2008. New Zealand's eight universities recorded a combined surplus of $126m, up from $75m in 2008, ...
Nutrition research top in school science contest - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Nutrition research top in school science contest Massey News (press release) The behaviour of honeybees in winter was the winning project by Albany Junior High school pupil William Pearman for the Year 10 to 11 students. Pearman has his own beehive in Albany, and was joined by his beekeeper grandfather Brian Conquer at the ... |
Students 'risk dropping out' if bill passed - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Students 'risk dropping out' if bill passed
Stuff.co.nz
Hundreds of students could have dropped out of university last year without help from students' associations, which are now under threat from a parliamentary bill, the national students' organisation says. Today is the two-year anniversary since ACT MP ...
Stuff.co.nz
Hundreds of students could have dropped out of university last year without help from students' associations, which are now under threat from a parliamentary bill, the national students' organisation says. Today is the two-year anniversary since ACT MP ...
Canterbury University looks to attract high achievers - NZ City
URL: Canterbury University looks to attract high achievers
NZ City
Vice Chancellor Rod Carr says successful at secondary school pupils could be offered cash scholarships, of between $1000 and $3000. A dux or head boy or girl could earn a fee waiver worth as much as $8000. "We are attracting the attention of those ...
NZ City
Vice Chancellor Rod Carr says successful at secondary school pupils could be offered cash scholarships, of between $1000 and $3000. A dux or head boy or girl could earn a fee waiver worth as much as $8000. "We are attracting the attention of those ...
Apprentices out in all weather - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Apprentices out in all weather Voxy Ash Sparks, Managing Director of A Sparks Limited - a medium sized architectural construction company building high spec million dollar plus houses for the New Zealand domestic market - is a man who clearly sees the value of training the future ... |
Flax leaves 'real legacy' - Wairarapa Times-Age
URL: Flax leaves 'real legacy'
Wairarapa Times-Age
Kuranui College students dug into horticulture last week when they planted 80 new flax plants along the Greytown-Woodside trail. The trail is being developed from the end of Cotter St and the students ...
Wairarapa Times-Age
Kuranui College students dug into horticulture last week when they planted 80 new flax plants along the Greytown-Woodside trail. The trail is being developed from the end of Cotter St and the students ...
Laura's flying high with her business idea - Hawke's Bay Today
 Business Recorder | URL: Laura's flying high with her business idea Hawke's Bay Today IN THE BIG CHAIR: Woodford House Year 13 student, Laura Russell, spent a day in Auckland with Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe. A Havelock North Student has spent a day sitting in one of the biggest chairs in the country - the CEO of Air New Zealand's. ... |
CareerFest assists all ages - The Southland Times
 The Southland Times | URL: CareerFest assists all ages The Southland Times Southland Girls' High School students Eden Warrender, left, and Nakita Wanakore, both 15, race the clock in a tyre-changing competition at CareerFest. It appears older people are heading back into trades as a second career choice. ... |
Press Release – Queen Margaret College - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Press Release – Queen Margaret College
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Over 400 people entered, there were only 10 places available and only one person managed to snag a place from Wellington: Ashna Basu, a Year 12 student at Queen Margaret College. Air New Zealand recently ran a nationwide competition for students to ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Over 400 people entered, there were only 10 places available and only one person managed to snag a place from Wellington: Ashna Basu, a Year 12 student at Queen Margaret College. Air New Zealand recently ran a nationwide competition for students to ...
Time for a change of direction and pace - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Time for a change of direction and pace Otago Daily Times Waitaki Boys' High School rector Paul Baker reflects on 13 years at the Oamaru school outside the Hall of Memories. Photo by Ben Guild. Waitaki Boys' High School rector Paul Baker has resigned after 13 years at the helm ... |
pupils face drink-drive tests - Waikato Times
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Waikato Times
Teen drivers who venture out of school at lunchtime are being stopped and breath tested by police looking to push home the new zero blood alcohol limit for under-20s. Schools are welcoming the initiative, in which police throughout the Wellington ...
Waikato Times
Teen drivers who venture out of school at lunchtime are being stopped and breath tested by police looking to push home the new zero blood alcohol limit for under-20s. Schools are welcoming the initiative, in which police throughout the Wellington ...
Friday, August 19, 2011
Ako Aotearoa receives award
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Ako Aotearoa – The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence – is the first group recipient of the Arthur (Art) R King Jr. Award for Curriculum Innovation, for its contribution to teaching and learning in tertiary education.
Ako Aotearoa – The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence – is the first group recipient of the Arthur (Art) R King Jr. Award for Curriculum Innovation, for its contribution to teaching and learning in tertiary education.
Ministry wants to settle with kindergarten teachers
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The Ministry of Education is pleased kindergarten teachers are considering an offer to achieve settlement of the Kindergarten Teachers, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers' Collective Agreement (KTCA).
The Ministry of Education is pleased kindergarten teachers are considering an offer to achieve settlement of the Kindergarten Teachers, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers' Collective Agreement (KTCA).
NCEA and rip offs: Letters, 18 August - The Bay of Plenty Times
NCEA and rip offs: Letters, 18 August - The Bay of Plenty Times:
...Nuthall's research clearly says the quality of learning across the board is the issue, in our system only about half of the total capacity to learn of our nation's young gets developed...
...Nuthall's research clearly says the quality of learning across the board is the issue, in our system only about half of the total capacity to learn of our nation's young gets developed...
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