URL: Concerns stay on standards
Wanganui Chronicle
Wanganui Intermediate principal Charles Oliver expects the Government will continue with the policy of National Standards and use it as a means of determining which schools will need additional support to raise student achievement. ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
learning tweet - social and workplace learning: Social Network ...
URL: learning tweet - social and workplace learning: Social Network ...
Analyze social networks can lead us to understand, and to explain, how connections and relationships within organizations are strictly related to better performance, continuos improvement and valuable collaborative learning. Today we see ...
Analyze social networks can lead us to understand, and to explain, how connections and relationships within organizations are strictly related to better performance, continuos improvement and valuable collaborative learning. Today we see ...
Symposium focuses on Maori education - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Symposium focuses on Maori education
The Bay of Plenty Times
The theme of the conferences was Captured By The Dawn, which reflected how educational research was an ever-developing field, said co-convenor Rosina Taniwha of Ngai te Rangi. Keynote speakers include professor Robert Tierney of the University of ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
The theme of the conferences was Captured By The Dawn, which reflected how educational research was an ever-developing field, said co-convenor Rosina Taniwha of Ngai te Rangi. Keynote speakers include professor Robert Tierney of the University of ...
New Zealand university develops a Pacific Research Protocol - Radio New Zealand International
 Radio New Zealand International | URL: New Zealand university develops a Pacific Research Protocol Radio New Zealand International A deputy vice chancellor at New Zealand's Otago University says the need to better understand Pacific commmunities prompted its new Pacific research protocol. The new document lays out guidelines to ensure researchers are sensitive to the cultural ways ... |
Harawira to tackle Tolley on closure - Northern Advocate
URL: Harawira to tackle Tolley on closure
Northern Advocate
Moerewa School's senior class is being threatened with closure as punishment for the school's stance on National Standards, Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says. Mr Harawira is making the school's threatened senior classes one of his first causes as ...
Northern Advocate
Moerewa School's senior class is being threatened with closure as punishment for the school's stance on National Standards, Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says. Mr Harawira is making the school's threatened senior classes one of his first causes as ...
Long NCEA exam haul nearly over - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Long NCEA exam haul nearly over
Stuff.co.nz
The Wellington College 17-year-old is one of a group of pupils sitting the final exams on the NCEA calendar this afternoon. For Josh, the Chinese language level 3 exam will be his 11th this year – and the last of his school career. ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Wellington College 17-year-old is one of a group of pupils sitting the final exams on the NCEA calendar this afternoon. For Josh, the Chinese language level 3 exam will be his 11th this year – and the last of his school career. ...
Students urged to chase dreams - Southland Times
 Southland Times | URL: Students urged to chase dreams Southland Times Film director Rob Sarkies addressed the Southern Institute of Technology awards ceremony last night, encouraging students to chase their dreams and avoid becoming a rat in a maze. "I don't think it matters what your dream is as long as you believe in ... |
Christchurch schools apply for special grades - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Christchurch schools apply for special grades Stuff.co.nz The NZQA then compares the two results and if there are significant disparities the year's assessment is taken into account. There would be no indication on the published results that a derived grade was awarded. The final eight NCEA exams will be held ... |
Columba pupils challenge computer stereotype - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Columba pupils challenge computer stereotype Otago Daily Times The popular stereotype that girls and computer science do not mix is one pupils at Columba College are helping to turn around. Eight pupils (three teams) from the school won gold, silver and bronze medals at the ... |
Bullying in New Zealand schools 'unacceptable' says Dingle - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Bullying in New Zealand schools 'unacceptable' says Dingle
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Bullying has an incredibly negative and deep-seated effect on a young person's confidence, self-image, their whole school experience and potentially their future; it should never be accepted as the 'norm'.” Dingle says that New Zealand risks bullying ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Bullying has an incredibly negative and deep-seated effect on a young person's confidence, self-image, their whole school experience and potentially their future; it should never be accepted as the 'norm'.” Dingle says that New Zealand risks bullying ...
Bullying victim's mother appears in court - New Zealand Herald
 MSN NZ News | URL: Bullying victim's mother appears in court New Zealand Herald Kaipara College principal John Grant said although he was "always disappointed when students end up fighting'' it was difficult to prevent such incidents, which he described as rare. "These things happen. They happen in the adult world and in the ... |
Growing number of serious assaults in schools - FYD - Newstalk ZB
URL: Growing number of serious assaults in schools - FYD
Newstalk ZB
The Foundation for Youth Development believes there's a growing number of serious assaults and bullying in New Zealand schools. It follows recent violent incidents at Helensville's Kaipara College, just north of Auckland and Pukekohe High School in ...
Newstalk ZB
The Foundation for Youth Development believes there's a growing number of serious assaults and bullying in New Zealand schools. It follows recent violent incidents at Helensville's Kaipara College, just north of Auckland and Pukekohe High School in ...
Auckland Enviroschools efforts honoured
URL: Auckland Enviroschools efforts honoured
Eighteen environmentally aware schools across Auckland will be recognised for their long-term commitment to sustainability at an Enviroschools celebration on Friday 2 December.
Eighteen environmentally aware schools across Auckland will be recognised for their long-term commitment to sustainability at an Enviroschools celebration on Friday 2 December.
18 Auckland schools to get certificates for commitment to environment - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: 18 Auckland schools to get certificates for commitment to environment
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Facilitated in the Auckland region by Auckland Council, Enviroschools is a national environmental education programme that encourages children, their schools and their families to think and act sustainably. “The programme gives young people the ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Facilitated in the Auckland region by Auckland Council, Enviroschools is a national environmental education programme that encourages children, their schools and their families to think and act sustainably. “The programme gives young people the ...
Whooping cough strikes Karori school - The Dominion Post
URL: Whooping cough strikes Karori school
The Dominion Post
A Karori Normal School pupil is the latest victim of the whooping cough outbreak sweeping Wellington. Parents at the school were notified yesterday that a case of the potentially fatal respiratory disease had been confirmed in a pupil. ...
The Dominion Post
A Karori Normal School pupil is the latest victim of the whooping cough outbreak sweeping Wellington. Parents at the school were notified yesterday that a case of the potentially fatal respiratory disease had been confirmed in a pupil. ...
School takes up DNA microdotting system to stop thefts - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School takes up DNA microdotting system to stop thefts
Stuff.co.nz
SelectaDNA director David Morrissey said the company was in the process of rolling out the system to all schools in New Zealand as part of a joint venture between BNZ and the Ministry of Education. "Ross Intermediate was crying out for help and we ...
Stuff.co.nz
SelectaDNA director David Morrissey said the company was in the process of rolling out the system to all schools in New Zealand as part of a joint venture between BNZ and the Ministry of Education. "Ross Intermediate was crying out for help and we ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Real experts on standards « Red Alert
URL: Real experts on standards « Red Alert
leading NZ academic experts in testing, Thrupp (Waikato), Hattie (Auckland) Crooks and Flockton (Otago) have issued an open letter very critical of the Tolley/Nact approach to national testing of primary school children. ...
leading NZ academic experts in testing, Thrupp (Waikato), Hattie (Auckland) Crooks and Flockton (Otago) have issued an open letter very critical of the Tolley/Nact approach to national testing of primary school children. ...
Maori Party's political leanings paramount - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Maori Party's political leanings paramount 3News NZ A good example that has since come back to haunt them was their support for National Standards – not just for the policy itself but their votes to allow the legislation to pass all its stages under urgency, avoiding public submissions. ... |
Sectors line up for Govt attention - Newstalk ZB
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Sectors line up for Govt attention Newstalk ZB "There's still a large amount of opposition to National Standards and we are hopeful that the Government will listen to some of the criticism from an educational point of view, and that any reform suggested will be taken on board. ... |
Moerewa at sharp end of punitive approach to National Standards
URL: Moerewa at sharp end of punitive approach to National Standards
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says Moerewa School in Northland is at the sharp end of the government's punitive approach to National Standards.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says Moerewa School in Northland is at the sharp end of the government's punitive approach to National Standards.
Post-election thoughts, thoughts on new minister, our suggested
URL: Post-election thoughts, thoughts on new minister, our suggested
My prediction is that having thrown a bucket of water over Tolley, we will very soon be wishing all we could see of Parata is a pair of red shoes...
My prediction is that having thrown a bucket of water over Tolley, we will very soon be wishing all we could see of Parata is a pair of red shoes...
Teachers praised for ICT innovations - Voxy
 TechDay.co.nz | URL: Teachers praised for ICT innovations Voxy Julia credits the project with helping lift student achievement and engagement. For the particular NCEA PE Achievement Standard the green screen was used, 33 per cent of students achieved an excellence, compared to 21 per cent the previous year. ... |
Fundraiser to protect pupils from the sun - Timaru Herald
 Timaru Herald | URL: Fundraiser to protect pupils from the sun Timaru Herald Temuka Primary School is supporting a fundraising effort to provide shade protection for pupils during summer. Parent Angela Rae and a group of volunteers have organised a twilight gala to raise funds for shade sails and tents, which will provide ... |
Photography student exhibits Pacific Island journey - Voxy
URL: Photography student exhibits Pacific Island journey
Voxy
Vicky, who is completing her Bachelor of Photography is one of three students from different ages, stages and walks of life who has been part Unitec's "Change Starts Here" brand campaign. Like all graduates from the Faculty of Creative Industries and ...
Voxy
Vicky, who is completing her Bachelor of Photography is one of three students from different ages, stages and walks of life who has been part Unitec's "Change Starts Here" brand campaign. Like all graduates from the Faculty of Creative Industries and ...
Garin College Student says 'YES' to NMIT Award - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Garin College Student says 'YES' to NMIT Award
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Garin College student who was part of a business team that made and sold moisturizing bars at the Nelson Market is the winner of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology YES Award for Outstanding Enterprise Skills. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Garin College student who was part of a business team that made and sold moisturizing bars at the Nelson Market is the winner of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology YES Award for Outstanding Enterprise Skills. ...
PE teacher claims Microsoft education prize - TechDay.co.nz
TechDay.co.nz | URL: PE teacher claims Microsoft education prize TechDay.co.nz Named a Microsoft Pathfinder school earlier this year, Howick College already has two previous winners of the Innovative Educator award on staff, Nathan Kerr and Steve Martin. Go here for more on Microsoft's education programme. ... |
Monday, November 28, 2011
Booze, regrets don't define 20 year olds
URL: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6038648/Booze-regrets-don-t-define-20-year-oldshttp://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6038648/Booze-regrets-don-t-define-20-year-olds
A new study had revealed what is important to young adults at a transition point in their lives, finding that the path to success is less fraught with booze and regrets than popular culture might suggest.
The latest chapter of the Education Ministry-funded Competent Children, Competent Learners project also identified a number of risk factors that indicate young people may struggle to make the leap to tertiary education or fulltime work. NZCER
A new study had revealed what is important to young adults at a transition point in their lives, finding that the path to success is less fraught with booze and regrets than popular culture might suggest.
The latest chapter of the Education Ministry-funded Competent Children, Competent Learners project also identified a number of risk factors that indicate young people may struggle to make the leap to tertiary education or fulltime work. NZCER
Digital technologies enhance maths learning - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Digital technologies enhance maths learning
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Every-body counts” is a two-year study funded by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research's (NZCER) Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, involving two schools in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. It is investigating what health and physical ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Every-body counts” is a two-year study funded by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research's (NZCER) Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, involving two schools in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. It is investigating what health and physical ...
First school receives an infringement notice – report
URL: First school receives an infringement notice – report
UPDATED: A report on Twitter says a New Zealand school has received its first infringement notice.
UPDATED: A report on Twitter says a New Zealand school has received its first infringement notice.
Moerewa at sharp end of National Standards - NZEI - Voxy
 3News NZ | URL: Moerewa at sharp end of National Standards - NZEI Voxy The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says Moerewa School in Northland is at the sharp end of the government's punitive approach to National Standards. The community is rallying behind the school to fight a decision by the Education Minister to ... |
Doctoral scholarship increases - Otago Daily Times
URL: Doctoral scholarship increases
Otago Daily Times
The decision will benefit more than 500 postgraduate students including those already holding the scholarships, which are available for up to three years. The university awards 181 new scholarships every year to students embarking on study towards a ...
Otago Daily Times
The decision will benefit more than 500 postgraduate students including those already holding the scholarships, which are available for up to three years. The university awards 181 new scholarships every year to students embarking on study towards a ...
Cops in schools curb youth gang problem - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: Cops in schools curb youth gang problem
Auckland stuff.co.nz
"I think that is generic for all education in New Zealand, it does not matter for what level and what school or what type of community. The role is now filled by the Neighbourhood Policing Team but the only difference Udy said, is that they do not work ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
"I think that is generic for all education in New Zealand, it does not matter for what level and what school or what type of community. The role is now filled by the Neighbourhood Policing Team but the only difference Udy said, is that they do not work ...
Big caucus points to major reshuffle - New Zealand Herald
URL: Big caucus points to major reshuffle
New Zealand Herald
Hekia Parata is the frontrunner to be the next Education Minister. Photo / Hawke's Bay Today Prime Minister John Key is looking at a big Cabinet reshuffle in his own ranks as well as accommodating prospective support partners Act, ...
New Zealand Herald
Hekia Parata is the frontrunner to be the next Education Minister. Photo / Hawke's Bay Today Prime Minister John Key is looking at a big Cabinet reshuffle in his own ranks as well as accommodating prospective support partners Act, ...
Hey look, my teacher's on YouTube - New Zealand Herald
URL: Hey look, my teacher's on YouTube
New Zealand Herald
As well as building relationships Clay says the technology has proved effective in raising achievement in NCEA. Those using the podcasts and wiki had 25 per cent less "not achieved" and 14 per cent more attainment of merit or excellence, in comparison ...
New Zealand Herald
As well as building relationships Clay says the technology has proved effective in raising achievement in NCEA. Those using the podcasts and wiki had 25 per cent less "not achieved" and 14 per cent more attainment of merit or excellence, in comparison ...
Learning key in workplace - Manawatu Standard
URL: Learning key in workplace
Manawatu Standard
A freshly capped Massey graduate's research into young workers has shined the light on the importance of learning in the workplace. Robyn Mason, who graduated with a PhD in Palmerston North yesterday, spent the past five years researching how young ...
Manawatu Standard
A freshly capped Massey graduate's research into young workers has shined the light on the importance of learning in the workplace. Robyn Mason, who graduated with a PhD in Palmerston North yesterday, spent the past five years researching how young ...
Guest Blog - TUANZ
URL: Guest Blog - TUANZ
A big idea, encouraging innovation and new export industries, and giving all our people access to technology is at the heart of Labour's ICT strategy. To succeed, New Zealand must become a digital nation; a world leader in ... Implement proper NCEA achievement standards in ICT in schools and notes the progress that has been made following the recommendations made by the Digital Technology Experts Panel. · Invest $75 million over four years in “e-learning‟ for ...
A big idea, encouraging innovation and new export industries, and giving all our people access to technology is at the heart of Labour's ICT strategy. To succeed, New Zealand must become a digital nation; a world leader in ... Implement proper NCEA achievement standards in ICT in schools and notes the progress that has been made following the recommendations made by the Digital Technology Experts Panel. · Invest $75 million over four years in “e-learning‟ for ...
Managers making our university tick - Otago Daily Times
URL: Managers making our university tick
Otago Daily Times
It is not difficult to think of universities where the governmental demands on them are enormous. I have just reviewed a manuscript for a tertiary education journal describing the workload placed on heads of department in a new Asian university. ...
Otago Daily Times
It is not difficult to think of universities where the governmental demands on them are enormous. I have just reviewed a manuscript for a tertiary education journal describing the workload placed on heads of department in a new Asian university. ...
'The vandals at the gate' | TEU - Tertiary Education Union
URL: 'The vandals at the gate' | TEU - Tertiary Education Union
David Robinson from Education International and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) says there is a paradox in tertiary.
David Robinson from Education International and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) says there is a paradox in tertiary.
Aucklanders collar control of their academic working conditions ...
URL: Aucklanders collar control of their academic working conditions ...
Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 44 Academic staff who are members of TEU will be voting on a new collective agreement over the next two weeks after.
Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 44 Academic staff who are members of TEU will be voting on a new collective agreement over the next two weeks after.
Pasifika spirituality brings ‘niu’ flavour to new lives
URL: Pasifika spirituality brings ‘niu’ flavour to new lives
The enduring power of spirituality for the Pasifika diaspora in every aspect of life, from sport to education, is a unifying theme of the Talanoa Oceania 2011 conference at Massey University’s Albany campus next week.
The enduring power of spirituality for the Pasifika diaspora in every aspect of life, from sport to education, is a unifying theme of the Talanoa Oceania 2011 conference at Massey University’s Albany campus next week.
Review: LeapPad Explorer kids' tablet - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Review: LeapPad Explorer kids' tablet Stuff.co.nz It's made by Leap Frog, the makers of educational gadgets such as the Leapster Explorer. We're not terribly techie in our house, so I was a bit hesitant about the LeapPad Explorer at first. I'm always a bit dubious about products that claim to be ... |
School in cyberspace - New Zealand Herald
URL: School in cyberspace
New Zealand Herald
The biggest barrier to effective use of computers in schools? The majority of teachers are not particularly proficient in their use. But not here in Washington, where some 700 educators, passionate about the use of technology in education, are breaking ...
New Zealand Herald
The biggest barrier to effective use of computers in schools? The majority of teachers are not particularly proficient in their use. But not here in Washington, where some 700 educators, passionate about the use of technology in education, are breaking ...
Ruahine Kindergarten Association 1st to head into the cloud
URL: Ruahine Kindergarten Association 1st to head into the cloud
Ruahine Kindergarten Association has become the first early childhood education provider to use the Ministry of Education’s cloud based online e-portfolio site. ‘My Portfolio’, is an online personal learning environment.
Ruahine Kindergarten Association has become the first early childhood education provider to use the Ministry of Education’s cloud based online e-portfolio site. ‘My Portfolio’, is an online personal learning environment.
'Nasty' French exam irks teachers
URL: 'Nasty' French exam irks teachers
French teachers nationwide are mobilising to complain about a "shocking" NCEA exam that they say contained errors, bizarre references to elderly women and Pablo Picasso, and convoluted questions.
French teachers nationwide are mobilising to complain about a "shocking" NCEA exam that they say contained errors, bizarre references to elderly women and Pablo Picasso, and convoluted questions.
Scholarship aids ambition - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Scholarship aids ambition Taranaki Daily News BRIGHT SPARK: Francis Douglas Memorial College student Liam Sole has been awarded a scholarship by Transfield Worley. A $5000 engineering scholarship will give Taranaki student Liam Sole the boost he needs to realise his dreams of helping rebuild ... |
2012 tight spending year for Otago University - Otago Daily Times
URL: 2012 tight spending year for Otago University
Otago Daily Times
The University of Otago has forecast it will struggle to meet a minimum requirement for its operating surplus target in 2012, as set by the Tertiary Education Commission. The TEC asks for a 3% return on revenue, ...
Otago Daily Times
The University of Otago has forecast it will struggle to meet a minimum requirement for its operating surplus target in 2012, as set by the Tertiary Education Commission. The TEC asks for a 3% return on revenue, ...
Schools hit by spate of suspicious thefts, fires
URL: Schools hit by spate of suspicious thefts, fires
East Auckland residents are feeling rattled after a spate of break-ins and fires at local primary schools.At least three schools in Glendowie and St Heliers have been hit.This month a suspicious fire at Churchill Park School destroyed...
East Auckland residents are feeling rattled after a spate of break-ins and fires at local primary schools.At least three schools in Glendowie and St Heliers have been hit.This month a suspicious fire at Churchill Park School destroyed...
Salon's training style wins award - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Salon's training style wins award Taranaki Daily News HQ Hair by Design employee Bethany Paige-Wood, left, and owner Lyndsay Loveridge in the Devon St East salon which has been named top training salon of the year. A New Plymouth hair salon has proven to be a cut above the rest when it comes to training ... |
Friday, November 25, 2011
The money... and the real issues - New Zealand Herald
 Sydney Morning Herald | URL: The money... and the real issues New Zealand Herald National's proposal to give trainee teachers a personality test is long overdue, and it is right to insist on retaining national standards. Until the teaching profession is called to account and forced to submit to its political masters, our education ... |
Schools won't want students dragging down results - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Schools won't want students dragging down results
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI TE Riu Roa says the parents of special needs students should be concerned that schools will now be required to report their children's achievement against “National Standards”. The Ministry of Education has changed its ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI TE Riu Roa says the parents of special needs students should be concerned that schools will now be required to report their children's achievement against “National Standards”. The Ministry of Education has changed its ...
Special needs education threatened by National Standards - NZEI - 3News NZ
3News NZ | URL: Special needs education threatened by National Standards - NZEI 3News NZ The New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) is concerned National Standards in schools could lead to poorer outcomes for special needs students, after the Ministry of Education advised their achievement information would be included in National ... |
Call to scrap ministry stance on foreign pupils - Manawatu Standard
URL: Call to scrap ministry stance on foreign pupils
Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North school has called for the Education Ministry to scrap its stance on National Standards for foreign students. This year, the ministry imposed National Standards on bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, ...
Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North school has called for the Education Ministry to scrap its stance on National Standards for foreign students. This year, the ministry imposed National Standards on bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, ...
National Standards for bi-lingual and ESOL students is cultural bullying
URL: National Standards for bi-lingual and ESOL students is cultural bullying
Imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
School wants clarification of future - Radio New Zealand
URL: School wants clarification of future
Radio New Zealand
In a letter she notes that the school has not implemented National Standards. Moerewa community leaders say the senior class is achieving higher pass rates than local secondary schools and the national average and there is no sound reason to close it. ...
Radio New Zealand
In a letter she notes that the school has not implemented National Standards. Moerewa community leaders say the senior class is achieving higher pass rates than local secondary schools and the national average and there is no sound reason to close it. ...
Support is widespread for Moerewa School - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Support is widespread for Moerewa School
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... they attend school at MoerewaSchool). A satellite unit is an arrangement that other schools have too – and the Ministry of Education's website sets out the requirements for schools if they want to set up a satellite arrangement between two schools.
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... they attend school at MoerewaSchool). A satellite unit is an arrangement that other schools have too – and the Ministry of Education's website sets out the requirements for schools if they want to set up a satellite arrangement between two schools.
auckland.scoop.co.nz » Report details level of poverty in Waikato ...
URL: auckland.scoop.co.nz » Report details level of poverty in Waikato ...
The report clearly shows that despite some gains in educational achievement many young people are leaving school and are not well supported into work, training or further education. There are too many young people falling ...
The report clearly shows that despite some gains in educational achievement many young people are leaving school and are not well supported into work, training or further education. There are too many young people falling ...
National's Unhelpful Education Policy | Green Party of Aotearoa ...
URL: National's Unhelpful Education Policy | Green Party of Aotearoa ...
... Party's education policy launched yesterday lacks a vision for quality public education. Threatening to punish “low performing schools” and reward “high performance” is a dangerous, divisive and elitist approach to our public education system . ... It is high quality teaching, not restrictive measurement or fast internet, that will improve educational achievement in our schools. It is interesting that National have plans to invest in school buildings while also piloting Public ...
... Party's education policy launched yesterday lacks a vision for quality public education. Threatening to punish “low performing schools” and reward “high performance” is a dangerous, divisive and elitist approach to our public education system . ... It is high quality teaching, not restrictive measurement or fast internet, that will improve educational achievement in our schools. It is interesting that National have plans to invest in school buildings while also piloting Public ...
Indian migrants resilient in face of work barriers
URL: Indian migrants resilient in face of work barriers
New Zealanders may have embraced Bollywood films, the Diwali Festival of Lights and Indian cuisine, but highly qualified migrants from India struggle to get work here, a new report says.
New Zealanders may have embraced Bollywood films, the Diwali Festival of Lights and Indian cuisine, but highly qualified migrants from India struggle to get work here, a new report says.
He Ara Tika Maori Graduate Awards
URL: He Ara Tika Maori Graduate Awards
About one hundred Maori students from two of the lowest decile rated secondary schools in Auckland will graduate tomorrow. The students from Aorere and Mangere Colleges have each completed the He Ara Tika Maori Mentoring programme that's run by the Manukau ...
About one hundred Maori students from two of the lowest decile rated secondary schools in Auckland will graduate tomorrow. The students from Aorere and Mangere Colleges have each completed the He Ara Tika Maori Mentoring programme that's run by the Manukau ...
Kāpiti Whitireia on the move
URL: Kāpiti Whitireia on the move
Whitireia in Kāpiti will be moving to a new temporary location in Paraparaumu while they await the completion of the redeveloped campus on the corner of Kapiti Road and Milne Drive.
Whitireia in Kāpiti will be moving to a new temporary location in Paraparaumu while they await the completion of the redeveloped campus on the corner of Kapiti Road and Milne Drive.
Unitec Pacific Centre advisor takes on new role
URL: Unitec Pacific Centre advisor takes on new role
Malia Talakai, Principal Academic Advisor, Pacific Centre for Learning, Teaching and Research at Unitec for the past two years will be leaving Unitec for a while to take on a broader role as a diplomat. She will assume her post as Deputy Lead ...
Malia Talakai, Principal Academic Advisor, Pacific Centre for Learning, Teaching and Research at Unitec for the past two years will be leaving Unitec for a while to take on a broader role as a diplomat. She will assume her post as Deputy Lead ...
In praise of Fairfield college - Waikato Times (blog)
URL: In praise of Fairfield college
Waikato Times (blog)
The school was Fairfield College which this week has been in the news, firstly over claims of bullying, then over some of its students being taken to hospital after apparently overdosing on drugs. It appears some kid nicked her parents' stash of pills ...
Waikato Times (blog)
The school was Fairfield College which this week has been in the news, firstly over claims of bullying, then over some of its students being taken to hospital after apparently overdosing on drugs. It appears some kid nicked her parents' stash of pills ...
Earthquake fears at Wellington schools - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Earthquake fears at Wellington schools Stuff.co.nz Wellington East Girls College moved students out of its quake-prone main building after an assessment earlier this year. Clyde Quay School principal Liz Patara said the school had recently received a ministry's report into its three potentially ... |
Newtown School - earthquake prone buildings
URL: Newtown School - earthquake prone buildings
The Ministry of Education said today it would work with Wellington’s Newtown School to find alternative accommodation for students after the main block at the school was found to be significantly earthquake prone.
The Ministry of Education said today it would work with Wellington’s Newtown School to find alternative accommodation for students after the main block at the school was found to be significantly earthquake prone.
School closes classroom block over quake fears - Radio New Zealand
Stuff.co.nz | URL: School closes classroom block over quake fears Radio New Zealand There is also small classroom next to it that is unaffected. Parents at the meeting say they are shocked by the news and are concerned their children have been in classrooms that are potentially unsafe. The Ministry of Education says it will work with ... |
Angry students pour abuse, scorn on Ecstasy teens - New Zealand Herald
URL: Angry students pour abuse, scorn on Ecstasy teens
New Zealand Herald
One Year 10 student said: 'It was pretty sad, but they deserved it for what they did'. Photo / Christine Cornege Two of the Fairfield College girls who took tainted Ecstasy turned up at their school yesterday - and ...
New Zealand Herald
One Year 10 student said: 'It was pretty sad, but they deserved it for what they did'. Photo / Christine Cornege Two of the Fairfield College girls who took tainted Ecstasy turned up at their school yesterday - and ...
Thursday, November 24, 2011
$2.4 m for research interns for business this summer
URL: $2.4 m for research interns for business this summer
Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
An extra 140 undergraduate students will be funded to do research and development projects for New Zealand businesses this summer, Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. "We have huge demand from businesses so this year we have decided to award 341 internships instead of the 200 we initially intended,” said Dr Mapp...
Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
An extra 140 undergraduate students will be funded to do research and development projects for New Zealand businesses this summer, Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. "We have huge demand from businesses so this year we have decided to award 341 internships instead of the 200 we initially intended,” said Dr Mapp...
Call to scrap ministry stance on foreign pupils - Manawatu Standard
URL: Call to scrap ministry stance on foreign pupils
Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North school has called for the Education Ministry to scrap its stance on National Standards for foreign students. This year, the ministry imposed National Standards on bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, ...
Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North school has called for the Education Ministry to scrap its stance on National Standards for foreign students. This year, the ministry imposed National Standards on bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, ...
School Trustees on National Standards 2 Years On. | Kutarere's Blog
URL: School Trustees on National Standards 2 Years On. | Kutarere's Blog
“National standards offers the most wonderful opportunities for refreshing and reinvigorating an already top of the world system, but it could be the most disastrous policy formulated if it turns our attention to narrowing, testing, ...
“National standards offers the most wonderful opportunities for refreshing and reinvigorating an already top of the world system, but it could be the most disastrous policy formulated if it turns our attention to narrowing, testing, ...
Principals slam National's new policy - The Nelson Mail
 3News NZ | URL: Principals slam National's new policy The Nelson Mail Nelson principals have slammed National's newly announced education policy, which would open the door to league tables by mandating publication of National Standards results. The party's full education policy, covering early childhood education, ... |
Standards boycott earns Tolley revenge - Waatea News
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Standards boycott earns Tolley revenge Waatea News ... boxes you're expecting you will get some fantastic support from the ministry. We're disappointed but also shocked. What more do we need to do?” she says. Mrs Milne-Ihimaera says the school is being punished for refusing to implement national standards. |
National Party Education Policy and Accountability - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: National Party Education Policy and Accountability
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Narrowing the curriculum and the possibility of national testing are the other key concerns shared by trustees and educators alike. An attempt to determine parent views on the system could not proceed, as the response rate to the parent survey was just ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Narrowing the curriculum and the possibility of national testing are the other key concerns shared by trustees and educators alike. An attempt to determine parent views on the system could not proceed, as the response rate to the parent survey was just ...
National plans big cuts to secondary school budgets
URL: National plans big cuts to secondary school budgets
Buried in the vague wording of National Party education policy is what looks like further cuts to secondary school staffing and funding, says PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford.
Buried in the vague wording of National Party education policy is what looks like further cuts to secondary school staffing and funding, says PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford.
Nats' education policy « The Standard
URL: Nats' education policy « The Standard
Professor John Hattie of Auckland University predicts that even with the changes he recommends, the system a key National policy will do little to raise student achievement. ... Tests blamed for blighting children's lives ...
Professor John Hattie of Auckland University predicts that even with the changes he recommends, the system a key National policy will do little to raise student achievement. ... Tests blamed for blighting children's lives ...
Mixed school views on NCEA changes - Timaru Herald
URL: Mixed school views on NCEA changes
Timaru Herald
Timaru secondary schools have mixed reactions to changes to NCEA as part of the Ministry of Education's realignment project. The first crop of students to sit exams under the changes are nearing the end of the 2011 NCEA exams. Timaru Boys' High School ...
Timaru Herald
Timaru secondary schools have mixed reactions to changes to NCEA as part of the Ministry of Education's realignment project. The first crop of students to sit exams under the changes are nearing the end of the 2011 NCEA exams. Timaru Boys' High School ...
Mana pledge free education for all - Otago Daily Times
 3News NZ | URL: Mana pledge free education for all Otago Daily Times The Mana Party is pledging to ensure free education at all levels, promising free early childhood education (ECE), an end to school donations, and the abolishment of tertiary fees. Mana education spokesman John ... |
DEANZ conference 2012 promises focus on key education themes
URL: DEANZ conference 2012 promises focus on key education themes
The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is calling for submissions to present at their bi-annual conference ‘Shift Happens – Resilience, Relevance and Reform’.
The Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) is calling for submissions to present at their bi-annual conference ‘Shift Happens – Resilience, Relevance and Reform’.
Student numbers double - Timaru Herald
URL: Student numbers double
Timaru Herald
The concern was not just the funding cuts to adult education but issues around a regular online assessment programme by the Tertiary Education Commission that students had to undertake. Mrs Philip said a student had to take the test before they started ...
Timaru Herald
The concern was not just the funding cuts to adult education but issues around a regular online assessment programme by the Tertiary Education Commission that students had to undertake. Mrs Philip said a student had to take the test before they started ...
Tertiary education left high and dry - Waikato Times
URL: Tertiary education left high and dry
Waikato Times
This irresponsible neglect of our tertiary institutions has had a real impact on the value of the education they can provide; an impact that is being noticed globally. In this year's QS World University Ranking, six out of our seven universities were ...
Waikato Times
This irresponsible neglect of our tertiary institutions has had a real impact on the value of the education they can provide; an impact that is being noticed globally. In this year's QS World University Ranking, six out of our seven universities were ...
NZ teachers caught by pupils' cyber traps - Whangarei Leader
URL: NZ teachers caught by pupils' cyber traps
Whangarei Leader
"We are talking to parents and students about what is acceptable," Mr Lyons said. John Cowan, senior writer and producer at Parents Inc, said New Zealand research such as Symantec's was rare and the organisation, which runs parenting courses, ...
Whangarei Leader
"We are talking to parents and students about what is acceptable," Mr Lyons said. John Cowan, senior writer and producer at Parents Inc, said New Zealand research such as Symantec's was rare and the organisation, which runs parenting courses, ...
Youth mentors make a positive difference - New Zealand Herald
URL: Youth mentors make a positive difference
New Zealand Herald
Now that she's graduated from One Tree Hill College, Awhi hopes to study psychology, Maori studies and criminology at university. Her mentor is a resource and environmental planner who started her own successful company, O'Connor Planning Consultants. ...
New Zealand Herald
Now that she's graduated from One Tree Hill College, Awhi hopes to study psychology, Maori studies and criminology at university. Her mentor is a resource and environmental planner who started her own successful company, O'Connor Planning Consultants. ...
Schools rewarded for eating their greens
URL: Schools rewarded for eating their greens
Creating children who love healthy and adventurous foods such as Curly Kale and eggplant may seem a far-fetched dream to many parents, but the three winning schools of the Mother Earth Reward are already proving they can do it.
Creating children who love healthy and adventurous foods such as Curly Kale and eggplant may seem a far-fetched dream to many parents, but the three winning schools of the Mother Earth Reward are already proving they can do it.
Eco projects pay off - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Eco projects pay off Stuff.co.nz Fairhall School pupils are flying a flag for the environment after a green and gold day at the school last week to celebrate a national award gained from six years of hard work. The school's pupils and teachers dressed in green and gold on Tuesday last ... |
Pupils put candidates to the test - Manawatu Standard
URL: Pupils put candidates to the test
Manawatu Standard
They may not be old enough to vote, but a classroom of primary school pupils have put some tough questions to Rangitikei's two main candidates for Parliament. National's Ian McKelvie and Labour's Josie Pagani were grilled about asset sales, ...
Manawatu Standard
They may not be old enough to vote, but a classroom of primary school pupils have put some tough questions to Rangitikei's two main candidates for Parliament. National's Ian McKelvie and Labour's Josie Pagani were grilled about asset sales, ...
Tree for each student - Marlborough Express
 Marlborough Express | URL: Tree for each student Marlborough Express Little Lynton Downs School managed to recycle so much paper and card that they took out the top award locally – coincidentally equating to a tree for each of the school's 17 students. The school is fortunate that many residents around Inland Rd drop ... |
Positive students win Tokoroa reo award - Waatea News
 3News NZ | URL: Positive students win Tokoroa reo award Waatea News The South Waikato school won the mainstream education category for an initiative where students helped produce Maori compilation CD's. Keinan Ngapo of Ngati Pukenga, Ngati Maru and Ngati Porou says mainstream schools are as passionate about retention ... |
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Whitireia and Weltec councils merge
URL: Whitireia and Weltec councils merge
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Minister for Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, is pleased to confirm the merger of the Whitireia Community Polytechnic (Whitireia) and Wellington Institute of Technology (Weltec) councils. Mr Joyce’s approval of the merger is the first since new legislation for ITP governance was passed in 2009. “It is an exciting development that will provide opportunities for the institutions to work more closely together for the benefit of students right across the Wellington region,” says Mr Joyce...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Minister for Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, is pleased to confirm the merger of the Whitireia Community Polytechnic (Whitireia) and Wellington Institute of Technology (Weltec) councils. Mr Joyce’s approval of the merger is the first since new legislation for ITP governance was passed in 2009. “It is an exciting development that will provide opportunities for the institutions to work more closely together for the benefit of students right across the Wellington region,” says Mr Joyce...
National's education policy 'lowest point' of campaign - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: National's education policy 'lowest point' of campaign New Zealand Herald By APNZ and NZ Herald Staff Education Minister Anne Tolley yesterday revealed that National would introduce personality tests for new teachers and require schools to report National Standards results. Photo / Lynda Feringa Principals are rejecting ... |
NZEI rubbishes National education policy | E C E N Z
URL: NZEI rubbishes National education policy | E C E N Z
The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its next step, with schools required to start publishing their results next year, she said. National also wanted to set up rewards ...
The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its next step, with schools required to start publishing their results next year, she said. National also wanted to set up rewards ...
Election 2011| National's Education Policy Under... | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Election 2011| National's Education Policy Under... | Stuff.co.nz
The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its "next step" with schools required to start publishing their results next year. National would not publish its own league tables ...
The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its "next step" with schools required to start publishing their results next year. National would not publish its own league tables ...
Secret proposals morph National Standards - Mana - Voxy
URL: Secret proposals morph National Standards - Mana
Voxy
MANA educations spokesperson John Minto says it seems clear the government has serious plans to morph National Standards into National Testing after the election. He says the government has advertised a contract for an IT project leader to develop a ...
Voxy
MANA educations spokesperson John Minto says it seems clear the government has serious plans to morph National Standards into National Testing after the election. He says the government has advertised a contract for an IT project leader to develop a ...
Dita De Boni: A league (all) of their own - New Zealand Herald
URL: Dita De Boni: A league (all) of their own
New Zealand Herald
Now we hear National is hoping to be able to grade primary schools in the same way, using its National Standards rankings to create all sorts of unhappy havoc between the haves and the have-nots, those grappling with unmotivated parents and those lucky ...
New Zealand Herald
Now we hear National is hoping to be able to grade primary schools in the same way, using its National Standards rankings to create all sorts of unhappy havoc between the haves and the have-nots, those grappling with unmotivated parents and those lucky ...
Fight tipped on schools policy - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Fight tipped on schools policy
Stuff.co.nz
The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its next step, with schools required to start publishing their results next year, she said. National also wanted to set up rewards for the best performing ...
Stuff.co.nz
The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its next step, with schools required to start publishing their results next year, she said. National also wanted to set up rewards for the best performing ...
New Zealand First's policies at a glance - 3News NZ (blog)
3News NZ (blog) | URL: New Zealand First's policies at a glance 3News NZ (blog) Urgently review National Standards and abolish National Standards for ECE. Deliberately foster a sense of national pride in schools. Increase police numbers and restore public confidence in them. Increase the number of police dogs and trainers. ... |
Election | National Education Policy To See League... | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Election | National Education Policy To See League... | Stuff.co.nz
Data about achievement in the NCEA was already published and more "good sharing" of data about a student's progress could make a huge difference to their results, she said. "Maybe we need to do some work making sure ...
Data about achievement in the NCEA was already published and more "good sharing" of data about a student's progress could make a huge difference to their results, she said. "Maybe we need to do some work making sure ...
National needs to be open and transparent about plans for ECE
URL: National needs to be open and transparent about plans for ECE
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is urging National to be open and transparent about its plans for early childhood education given the experience of the last election.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is urging National to be open and transparent about its plans for early childhood education given the experience of the last election.
Nats education policy recipe for failure - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Nats education policy recipe for failure Voxy Mr Minto says National's "solution" is to stigmatise teachers and schools in low-income areas and blame them for failures which start well before the kids enter the school gate. "For a generation now National and Labour have promoted economic policies ... |
Principals reject education policy
URL: Principals reject education policy
Principals are rejecting National's education policy as the "lowest point" of this year's general election campaign.Education Minister Anne Tolley yesterday revealed the policy, which would introduce personality tests for new teachers...
Principals are rejecting National's education policy as the "lowest point" of this year's general election campaign.Education Minister Anne Tolley yesterday revealed the policy, which would introduce personality tests for new teachers...
MANA – EDUCATION POLICY RELEASE NOTES | Mana ...
URL: MANA – EDUCATION POLICY RELEASE NOTES | Mana ...
Maori language compulsory to Level 1 NCEA Comment: It's time for us to take the next logical step and bring Maori language into the compulsory school curriculum. ... We would increase funding for programs which have been shown to improve educational achievement for Maori and Pacifika children and other children from low income communities. The policy: Education A 100% free, high quality education system is the best investment a country can make in its own ...
Maori language compulsory to Level 1 NCEA Comment: It's time for us to take the next logical step and bring Maori language into the compulsory school curriculum. ... We would increase funding for programs which have been shown to improve educational achievement for Maori and Pacifika children and other children from low income communities. The policy: Education A 100% free, high quality education system is the best investment a country can make in its own ...
Workplace literacy policy 'a step in the right direction' - Voxy
URL: Workplace literacy policy 'a step in the right direction'
Voxy
"If New Zealand is to achieve its growth targets, then our workforce needs higher level skills, she says, "and people therefore need to be provided with relevant literacy, language and numeracy skills for the training and qualifications they are ...
Voxy
"If New Zealand is to achieve its growth targets, then our workforce needs higher level skills, she says, "and people therefore need to be provided with relevant literacy, language and numeracy skills for the training and qualifications they are ...
Pike staff 'lacked experience and training' - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Pike staff 'lacked experience and training' Stuff.co.nz Solid Energy's underground mines' general manager, Craig Smith, told the Royal Commission today the group of four Solid Energy staff also found Pike staff lacked experience and training with hydraulic or hydro-mining. Smith said the area being ... |
Ministerial Direction on Compulsory Student Services Fees ...
URL: Ministerial Direction on Compulsory Student Services Fees ...
The Minister for Tertiary Education has released the Ministerial Direction on Compulsory Student Services Fees for 2012. Read more. Last changed: 22 November 2011. Site map · Contact us · About this site · Accessibility · Viewing documents ...
The Minister for Tertiary Education has released the Ministerial Direction on Compulsory Student Services Fees for 2012. Read more. Last changed: 22 November 2011. Site map · Contact us · About this site · Accessibility · Viewing documents ...
Basic facts under-achievement: bring on performance measures - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Basic facts under-achievement: bring on performance measures
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Rainey suggests the Ministry should establish standard basic fact assessment measures and achievement standards - they will be doing it for water quality, why not for basic facts? - so schools have a good clear basis for monitoring student progress and ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Rainey suggests the Ministry should establish standard basic fact assessment measures and achievement standards - they will be doing it for water quality, why not for basic facts? - so schools have a good clear basis for monitoring student progress and ...
Polytech merger creates largest Artena system in NZ - Voxy
URL: Polytech merger creates largest Artena system in NZ
Voxy
The merger of Hawke's Bay's Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) and Gisborne's Tairawhiti Polytechnic has created the largest Artena database in New Zealand, containing around 150000 student records. This is the first time Student Management Software ...
Voxy
The merger of Hawke's Bay's Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) and Gisborne's Tairawhiti Polytechnic has created the largest Artena database in New Zealand, containing around 150000 student records. This is the first time Student Management Software ...
rise in number enrolling - Stuff.co.nz
URL: rise in number enrolling
Stuff.co.nz
More year 12 and 13 students had enrolled than expected, and the schools' boarding house would be full with 110 boys. Roncalli College principal Chris Comeau said they expected to be at or near maximum roll. Opihi College principal John Cruden said ...
Stuff.co.nz
More year 12 and 13 students had enrolled than expected, and the schools' boarding house would be full with 110 boys. Roncalli College principal Chris Comeau said they expected to be at or near maximum roll. Opihi College principal John Cruden said ...
Wellington.scoop.co.nz » South Wellington Intermediate student ...
URL: Wellington.scoop.co.nz » South Wellington Intermediate student ...
South Wellington Intermediate student wins regional spelling bee. November 22 ... by a charitable trust. Its purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage. ...
South Wellington Intermediate student wins regional spelling bee. November 22 ... by a charitable trust. Its purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage. ...
Yoga for girls to fight fat - New Zealand Herald
URL: Yoga for girls to fight fat
New Zealand Herald
Studies that show girls tend to enjoy sports and physical education less than boys. Photo / Thinkstock Zumba, yoga or pilates should be offered to girls as early as primary school as a way to get them exercising and combat obesity. ...
New Zealand Herald
Studies that show girls tend to enjoy sports and physical education less than boys. Photo / Thinkstock Zumba, yoga or pilates should be offered to girls as early as primary school as a way to get them exercising and combat obesity. ...
Students host sustainability hui - Voxy
URL: Students host sustainability hui
Voxy
Lead Teacher at Otonga School, Amanda Jeffery said the students had been really excited about the lead-up to the hui and practicing their speeches. Pupil Ila Ford-Robinson of Lynmore School said the day was fun and she learned more about making worm ...
Voxy
Lead Teacher at Otonga School, Amanda Jeffery said the students had been really excited about the lead-up to the hui and practicing their speeches. Pupil Ila Ford-Robinson of Lynmore School said the day was fun and she learned more about making worm ...
Shortland delighted at breakthrough for Moerewa School - Voxy
URL: Shortland delighted at breakthrough for Moerewa School
Voxy
We have set our goals on Maori success in education as being the benchmark of an effective educational system. "It was therefore a great shock to learn that the viability of a school - Moerewa - which is experiencing pass rates in NCEA levels one, ...
Voxy
We have set our goals on Maori success in education as being the benchmark of an effective educational system. "It was therefore a great shock to learn that the viability of a school - Moerewa - which is experiencing pass rates in NCEA levels one, ...
Tolley promises meeting on Moerewa School
URL: Tolley promises meeting on Moerewa School
The Minister of Education has promised to meet Moerewa people, who're up in arms over the axing of a programme that's turned Maori students into achievers.
The Minister of Education has promised to meet Moerewa people, who're up in arms over the axing of a programme that's turned Maori students into achievers.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Teachers, principals dismayed by National's education policy
URL: Teachers, principals dismayed by National's education policy
Primary school teachers and principals are crying foul over the National Party's education policy. They're opposed to National's plan to make schools more accountable for their results.
Primary school teachers and principals are crying foul over the National Party's education policy. They're opposed to National's plan to make schools more accountable for their results.
School principals angry at National's education policy
URL: School principals angry at National's education policy
Primary and intermediate school principals say they're angry and despondent at the National Party's education policy.
Primary and intermediate school principals say they're angry and despondent at the National Party's education policy.
Paula Bennett admits not seeing evidence before cutting Training ...
URL: Paula Bennett admits not seeing evidence before cutting Training ...
A 2001 New Zealand Council for Educational Research Report claims that maternal education is a better indicator of child performance than paternal education, and that the importance of the maternal level of education ...
A 2001 New Zealand Council for Educational Research Report claims that maternal education is a better indicator of child performance than paternal education, and that the importance of the maternal level of education ...
Good golly Ms Tolley | g.blog
URL: Good golly Ms Tolley | g.blog
NZEI is also concerned that National wants to shift the resourcing model to 'incentivise school performance' as it suggests that money will be removed from those schools which are not complying with 'National Standards' or ...
NZEI is also concerned that National wants to shift the resourcing model to 'incentivise school performance' as it suggests that money will be removed from those schools which are not complying with 'National Standards' or ...
Election | National Education Policy To See League... | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Election | National Education Policy To See League... | Stuff.co.nz
Key said the overall National Standards data would be very complex and tough to make in to a league table. "It's not as straight forward as putting together a league table," he said. "What you can do is get good data if you go ...
Key said the overall National Standards data would be very complex and tough to make in to a league table. "It's not as straight forward as putting together a league table," he said. "What you can do is get good data if you go ...
New proposals morph National Standards | Mana | Movement of the ...
URL: New proposals morph National Standards | Mana | Movement of the ...
He says the government has advertised a contract for an IT project leader to develop a framework which aims to standardise teacher evaluation of students against national standards and effectively eliminate a teacher's ...
He says the government has advertised a contract for an IT project leader to develop a framework which aims to standardise teacher evaluation of students against national standards and effectively eliminate a teacher's ...
Education: Standards continue to divide - New Zealand Herald
 Bloomberg | URL: Education: Standards continue to divide New Zealand Herald Photo / Thinkstock National Standards, class sizes and funding issues and addressing cuts made to early childhood education look to be big issues in the education sector this election. National's controversial National Standards have generated much ... |
Secret proposals morph National Standards - Mana - Voxy
New Zealand Herald | URL: Secret proposals morph National Standards - Mana Voxy MANA educations spokesperson John Minto says it seems clear the government has serious plans to morph National Standards into National Testing after the election. He says the government has advertised a contract for an IT project leader to develop a ... |
Nats open door to primary school league tables - Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand Herald | URL: Nats open door to primary school league tables Stuff.co.nz Data about achievement in the NCEA was already published and more "good sharing" of data about a student's progress could make a huge difference to their results, she said. "Maybe we need to do some work making sure the results for all students are ... |
Election 2011: Latest updates Nov 21 - New Zealand Herald
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Election 2011: Latest updates Nov 21 New Zealand Herald #votenz 9:37am: John Minto of the Mana party has said the current government aims to standardise teacher evaluation of students against national standards and effectively eliminate a teacher's professional judgement of their students. ... |
98% of new entrants to have been in ECE - National - Newstalk ZB
URL: 98% of new entrants to have been in ECE - National
Newstalk ZB
Mobile ECE services will be brought back for rural areas and the party has pledged to retain the 20 hours free care for three and four year olds. National standards will continue to be rolled out and a new category of specialist trade teachers ...
Newstalk ZB
Mobile ECE services will be brought back for rural areas and the party has pledged to retain the 20 hours free care for three and four year olds. National standards will continue to be rolled out and a new category of specialist trade teachers ...
"National Standards" obsession drives education policy
URL: "National Standards" obsession drives education policy
National's education policy for schools is one dimensional and is all about tick-the-box compliance driven by the flawed "National Standards", says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
National's education policy for schools is one dimensional and is all about tick-the-box compliance driven by the flawed "National Standards", says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Nats plan personality tests for new teachers - New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald | URL: Nats plan personality tests for new teachers New Zealand Herald Currently, NCEA results of secondary schools are released but other details, such as the number of early school leavers and the qualifications they have, are not. Frances Nelson of the NZEI teacher union said she was concerned about the incentives ... |
Teachers, schools will be put under spotlight: National - Otago Daily Times
New Zealand Herald | URL: Teachers, schools will be put under spotlight: National Otago Daily Times The policy said schools should be accountable to parents and to taxpayers for student achievement, but the current model was not working as well as it should. "Parents invest heavily in their children's education, both in cost and emotionally. ... |
Nat education policy 'unfunded, un-costed and reheated' - Voxy
URL: Nat education policy 'unfunded, un-costed and reheated'
Voxy
"Furthermore the school modernisation projects are likely to be done by private public partnerships, thereby privatising our state assets to spend money privatizing our schools. "Labour's policy is focused on modernising teaching and learning, ...
Voxy
"Furthermore the school modernisation projects are likely to be done by private public partnerships, thereby privatising our state assets to spend money privatizing our schools. "Labour's policy is focused on modernising teaching and learning, ...
Nats' education policy under attack - Stuff.co.nz
 3News NZ | URL: Nats' education policy under attack Stuff.co.nz The controversial National Standards programme in primary and intermediate schools would take its "next step" with schools required to start publishing their results next year. National would not publish its own league tables of school performance .. |
National to build a better education system - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: National to build a better education system
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“We are also working hard to modernise schools. In our first term we've opened 18 new schools and built 400 new school buildings, and we've allocated $1 billion from our Future Investment Fund to build on that progress in the next five years. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“We are also working hard to modernise schools. In our first term we've opened 18 new schools and built 400 new school buildings, and we've allocated $1 billion from our Future Investment Fund to build on that progress in the next five years. ...
National plans to lift education game - TVNZ
New Zealand Herald | URL: National plans to lift education game TVNZ Tolley said the party's policy aims to lift student achievement by improving the performance of the schooling system. "We are determined to increase accountability and give parents better information, from early childhood education through to primary ... |
National will strengthen skills training - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: National will strengthen skills training
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A re-elected National Government will further strengthen the industry training sector so it can do a much better job for employers and trainees, says National's Tertiary Education spokesman Steven Joyce. “National will encourage a complete ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A re-elected National Government will further strengthen the industry training sector so it can do a much better job for employers and trainees, says National's Tertiary Education spokesman Steven Joyce. “National will encourage a complete ...
National's education policy - close down successful Maori programmes - Voxy
Newstalk ZB | URL: National's education policy - close down successful Maori programmes Voxy National's education policy released today left out one important feature --- its apparent commitment to close down any successful Maori programme if the school principal and community criticise National Standards, says Labour's Associate Education ... |
Timaru classroom goes global - Timaru Herald
URL: Timaru classroom goes global
Timaru Herald
Another focus of the conference was the use of technology in classrooms. "I'm really interested in mobile learning – cellphones, iPods. As a geography teacher it's excellent. Students can take photos on their phones when you're outside, ...
Timaru Herald
Another focus of the conference was the use of technology in classrooms. "I'm really interested in mobile learning – cellphones, iPods. As a geography teacher it's excellent. Students can take photos on their phones when you're outside, ...
Moerewa up in arms over closure of school class - Radio New Zealand
Newstalk ZB | URL: Moerewa up in arms over closure of school class Radio New Zealand It says their NCEA pass rates have gone from poor to outstanding. But Education Minister Anne Tolley has directed the school to end a satellite arrangement it has with an Auckland college. Moerewa Community Trust chairman Ngahau Davis says the ... |
National to restrict student loan borrowing - New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald | URL: National to restrict student loan borrowing New Zealand Herald File photo / NZ Herald Students borrowing money to study will face tighter restrictions under National's education policy, announced today. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said National was committed to retaining the interest-free loan scheme ... |
NCEA is working « Red Alert
URL: NCEA is working « Red Alert
Interesting that not ONE blogger has attempted to defend adding another layer of National testing to the already over-strtched education budget. I guess thats because to do so would raise accusations of hypocrisy when ...
Interesting that not ONE blogger has attempted to defend adding another layer of National testing to the already over-strtched education budget. I guess thats because to do so would raise accusations of hypocrisy when ...
Schools told to get wise to cyber-baiting - TVNZ
URL: Schools told to get wise to cyber-baiting
TVNZ
"The thing about a classroom is it is a closed door environment and if there is injustice kids want to capture it and share it and prove 'it's not just me'," he said. "That's one side of it, the other is just to be belligerent. ...
TVNZ
"The thing about a classroom is it is a closed door environment and if there is injustice kids want to capture it and share it and prove 'it's not just me'," he said. "That's one side of it, the other is just to be belligerent. ...
University fee boost feared - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: University fee boost feared Otago Daily Times The university raised its domestic student fees this year by 6.3%, after council members approved a maximum 4% hike in 2010 alongside a further 2.3% increase to cover a GST rise. Otago University Students' Association education officer Katie Reid, ... |
Wellington students launch web-based tool to encourage young NZers to vote - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Wellington students launch web-based tool to encourage young NZers to vote
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A group of Massey University students from Wellington have taken the initiative to launch a non-partisan web based tool to encourage young New Zealander's to vote in this year's Election. As part of a third year Massey University Design & Business ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A group of Massey University students from Wellington have taken the initiative to launch a non-partisan web based tool to encourage young New Zealander's to vote in this year's Election. As part of a third year Massey University Design & Business ...
Kicked out of school at seven - Star Canterbury
URL: Kicked out of school at seven
Star Canterbury
A Christchurch school says it had no choice but to ban a violent autistic 7-year-old pupil to keep staff, and other pupils, safe. The boy has pushed over a staff member, who broke her wrist in the fall, given his teacher aide a black eye, and scratched ...
Star Canterbury
A Christchurch school says it had no choice but to ban a violent autistic 7-year-old pupil to keep staff, and other pupils, safe. The boy has pushed over a staff member, who broke her wrist in the fall, given his teacher aide a black eye, and scratched ...
Communication leader to head College of Business - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Communication leader to head College of Business Massey News (press release) A specialist in management communication, workplace wellbeing and organisational change will head Massey University's College of Business from next year. Professor Theodore (Ted) Zorn is currently head of the Department of Management Communication at ... |
Monday, November 21, 2011
Party Policy Questions and Answers
URL: Party Policy Questions and Answers
As part of our election coverage Radio New Zealand's correspondents and experts drew up questions on a range of subjects and issues, inviting the parties to explain their policies and plans if elected.
As part of our election coverage Radio New Zealand's correspondents and experts drew up questions on a range of subjects and issues, inviting the parties to explain their policies and plans if elected.
Increased ECE focus for Hastings
URL: Increased ECE focus for Hastings
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says that Hastings is to benefit from an ECE funding boost to help increase participation in early childhood education. $91.8 million is being invested in target areas across the country, to make 3500 more ECE places available, particularly for Maori and Pasifika children, and children from low socio-economic communities. “Far too many children are currently missing out on early childhood education, and we are focused on giving them the best possible start to their education before they start primary school,” says Mrs Tolley...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says that Hastings is to benefit from an ECE funding boost to help increase participation in early childhood education. $91.8 million is being invested in target areas across the country, to make 3500 more ECE places available, particularly for Maori and Pasifika children, and children from low socio-economic communities. “Far too many children are currently missing out on early childhood education, and we are focused on giving them the best possible start to their education before they start primary school,” says Mrs Tolley...
Imposing of National Standards criticised - Newstalk ZB
URL: Imposing of National Standards criticised
Newstalk ZB
An education sector union says imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners. NZEI says the Education Ministry has changed its advice and is now ...
Newstalk ZB
An education sector union says imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners. NZEI says the Education Ministry has changed its advice and is now ...
National Standards for ESOL students 'cultural bullying' - Voxy
URL: National Standards for ESOL students 'cultural bullying'
Voxy
Imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. The government has changed its advice and is now ...
Voxy
Imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. The government has changed its advice and is now ...
Northland School 'bewildered' at Minister's decision - Voxy
URL: Northland School 'bewildered' at Minister's decision
Voxy
'The Minister is repeatedly telling schools that we have to find ways to lift the achievement of Maori students in our schools,' said Peter Simpson, President of the New Zealand Principals' Federation. 'That is one point on which the Minister has the ...
Voxy
'The Minister is repeatedly telling schools that we have to find ways to lift the achievement of Maori students in our schools,' said Peter Simpson, President of the New Zealand Principals' Federation. 'That is one point on which the Minister has the ...
School loses right to teach senior pupils - New Zealand Herald
Newstalk ZB | URL: School loses right to teach senior pupils New Zealand Herald Photo / APN A Northland school has been told it can no longer teach senior students - partly as a punishment over its anti-National Standards stance. Moerewa School, which officially teaches from Year 1 to Year 10, has for the past three years provided ... |
Class closure simply spiteful - Davis - Voxy
URL: Class closure simply spiteful - Davis
Voxy
Education Minister Anne Tolley's decision to close down a highly successful programme for Maori students at Moerewa School in Northland is an act of spite because the Principal Keri Milne-Ihimaera is a vocal critic of National Standards, says Labour's ...
Voxy
Education Minister Anne Tolley's decision to close down a highly successful programme for Maori students at Moerewa School in Northland is an act of spite because the Principal Keri Milne-Ihimaera is a vocal critic of National Standards, says Labour's ...
Nek Minnit National – Students' Associations « Red Alert
URL: Nek Minnit National – Students' Associations « Red Alert
Trevor are you able to say how much student money has gone to the NZUSA over the last 20 years, refer to one time that they have bothered to consult students and refer to one thing they have actually acheived. ...
Trevor are you able to say how much student money has gone to the NZUSA over the last 20 years, refer to one time that they have bothered to consult students and refer to one thing they have actually acheived. ...
Labour commits to a digital nation « Red Alert
URL: Labour commits to a digital nation « Red Alert
Establish a Ministry of Communications and IT, based in the Ministry of Economic Development, to bring together all policy involving broadcasting, communications and information technology issues. Establish an independent ... Well done Claire – ICT/Science and innovation have been largely ignored by National, who seem content to nibble around the edges, shuffing deck chairs and taking credit for much of the work already done by Labour… I would however ...
Establish a Ministry of Communications and IT, based in the Ministry of Economic Development, to bring together all policy involving broadcasting, communications and information technology issues. Establish an independent ... Well done Claire – ICT/Science and innovation have been largely ignored by National, who seem content to nibble around the edges, shuffing deck chairs and taking credit for much of the work already done by Labour… I would however ...
Universities:..Why Are They Failing?… - whoar.co.nz : www.whoar ...
URL: Universities:..Why Are They Failing?…
The central evidence that the authors deploy comes from the performance of 2322 students on the Collegiate Learning Assessment -. - a standardized test administered to students in their first semester at university and again ...
The central evidence that the authors deploy comes from the performance of 2322 students on the Collegiate Learning Assessment -. - a standardized test administered to students in their first semester at university and again ...
Bullying keeps girl at home for nine weeks - TVNZ
URL: Bullying keeps girl at home for nine weeks
TVNZ
The 15-year-old student at Hamilton's Fairfield College told the Waikato Times she had been bullied on and off by another girl for more than a year. The paper has chosen not to name the girl for her physical wellbeing. She had received physical threats ...
TVNZ
The 15-year-old student at Hamilton's Fairfield College told the Waikato Times she had been bullied on and off by another girl for more than a year. The paper has chosen not to name the girl for her physical wellbeing. She had received physical threats ...
Key's cliches not the answer to improving education « Red Alert
URL: Key's cliches not the answer to improving education « Red Alert
The number of countries participating has increased with each study. PIRLS2 2005-2006; Literacy assessment of year 5. Education Minister Anne Tolley said that PIRLS 2005-06 showed • no progress in reading achievement ...
The number of countries participating has increased with each study. PIRLS2 2005-2006; Literacy assessment of year 5. Education Minister Anne Tolley said that PIRLS 2005-06 showed • no progress in reading achievement ...
National to unveil education plan today
URL: National to unveil education plan today
John Key will unveil National's education policy today amid claims from students that the education system is under attack from underfunding and privatisation.
John Key will unveil National's education policy today amid claims from students that the education system is under attack from underfunding and privatisation.
Bullied kids should hit back, says US expert
URL: Bullied kids should hit back, says US expert
Bully victims should fight back with their fists - and parents should not be so over-protective, says an overseas expert.And while American human behavioural specialist Dr John Demartini's views have been decried in Australia, a...
Bully victims should fight back with their fists - and parents should not be so over-protective, says an overseas expert.And while American human behavioural specialist Dr John Demartini's views have been decried in Australia, a...
More stressed students may seek relief over exams - Stuff.co.nz
URL: More stressed students may seek relief over exams
Stuff.co.nz
School leavers who had narrowly missed out on achieving level 3 NCEA and University Entrance could apply for a special credit. Some course requirements had also been relaxed. Year 12 Christchurch student Mahali Matehe said he and his friends had talked ...
Stuff.co.nz
School leavers who had narrowly missed out on achieving level 3 NCEA and University Entrance could apply for a special credit. Some course requirements had also been relaxed. Year 12 Christchurch student Mahali Matehe said he and his friends had talked ...
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