National Standards confusion continues on first day back - TVNZ

Voxy	URL: National Standards confusion continues on first day back TVNZ However one year in, there are still some concerns over the controversial National Standards. The Education Ministry is expecting nearly 59000 year one ...

Schools Will Fail First National Standards Challenge - Voxy

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For the first time the charters were supposed to include predictions about how many children will achieve or fall below the government's National Standards. ...

National Standards timeframes 'unrealistic' - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
The New Zealand Educational Institute says time frames given to schools surrounding National Standards are unrealistic. It might be a new school year, ...

National Standards timeframes 'unrealistic' - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
The Ministry of Education is keen for primary schools to set their targets for National Standards by today. But the New Zealand Educational Institute, ...

Teachers' pay dispute disrupts school camps - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Teachers' pay dispute disrupts school camps 3News NZ One such camp affected is for Wellington's Newlands College pupils who are instead being bussed to and from their camp each day. Newland's College students ...

Quality of tertiary education at risk - report - TVNZ

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TVNZ
"If we are to avoid major problems in filling teaching and research positions in universities, and ensuring New Zealand maintains its world-class university ...

Revolutionising The Teaching Of Te Reo - Voxy

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In response to limited relief teacher numbers in schools and a dearth of language specialists, a model using video podcasts, online support and in-school ..

Labour pledges more funding for early education - Newstalk ZB

Voxy	URL: Labour pledges more funding for early education Newstalk ZB Early childhood education fees for many are set to rise tomorrow, leading to accusations that the Government is ripping the guts out of the system. ...

Tolley: Early Childhood Education Funding At Record $1.4 Billion - Voxy

Voxy	URL: Tolley: Early Childhood Education Funding At Record $1.4 Billion Voxy "This compares to an average of $5528 for a primary school student, and $6733 for a student at secondary school. "The average taxpayer-subsidised payment to ...

Labour pledges to undo funding cuts - New Zealand Herald

Voxy	URL: Labour pledges to undo funding cuts New Zealand Herald Mr Goff will appear at a Manurewa kindergarten today to help launch a petition against funding cuts to early childhood education centres which he claimed ...

Union Launches Petition Against Early Childhood Education Cuts - Voxy

Otago Daily Times

URL: Union Launches Petition Against Early Childhood Education Cuts Voxy "We're seeing families having to make some tough decisions as to whether they can afford to keep their children involved in early childhood education. ...

Funding Cuts Take Effect - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Why then, do we have 100% qualified and registered teachers in schools? The Minister of Education's advisory group set up to consider future policy settings ...

Education Plan Delivering For Pasifika Students - Voxy

Voxy	URL: Education Plan Delivering For Pasifika Students Voxy Karen Sewell, Secretary for Education, has welcomed a new report which shows that since 2008, Pasifika students have demonstrated progress against most of ...

Six School Leavers Awarded Solid Energy Tertiary Scholarships - Voxy

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Six students - three from Southland, two from Waikato and one from the West Coast - have been awarded Solid Energy tertiary scholarships to assist with the ...

School pupils launch play project - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: School pupils launch play project Otago Daily Times Innovators (from left) Scott Godsall (Waitaki Boys' High School), Ryan Algar (St Kevin's College), project co-ordinator ...

Universities face staff shortages - National Business Review

3News NZ

URL: Universities face staff shortages National Business Review Universities will soon be facing a staff shortage, while student numbers continue to rise. A study commissioned by Universities New Zealand says only an ...

Schools flooded with new pupils - Stuff.co.nz

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Wakatipu High School principal Lyn Cooper said that was expected to reduce her roll by at least 250 students, but the steady stream of newcomers meant the ...

Wellington parents hit with fee rise - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Wellington parents hit with fee rise Stuff.co.nz What do you think about the Government refusing to rule out further cuts to early childhood education? I don't care, I don't have kids. ...