MR 2011/102 - Schools Turn To Charity While Millions Thrown Into National Standards

URL: MR 2011/102 - Schools Turn To Charity While Millions Thrown Into National Standards: "The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is alarmed that more and more schools are turning to charity to help provide the basics for their students, when the government continues to throw millions of dollars into National Standards.

Phil Goff - Source: ONE News - TVNZ

URL: Phil Goff - Source: ONE News
TVNZ
Hughes is promising a new kind of national standards. "We haven't been in favour of National's particular brand of standards because to me it seems it's ...

Researcher criticises rote learn approach in NCEA science - The Dominion Post

URL: Researcher criticises rote learn approach in NCEA science
The Dominion Post
She says teachers are using an NCEA template provided for assessment purposes. "It's more about learning the steps to follow than knowing why they are ...

Opinion: What are they teaching the kids? - Computerworld New Zealand

Computerworld New Zealand

URL: Opinion: What are they teaching the kids? Computerworld New Zealand I went onto the NZQA website to find out what the criteria was to pass NCEA level one standards in IT-related topics. Level one has replaced School ...

More schools expect students to have laptops - New Zealand Herald

Voxy	URL: More schools expect students to have laptops New Zealand Herald More schools are expecting students to have laptops and United Future leader Peter Dunne says the Education Ministry should help. A state college ...

Most pupils' grade pleas get the nod - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
School information can be used to estimate grades where a pupil's performance has been disadvantaged through illness, misadventure or other circumstances. ...

UoA academics turn down money for the bag

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Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 2
Academic members of the union at the University of Auckland will be meeting next week to consider industrial action after the university failed to respond to their concerns over their employment negotiations last week.