Four new schools, over 400 school buildings through stimulus package

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says school property has received a massive boost as a result of the Government’s economic stimulus programme. “Four new schools opened at the start of this year, while 400 new school buildings have resulted from the fast-tracking of publicly-funded projects,” says Mrs Tolley. “Overall, there have been 18 new schools and rebuilds since 2009.” “Schools throughout the country have benefited from the stimulus programme, which has created an additional 2000 jobs,” says Mrs Tolley...

MR 2011/106 - Government Confidence in National Standards Falters

URL: MR 2011/106 - Government Confidence in National Standards Falters
The Prime Minister’s admission that there are problems with National Standards is a significant victory for the thousands of parents, teachers, principals and academics who have expressed deep concerns, says the education sector union ...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » Will National withdraw National Standards ...

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There'll be frustration in National's Botany campaign today after prime minister John Key admitted that national Standards are facing problems, Labour's Botany candidate Michael Wood says. “John Key made it clear today that he no longer ...

Hundreds of schools stalling on standards - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Nearly 500 schools have failed to lodge National Standards-related documents as required, prompting warnings from the minister they risk jeopardising resources that could directly affect children's learning. ...

Leaders go back to school - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Leaders go back to school Auckland stuff.co.nz Mr Key took his counterpart to the school from which he launched the controversial national standards to show her the huge progress the Glendowie school has made. The pair was welcomed with a powhiri and a performance by the choir and ukulele band ...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » Frustration and disappointment leads to ...

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa has withdrawn from the government's National Standards Sector Advisory Group out of frustration and disappointment with the group's failure to address the real problems with National Standards ..."

PPTA lashes out at Govt NCEA changes - 3News NZ

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URL: PPTA lashes out at Govt NCEA changes 3News NZ The PPTA released a survey today on the impact changes to NCEA - which, among other things, require schools to rewrite standards and assessment activities and produce new resource for their students - were having on teachers. PPTA president Robin Duff ...

NCEA survey reveals broken promises - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
An NCEA survey released by PPTA today exposes the government's failure to support secondary schools during a period of massive change. Schools from Southland to Upper Northland are struggling under the increasing workload around NCEA created by ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 4

URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 4
Aoraki staff suffering back-to-school blues Spare a thought for tutors and students at Aoraki Polytechnic where low morale and stress from restructuring means a number of staff have resigned, or are on sick leave, just as the teaching year begins. TEU ...

Principal hopes badly beaten student will return - Radio New Zealand

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URL: Principal hopes badly beaten student will return Radio New Zealand Morrinsville College principal John Inger says the Year Nine pupil was set upon by a group of classmates in a toilet on Tuesday. The girl was punched and kicked in the head and had a door slammed on her. She is still absent from school suffering from ...

NZEI pulls out of advisory group - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
The NZ Educational Institute has pulled out of the Government's National Standards Sector Advisory Group. The group was set up by the Government last year and was supposed to identify issues and give feedback to the Education Minister. ...

Academics turn down 4% pay, want better education instead

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Protecting the quality of teaching and research may cost academic staff at the University of Auckland a pay rise but they’re prepared to make this trade-off and use industrial action to achieve it. At meetings across every campus at the University of Auckland, ...

Boarding schools eyeing sleepover decision - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Columba College boarding director Richelle Manson had also followed the case. If workers had to be paid by the hour the hostel would probably make the shift active, as it had been in the past. Plenty of chores could be done at night, ...

Educators urged to to get serious about technology - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Next week he is also keynoting and giving multiple presentations at the *Learning@School *Conference in Rotorua, the education technology conference for New Zealand educators. Dr McLeod is an Associate Professor in the Educational Administration ...

Bashing bully girls back at school - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
A week later those four girls are back at Morrinsville College - but their victim is not. She has spent a week in and out of in hospital and is now under 24-hour care at home, with the prospect of never recovering fully from the attack. ...

On-job training winning formula for Living Earth - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A commitment to on-job training has proved to be a winning formula for Living Earth, Christchurch's state of the art composting facility, with the first ever presentation of the National Certificate in Composting. Sue Winter, who manages the composting ...

Editorial: Woodford House still a class act - Hawke's Bay Today

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URL: Editorial: Woodford House still a class act Hawke's Bay Today ... schools in Hawke's Bay has rubbed off around the region to the point where many of our state schools are also consistent providers of quality education. Today is our chance to acknowledge the educational and societal impact Woodford House School ...

Waiopehu principal humbled by pupils' support - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Waiopehu principal humbled by pupils' support Stuff.co.nz RIGHT BEHIND YOU: Pupils at Waiopehu College, Levin, perform a haka in support of principal Barry Petherick after allegations of bullying at the school. SHOW OF SUPPORT: Principal Barry Petherick and pupil Joel Bennett, 14. Pupils from the school at ...