URL: Vast majority of Christchurch schools open this week
Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says 143 Christchurch schools, 88 per cent of the total number, will have re-opened by the end of this week. It is also expected that 234 early childhood education services, or 69 per cent, will be open. “Schools and ECE services have worked incredibly hard to re-open,” says Mrs Tolley. “This is great news for Christchurch parents, students and young children who want some kind of certainty and normality...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Christchurch tertiary institutions reopening progressively
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Steven Joyce | Earthquake Recovery
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, is asking students and trainees enrolled with tertiary education institutions in Christchurch to keep in touch with their providers to ensure they are abreast of reopening plans. He says the city’s larger publicly funded institutions, which have all been closed since the February 22 earthquake, will all start to open their doors again to students next week. Lincoln, which sustained little significant damage from the February earthquake, is planning to reopen to all students for semester one on Monday (14 March)...
Steven Joyce | Earthquake Recovery
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, is asking students and trainees enrolled with tertiary education institutions in Christchurch to keep in touch with their providers to ensure they are abreast of reopening plans. He says the city’s larger publicly funded institutions, which have all been closed since the February 22 earthquake, will all start to open their doors again to students next week. Lincoln, which sustained little significant damage from the February earthquake, is planning to reopen to all students for semester one on Monday (14 March)...
Making use of women’s skills is key to New Zealand’s future
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Hekia Parata | Women's Affairs
The Government is urging women to put themselves forward for business leadership roles, says the Minister of Women’s Affairs Hekia Parata. In a speech to “HER Business Network” in Wellington today, the Minister said New Zealand has to make better use of women’s skills and experience if it is going to significantly lift productivity. “Tapping more effectively into women’s potential is one of the keys to New Zealand’s future growth and prosperity...
Hekia Parata | Women's Affairs
The Government is urging women to put themselves forward for business leadership roles, says the Minister of Women’s Affairs Hekia Parata. In a speech to “HER Business Network” in Wellington today, the Minister said New Zealand has to make better use of women’s skills and experience if it is going to significantly lift productivity. “Tapping more effectively into women’s potential is one of the keys to New Zealand’s future growth and prosperity...
Teacher union funds research into National Standards | Otago Daily ...
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A teacher union is funding independent research into the impact of the new National Standards in schools.
A teacher union is funding independent research into the impact of the new National Standards in schools.
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“Given the absence of a trial of National Standards and the deep concerns the profession and school communities have, NZEI has decided to fund this research in a bid to get robust evidence about the impact of National Standards on ...
“Given the absence of a trial of National Standards and the deep concerns the profession and school communities have, NZEI has decided to fund this research in a bid to get robust evidence about the impact of National Standards on ...
Research into the Impact of National Standards in Schools : The ...
URL: Research into the Impact of National Standards in Schools : The ...
The impact of the governmentâ ™s controversial National Standards in schools is to be studied as part of a three year project involving some of the worldâ ™s leading educational researchers. The ...
The impact of the governmentâ ™s controversial National Standards in schools is to be studied as part of a three year project involving some of the worldâ ™s leading educational researchers. The ...
NZEI begins independent assessment of National Standards - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: NZEI begins independent assessment of National Standards 3News NZ A teacher union is funding independent research into the impact of the new National Standards in schools. The Government introduced the standards - benchmarks in reading, writing and maths - this year against strong opposition from the unions. ... |
Detailed Research into the Impact of National Standards in Schools
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The impact of the government’s controversial National Standards in schools is to be studied as part of a three year project involving some of the world’s leading educational researchers.
The impact of the government’s controversial National Standards in schools is to be studied as part of a three year project involving some of the world’s leading educational researchers.
Early childhood groups worried by government attitude
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Early childhood leaders are unhappy with the way the government is making policy and funding changes.
Early childhood leaders are unhappy with the way the government is making policy and funding changes.
Busting at the seams: Triple childcare trouble
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Early Childhood centres will be allowed to triple the number of children they are licensed to care for - from 50 to 150.The controversial change has sparked fears of 'child farms' from care workers.The NZ Educational Institute...
Early Childhood centres will be allowed to triple the number of children they are licensed to care for - from 50 to 150.The controversial change has sparked fears of 'child farms' from care workers.The NZ Educational Institute...
Parents need flexibility, commissioner says
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Parents need more choice in childcare, including greater flexibility in the hours they pay to put their babies there, says Government advice.The Herald on Sunday understands that Children's Commissioner John Angus will release...
Parents need more choice in childcare, including greater flexibility in the hours they pay to put their babies there, says Government advice.The Herald on Sunday understands that Children's Commissioner John Angus will release...
Thousands expected to return to Christchurch - Otago Daily Times
 The West Australian | URL: Thousands expected to return to Christchurch Otago Daily Times The fact that 110 schools would re-open tomorrow morning and, by the end of the week, 143 schools - or 88 percent of all schools - was a major reason Civil Defence expected the influx of returning residents, Mr Hamilton said. ... |
Increasing school costs hurt families - Waikato Times
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Waikato Times
She believed the onus should be on the Government to ensure children got a good education rather than parents having to fork out donations for state schooling. "I'd like to see the schools funded directly by the Government so they don't have to seek ...
Waikato Times
She believed the onus should be on the Government to ensure children got a good education rather than parents having to fork out donations for state schooling. "I'd like to see the schools funded directly by the Government so they don't have to seek ...
Books fuel drive to learn study
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The number of books a child grows up with in their home is related to how many years of education they will complete, researchers have found.A study published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility looked...
The number of books a child grows up with in their home is related to how many years of education they will complete, researchers have found.A study published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility looked...
School Children Nationwide To Benefit From Aquatic Education
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School children throughout New Zealand will be safer in the water following the establishment of the Aquatic Education New Zealand Trust. Former Waitakere Mayor, current chairman of Waterfront Auckland and keen swimmer and surf life-saver, Bob Harvey is delighted ...
School children throughout New Zealand will be safer in the water following the establishment of the Aquatic Education New Zealand Trust. Former Waitakere Mayor, current chairman of Waterfront Auckland and keen swimmer and surf life-saver, Bob Harvey is delighted ...
Excluded boy slips through the cracks - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
A 13-year-old excluded from school for anger-related incidents in the wake of his father's death is still waiting to return to the classroom a year later. Shay McIsaac was stood down from Auckland's Edgewater College in February last ...
New Zealand Herald
A 13-year-old excluded from school for anger-related incidents in the wake of his father's death is still waiting to return to the classroom a year later. Shay McIsaac was stood down from Auckland's Edgewater College in February last ...
New rooms celebrations - Wanganui Chronicle
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Wanganui Chronicle
It was a historic day of celebration at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tupoho yesterday, with the opening of its new wharekura classrooms. The two new classrooms, hall, art room, food technology room and netball court cost $2 million and were built by W&W ...
Wanganui Chronicle
It was a historic day of celebration at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tupoho yesterday, with the opening of its new wharekura classrooms. The two new classrooms, hall, art room, food technology room and netball court cost $2 million and were built by W&W ...
Christchurch schools set up 'hubs' - Stuff.co.nz
 Voxy | URL: Christchurch schools set up 'hubs' Stuff.co.nz Learning "hubs" are being set up at nine Christchurch schools to cater for quake-disrupted pupils. Education Minister Anne Tolley said the hubs would operate in halls at Sockburn, Addington, Somerfield, Waltham, Paparoa Street, Windsor, St Albans, ... |
Fairfield roll takes a hit - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Fairfield roll takes a hit
Stuff.co.nz
Fairfield College's commissioner says he's "very satisfied" with the school's position despite having a hundred fewer students on the roll this year than last. Dennis Finn said the 1080 students enrolled at the Hamilton school this year was above the ...
Stuff.co.nz
Fairfield College's commissioner says he's "very satisfied" with the school's position despite having a hundred fewer students on the roll this year than last. Dennis Finn said the 1080 students enrolled at the Hamilton school this year was above the ...
143 Christchurch schools re-open - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: 143 Christchurch schools re-open Stuff.co.nz CLASS IS IN: Nearly 90 per cent of Christchurch schools should be open by the end of the week. Education Minister Anne Tolley says a total of 143 Christchurch schools will have re-open by the end of this week - with almost all running by next week. ... |
tertiary institutions to reopen - Stuff.co.nz
 3News NZ | URL: tertiary institutions to reopen Stuff.co.nz Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said about 300 students had applied for a student exchange programmes between the University of Canterbury and five New Zealand universities, while more than 160 first-year students from the university had begun ... |
New arrangements for enrolments in Canterbury
URL: New arrangements for enrolments in Canterbury
To support state and state-integrated schools to manage their rolls as they reopen, the Ministry has introduced new enrolment arrangements for Canterbury schools...
To support state and state-integrated schools to manage their rolls as they reopen, the Ministry has introduced new enrolment arrangements for Canterbury schools...
Rural school
URL: Rural school
Ten students (in years 11 to 13) from Aparima College, a small school of 190 students in Riverton, Invercargill, are exploring carpentry, mechanical engineering, automotive, agriculture, hospitality, electrical and broadcasting...
Case study, Aparima College Youth Apprenticeships...
Ten students (in years 11 to 13) from Aparima College, a small school of 190 students in Riverton, Invercargill, are exploring carpentry, mechanical engineering, automotive, agriculture, hospitality, electrical and broadcasting...
Case study, Aparima College Youth Apprenticeships...
UC progressive re-start begins Monday 14 March
URL: UC progressive re-start begins Monday 14 March
The University of Canterbury will begin delivering lectures on-site, off-site and online for more than 250 individual courses from next Monday (subs 14 March) as it commences its progressive re-start of academic delivery for the 2011 year following ...
The University of Canterbury will begin delivering lectures on-site, off-site and online for more than 250 individual courses from next Monday (subs 14 March) as it commences its progressive re-start of academic delivery for the 2011 year following ...
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