Editorial: 'Hired gun' in crossfire - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
OPINION: Education Minister Anne Tolley has some justification for her criticism this week of a Waikato University education professor's teaching of national standards to his students. Mrs Tolley hit out at Professor Martin Thrupp who is a critic of ...

Attracting and retaining high quality teachers

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Attracting and retaining high quality teachers - a vision for the taching profession...

The Minister of Education has released a discussion document after receiving an independent report on how to attract, train and retain high quality teachers.

Minister backs building of public-private schools - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The semi privatisation of schools will mean more focus on teaching, according to the Education Minister. Anne Tolley told TV ONE's Breakfast that the number one qualm with principals is that too much of their time is spent dealing with building issues. ...

Public-private partnership schools to open in Auckland - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Public-private partnership schools to open in Auckland Stuff.co.nz ... the secondary school in 2014. Prime Minister John Key has also suggested courts could be built under PPPs. The Government wants to save money on its capital spend, to free up cash for services. Education Minister Anne Tolley said the PPP schools ...

RNZ NTN: Parenting: why do kids bully?

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Doctor Ian Lambi talks about what lies beneath bullying.

Principals say safety at Northland schools still okay - Northern Advocate

Northern Advocate

URL: Principals say safety at Northland schools still okay Northern Advocate Northland school leaders have ruled out employing security guards in reaction to recent cases of violence involving intruders who entered school grounds to intimidate students. In the past two months, three Northland schools have had intruders come on ...

Bullied boy's father calls for state to take action

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A school boy was threatened with a screwdriver, pushed to the ground, had his shirt ripped, and had his cellphone taken from him, the boy's father says.

Principals' conference: research backs classroom technology - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New research confirms that primary school principals have the opportunity to remove barriers to learning by adopting technology designed specifically for the classroom that makes it easier to hear and teach. Oticon New Zealand's FrontRow Active ...

New Research Backs Classroom Technology

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New research confirms that the country’s primary school principals have the opportunity to remove barriers to learning by adopting technology designed specifically for the classroom that makes it easier to hear and teach.

'eco bling' not fooling the planet - Stuff.co.nz

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Professors Robert and Brenda Vale, of Victoria University's School of Architecture, are researching environmental impacts using The Ecological Footprint, a technique which measures the area of productive land and water a population needs to maintain ...

TEU Tertiary Update - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
They are vulnerable to violence on the way to school and in and around schools, early pregnancy, early marriage, poor health, HIV infection and gendered discrimination in the wider community and at schools. Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce is ...

`No-confidence' principal resigns - Stuff.co.nz

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''Curriculum knowledge is Mrs Small's strength and over her time at Fairfield College she has endeavoured to support staff to raise student engagement and achievement across the school,'' he said. ''I've worked with her closely for two years to get a ...

Meet to eat better - The Aucklander

The Aucklander

URL: Meet to eat better The Aucklander Streams of students pass from the conference room to the cafe. In differing school uniforms, but all hanging out together, the teens represent 12 of South Auckland's high schools and are talking about their morning's activities. ... Across Auckland student health councils

Over half miss NCEA at 4 schools - Independent Community Newspaper

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Independent Community Newspaper
More than half of all students in their final year at four South Canterbury high schools in 2010 left without achieving NCEA level 3, latest figures show. Principals said the majority of those students never intended taking part in the first place, ...