Practice, practising, practicing practise.: *NZCER* PD with Charles Darr

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I found that on the NZCER website I can go into each question (comp, maths etc) and see what percentage of my kids answered correctly/incorrectly. I found this very valuable because it can give me teaching points for the rest of the ...

Michael Young - Routledge author of the month - Institute of ...

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In 2009 he was a keynote speaker at the Annual Conference the European Council for Educational Research in Vienna and at the 75th Anniversary Conference of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in Wellington. ...

Tolley's office charging for information - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
The Education Minister's office is trying to charge Newstalk ZB thousands of dollars to see correspondence relating to national standards. Last year Anne Tolley claimed widespread support for the scheme. A request was made under the Official ...

Peritorial,Perigo! Show #4 - Child Molesters of the Mind - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The unions have been resisting tooth and nail the introduction of national standards of literacy and numeracy. Why allow pupils to attain standards they themselves don't meet? The tools of the Handicappers-General are things like the NCEA with its ...

PPPs Principles And Practice, Auckland Seminar A Success, Wellington ... - Voxy

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Voxy
Facilitated by DrAndrew Edkins, a Senior Lecturer in The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management at University College London (UCL). Andrew is the course Director for MSc Strategic Management of Projects (SMP) which explores the complexity ...

Soaring cost of early childhood education - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Early childhood education costs have leapt 11.7 per cent in a year but the Government says it is not to blame. Inflation figures issued yesterday show overall education costs for the three months to March up 6.6 per cent on the same period last year. ...

Early childhood cost increases biggest on record

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Early childhood education leaders say the government's subsidy cuts are behind the biggest jump in early childhood fees on record.

Soaring cost of early childhood education

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Early childhood education costs have leapt 11.7 per cent in a year but the Government says it is not to blame.

Editorial: Decile funding doesn't make up for wealth - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The league table of school examination results we published yesterday broadly confirms the view within the teaching profession that pupils' family wealth largely determines their educational success. The Ministry of Education gives every school a ...

Teachers seek action on girl cyber bullies - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Teachers seek action on girl cyber bullies New Zealand Herald UK STORY They were also more adept at using modern social media such as Facebook to bully their fellow pupils. The survey of 859 teachers in primary and secondary schools and further education colleges said girls' misbehaviour centred on isolating fellow pupils ...

TEC Board welcomes new Chief Executive

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TEC Board welcomes new Chief Executive 18 April 2011 The Chair of the Board of Commissioners at the TEC, Sir Wira Gardiner has welcomed the appointment of Belinda Clark as the Commission's new Chief Executive.

Student loan changes 'pick on the elderly' - TVNZ

3News NZ

URL: Student loan changes 'pick on the elderly' TVNZ The government is being accused of "picking on the elderly" as it considers changes to the student loan system. Measures in next month's Budget include tightening up the current allowance for over-55s. That will allow them to get a student loan to ...

RNZ NTN: Changes to student loans

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David Do, co-president of the NZ Union of Students' Associations; Stephen Joyce, Tertiary Education Minister.

Tapu Misa: Govt foolish to sniff around school nursing for savings - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Tapu Misa: Govt foolish to sniff around school nursing for savings New Zealand Herald Bennetts was hired under a community-driven initiative to raise achievement levels in what came to be known as the AIMHI schools - one Wellington (Porirua) and eight predominantly brown South Auckland decile 1 high schools. ...

Innovation in education - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Given the acute imperative for increased New Zealand competitiveness and tight national budgets, the strive for more efficiency everywhere, including education, is essential. There are, of course, several counter arguments. ...

Geocaching, treasure hunt for teachers

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New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Professional Conference 2011 Secondary school teachers from across New Zealand will take to the streets of Wellington in a treasure hunt geocaching style.

“Employers want WelTec Graduates”

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Wellington employers say they receive real value from employing WelTec graduates and having students on site for work experience. The latest independent survey of 150 employers for the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) shows 9 out of ...

Business people get a taste of teaching secondary students - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Business people from Zespri, Woods Creative, Catalyst R & D and Locus Research, as well as representatives from the Sustainable Business Network, spent time with local secondary school students outside the classroom last week as part of the 2011 Young ...

Support for kura to move to High Street School site - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Although only 15 people attended a community hui yesterday to discuss moving Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti from Fairfield to the former High Street School premises in Dunedin, their response was a resounding yes. ...

Sherry Hargreaves retires after 30 years at Whangarei Boys' High School - Northern Advocate

Northern Advocate

URL: Sherry Hargreaves retires after 30 years at Whangarei Boys' High School Northern Advocate She is enjoying her first day of retirement today, after running the Learning Support Unit at Whangarei Boys' High School for the past three decades. While leaving friends and breaking long-established routines may be difficult at first, Mrs Hargreaves ...