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In “Differences Between Community Owned and Privately Owned Early Childhood Education and Care Centres: A Review of Evidence,” Linda Mitchell, senior researcher with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research reviewed both ...
Monday, May 2, 2011
Kura kaupapa say they're exempt from national standards - Radio New Zealand
URL: Kura kaupapa say they're exempt from national standards
Radio New Zealand
The country's kura kaupapa Maori believe they do not have to use the Maori language version of the national standards in reading, writing and maths. The national body for the schools, Te Runanga Nui, is opposed to the national standards, saying there ...
Radio New Zealand
The country's kura kaupapa Maori believe they do not have to use the Maori language version of the national standards in reading, writing and maths. The national body for the schools, Te Runanga Nui, is opposed to the national standards, saying there ...
Kura say they are exempt from national standards
URL: Kura say they are exempt from national standards
The country's kura kaupapa Maori say they are exempt from the Maori language version of the national standards in reading, writing and maths.
The country's kura kaupapa Maori say they are exempt from the Maori language version of the national standards in reading, writing and maths.
Mood lighting helps pupils learn - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Mood lighting helps pupils learn New Zealand Herald The scheme uses changes in lighting to modify students' mood and behaviour. Both light intensity and colour temperature can be altered and, crucially, pupils are allowed to ask for these changes in class. The result, said head teacher Alex Russell, ... |
RNZ NTN: Improving the science of forecasting
URL: RNZ NTN: Improving the science of forecasting
Philip Tetlock, University of Pennsylvania professor, whose ground-breaking 2005 book Expert Political Judgment: How Good is It? How Can We Know? analysed 27,450 predictions from a variety of experts and found they were no more accurate than random guesses.
Philip Tetlock, University of Pennsylvania professor, whose ground-breaking 2005 book Expert Political Judgment: How Good is It? How Can We Know? analysed 27,450 predictions from a variety of experts and found they were no more accurate than random guesses.
Breakfast: Monday May 2 - TVNZ
URL: Breakfast: Monday May 2
TVNZ
Research has found that Year 5 students in New Zealand schools receive, on average, just one hour of science education per week. The inaugural National Primary Science Week aims to change that. Breakfast speaks with its organiser Chris Astall. ...
TVNZ
Research has found that Year 5 students in New Zealand schools receive, on average, just one hour of science education per week. The inaugural National Primary Science Week aims to change that. Breakfast speaks with its organiser Chris Astall. ...
Principals' sabbatical reports recently added
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Principals' sabbatical reports added in April 2011 look at:
Principals' sabbatical reports added in April 2011 look at:
- models of effective leadership enhancing learning, management and governance, monitoring effectiveness in schools. (Leo de Beurs, Pukeoware School)
- effective school governance. (Marty Gameson, Hororata School)
- the key elements of positive relationships between principal and staff in primary schools. (Paul Greenstreet, Coatesville School)
- how to lift student achievement in the second phase of principalship. (Morag Hutchinson, Green Bay High School)
- literature and case studies that discuss and clearly identify barriers to data driven improvement models in schools and how those barriers may be overcome. (Mike Jackson, Albany Junior High School)
- understanding the key competencies at the pre-school to school transition stage. (Janice Taylor, St Bernadette's School, Forbury)
- the potential role students can have in the development of our school as a 'positive learning culture which will produce students who are enthusiastic, contributing members of society.' (Alison Woollard, Carterton School).
Vodafone's short straw - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Vodafone's short straw
Stuff.co.nz
Chorus said that by July next year it would also have laid fibre-optic cable to 500 of the 748 rural schools that it had contracted to provide 100 megabit per second broadband connections. RBI project leader Mark Fullerton said that would mean there ...
Stuff.co.nz
Chorus said that by July next year it would also have laid fibre-optic cable to 500 of the 748 rural schools that it had contracted to provide 100 megabit per second broadband connections. RBI project leader Mark Fullerton said that would mean there ...
Damaged water supply closes Wairoa schools - Radio New Zealand
URL: Damaged water supply closes Wairoa schools
Radio New Zealand
Schools and childcare centres in Wairoa will be shut on Monday because of disruption to the area's water supply. A severe slip broke the main water pipeline early on Saturday morning, exacerbating problems caused by the storm a few days earlier which ...
Radio New Zealand
Schools and childcare centres in Wairoa will be shut on Monday because of disruption to the area's water supply. A severe slip broke the main water pipeline early on Saturday morning, exacerbating problems caused by the storm a few days earlier which ...
Aust teachers to embrace Facebook - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Aust teachers to embrace Facebook New Zealand Herald A Department of Education spokeswoman said the change would help improve communication between schools and their communities. It would also give staff a "greater understanding of technology being used by students". A spokesman for the Minister for ... |
Students paid to pass diplomas
URL: Students paid to pass diplomas
More than 150 international students gained fraudulent qualifications in less than a year from a failed school in Auckland.Almost half were 'ghost' students, who paid for qualifications but never attended classes.An investigation...
More than 150 international students gained fraudulent qualifications in less than a year from a failed school in Auckland.Almost half were 'ghost' students, who paid for qualifications but never attended classes.An investigation...
University of Auckland students rally for staff
URL: University of Auckland students rally for staff
University of Auckland students are helping organise a rally tomorrow aiming to convince the vice-chancellor not to remove key working conditions from the academic collective agreement. Student president Joe McCrory says students are supporting TEU because they want to be taught by the best. “So what is important to lecturers and tutors is also important to students. For us, the university’s ability to retain and attract people is important.”
University of Auckland students are helping organise a rally tomorrow aiming to convince the vice-chancellor not to remove key working conditions from the academic collective agreement. Student president Joe McCrory says students are supporting TEU because they want to be taught by the best. “So what is important to lecturers and tutors is also important to students. For us, the university’s ability to retain and attract people is important.”
'Kiss and drop' gets children to school safely - The Dominion Post
URL: 'Kiss and drop' gets children to school safely
The Dominion Post
A scheme that makes dropping off children at school easier and safer is proving a big hit at Karori Normal School. The "Kiss and Drop" zone keeps traffic moving by using parent volunteers to quickly usher pupils out of the 70 to 100 cars that use the ...
The Dominion Post
A scheme that makes dropping off children at school easier and safer is proving a big hit at Karori Normal School. The "Kiss and Drop" zone keeps traffic moving by using parent volunteers to quickly usher pupils out of the 70 to 100 cars that use the ...
NZ's Only Local Pre-School Television Channel Is Here - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: NZ's Only Local Pre-School Television Channel Is Here
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
TVNZ Kidzone24 features fun and educational content for pre-school children in a safe, trusted and advertising-free environment. TVNZ Kidzone24 airs 24 hours a day on SKY channel 046. The TVNZ Kidzone24 schedule has a strong focus on local programming ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
TVNZ Kidzone24 features fun and educational content for pre-school children in a safe, trusted and advertising-free environment. TVNZ Kidzone24 airs 24 hours a day on SKY channel 046. The TVNZ Kidzone24 schedule has a strong focus on local programming ...
Top school hits out at transfers to competitor - New Zealand Herald
URL: Top school hits out at transfers to competitor
New Zealand Herald
Each year, a number of Diocesan students enrol at Auckland private school King's College. Traditionally an all-boys' school, King's offers up to 140 places for girls in year 12 and 13. A woman whose daughter is at Diocesan contacted the Herald saying ...
New Zealand Herald
Each year, a number of Diocesan students enrol at Auckland private school King's College. Traditionally an all-boys' school, King's offers up to 140 places for girls in year 12 and 13. A woman whose daughter is at Diocesan contacted the Herald saying ...
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