Editorial: Public service honoured in all its forms - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Editorial: Public service honoured in all its forms New Zealand Herald Education professor John Hattie, who helped to inspire the Government's national standards for primary schools, has been made a member of the NZ Order of Merit despite his subsequent criticism of the policy. Popular music brings an award for Paul Ellis ...

National Standards and the Gifted Child from a Parent's ...

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Posted in Gifted Awareness Week, Gifted children, Uncategorized tagged #NZGAW, blog tour, gifted, Gifted Awareness Week, National Standards, parenting, questioning current practice at 6:56 pm by waikatogifted ...

Government can’t ignore its own advice on early childhood investment

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The government can no longer argue against more investment in early childhood education when the Prime Minister's own advisor says it is critical to how children develop later in life, according to the education sector union NZEI TE Riu Roa.

Principals' sabbatical reports recently added

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Principals' sabbatical reports added in May 2011 look at:

• whether the application of restorative justice principles in primary schools is an effective way to help children manage their own behaviour (Sue Heath, Hawea Flat School).

• the effects of learning a musical instrument on the academic achievement of students, particularly Pasifika and Māori students (Bruce Henley, Catholic Cathedral College).

• the implementation of Key Competencies into primary school programmes and the reporting of progress/achievement of children in the Key Competencies (Paul Kingston, Papanui School).
  

• how other similar schools use their city environment to enhance learning (Bill Turley, Sacred Heart School, Thorndon).

Budget bad on part-time students - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The latest Budget will have an unfair impact on part-time students, a university student association says. "Changes announced in the Budget mean that part-time students become second-class students," Massey Extramural Students Society president Ralph ...

Law to make student loan defaulters pay instantly - TVNZ

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TVNZ
A new law that could demand immediate repayment of a student loan may be in place before the election. The Student Loan Scheme Bill, which Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says is designed to target the worst loan defaulters, would grant the Inland Revenue ...

training fear after pilot loan cap - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The aviation industry is "bewildered" by the Government's decision to slash student-loan entitlements for pilots. Last month's Budget capped tuition fees at $45000 and student pilots would no longer be able to use the student loan scheme to borrow for ...

Ministry meeting held for college - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Ministry meeting held for college Auckland stuff.co.nz A public meeting on Wednesday will give concerned parents a chance to question the Ministry of Education about Thurston Place College. The special needs school in Bucklands Beach is due to open next door to Pigeon Mountain Primary in 2012. ...

Schools set up for the Google generation - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools set up for the Google generation Stuff.co.nz The state school's 750 students hook into a wireless network with their own laptop or mobile phone, or through desktop computers peppered around the classrooms. "The mobile phone is already the most important computer in a teenager's life," Osborne ...

Students learn to build and boss robots - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
Monrad Intermediate School students are learning how to build and programme robots as part of their Information and Communication Technology (ICT) class. The robots, produced by Lego Mindstorms, cost about $700 each. The school's year 8 students are ...

Computer instinct - Stuff.co.nz

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"ICT (Information and Communications Technology) will be totally embedded in schools but you will not notice it. I think we do very, very well but there are pockets of excellence and we have to make sure everyone has that same opportunity. ...

Student enjoys sharing her culture with others - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

URL: Student enjoys sharing her culture with others The Daily Post The 16-year-old Rotorua Girls' High School student and Pacific Islands cultural performer was among students and families who celebrated Samoan Language Week at the weekend. Virginia was born in Rotorua but her family are from Tonga and she said she ...

Students sort world's problems - Nelson Mail

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Nelson Mail
A group of Nelson College's brightest students are on their way to America to test their skills at solving some of the world's biggest problems. The students are going up against 2000 students from around the world in the annual Future Problem Solvers ...