Thursday, June 9, 2011

Questions And Answers June 8 - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Questions And Answers June 8
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Jacinda Ardern: Which of the three initiatives he listed yesterday as contributing to the creation of 170000 jobs will have the biggest impact: interest rates, national standards in primary schools, or early childhood education? ...

How close are Labour and the NZEI? —

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The NZEI have gone to war with Education Minister Anne Tolley over National Standards. Sue Moroney was in the thick of it, even turning up to help Michael Wood during the Botany by-election helping the ECE teachers ...

Otumoetai College stands down cyber bully - The Bay of Plenty Times



The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Otumoetai College stands down cyber bully
The Bay of Plenty Times
The bully who created a Facebook page to mock another Otumoetai College student has been stood down from school and others who joined in must carry out work around the school grounds as punishment. Principal Dave Randell spent most of yesterday ...

This year is make or break for school night classes

URL: This year is make or break for school night classes
People who run school night classes say this year will be make or break for those programmes that survived the government's funding cuts.

More schools expected to drop night classes - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The association for school night classes expects more schools will drop their adult education pogrammes at the end of this year. School night classes are in their second year of reduced funding after 80% of their subsidies were removed last year. ...

Locals vs school in Auckland suburb - TVNZ



Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: Locals vs school in Auckland suburb
TVNZ
"At least put a halt on construction until they've done a risk assessment with the other local schools - it's amazing they haven't done a risk assessment yet," said resident Andrea Spong. More than 600 signatures add weight to halt construction. ...

Students Reveal Creative Concepts for Christchurch Tomorrow - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Students Reveal Creative Concepts for Christchurch Tomorrow
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Design and Arts College of New Zealand's (D&A) third year Architectural Design and Technology students are currently in full swing setting up their final exhibition Revitalise which opens tomorrow night at 5.30pm. D&A would like to extend an invitation ...

Council backdown on school recycling - The Dominion Post

URL: Council backdown on school recycling
The Dominion Post
Wellington City Council will start recycling in schools and early childcare centres, but only at 15 to start with. When the council introduced its new fortnightly recycling system last month, schools, churches, and early childhood centres, ...

Visa change forces kids out of school - New Zealand Herald

URL: Visa change forces kids out of school
New Zealand Herald
Mika Sugawara says she was shocked when told it would cost $2000 a month to keep Haruki, 12 (left), and Ayane, 9, in school. Photo / Natalie Slade A Japanese mother granted a visa extension after the March tsunami destroyed her home city ...