Appointments made to CRI boards

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Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp has announced new appointments and reappointments to the boards of Crown research institutes, effective today. “New Zealand needs more from its science and innovation system. Through last year’s CRI Taskforce recommendations we gave the Crown research institutes a new sense of drive and purpose. “They are now much more aligned with their sectors, ensuring that their work is fully utilised for New Zealand’s wider benefit...

Primary schools snub national standards

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About 200 primary schools across the country - nearly ten per cent - have thumbed their noses at the Education Ministry by handing in their school charters without controversial national standards targets.

Year 9 and 10 national standards no go

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PPTA president Robin Duff welcomed a renewed commitment from the minister of education that national standards will not be extended to secondary schools.

Hundreds of schools bullied into nominal compliance on National Standards

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says there are hundreds of schools which have no confidence in National Standards but have been bullied into nominal compliance.

Hundreds of schools defy government over national standards

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Three hundred and fifty schools are expected to defy the government today by leaving out mandatory national standards targets from school charters and official documents.

Hawke's Bay schools hand in charters - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Charters are the annual reports compiled by schools to outline student achievement. Local schools opposed to the directive, including those affiliated with the Boards Taking Action Coalition - a nationwide body rejecting the standards - have refused to ...

Childcare licence rules relaxed - TVNZ

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TVNZ
Meanwhile, Labour says action today by school boards is a result of growing parental dissatisfaction with the implementation of National Standards. The 350 boards are delivering non-compliant charters to Ministry of Education offices around New Zealand ...

Maori strategy sidelined by standards - Waatea News

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Waatea News
Federation president Peter Simpson says that's because the ministry's focus is implementing national standards. “Here's a key resource that shows when implemented properly and understood by schools it does make a huge difference for Maori students ...

Year 9 and 10 national standards no go - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
PPTA president Robin Duff welcomed a renewed commitment from the minister of education that national standards will not be extended to secondary schools. She had already given this assurance to PPTA in May last year but since then the national ...

Primary schools snub national standards - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
About 200 primary schools across the country - nearly ten per cent - have thumbed their noses at the Education Ministry by handing in their school charters without controversial national standards targets. Many of the charters, which outline a school's ...

Schools breaking law over charters - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
At least 140 primary schools have broken the law by not including national standards targets in their charters – but several others have buckled after being threatened with losing their funding. Yesterday was the last day for schools to hand in their ...

Call for research into national standards attitudes - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
An official advisory group wants the Government to gauge the depth of opposition to some aspects of its national standards in reading, writing and maths. The National Standards Sector Advisory Group has recommended research to assess support for the ...

Tolley expects hold-out schools to come into line - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Education Minister Anne Tolley says she expects school boards that oppose the national standards in reading, writing and maths to change their minds. A group of several hundred schools has refused to include targets based on the national standards in ...

School boards face action on charters - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
The head of the New Zealand School Trustees Association has accused primary school principals of putting pressure on boards of trustees to boycott National Standards. The accusation came as a handful of Waikato principals effectively thumbed their ...

Wellington schools challenge national standards - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
About 45 primary schools from around the Wellington region have today thumbed their noses at the education ministry, by refusing to submit information about controversial national standards. Schools are required to hand in an annual charter which ...

Schools protest national standards - Stuff.co.nz

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More than 100 defiant schools today submitted school charters without the required references to the new national standards. The primary teachers union NZEI said about 350 schools around the country were involved in the protest against the ...

A warning for New Zealand from Aussie about National Testing/Standards

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The United Kingdom calls it 'National Testing'; New Zealand 'National Standards'; the U.S.A. calls it 'No Child Left Behind' [NCLB] named after its emotional political launch ; Australia calls it 'National Program Literacy And Numeracy' ...

Mike's Blog: We are paying you to sort it out not moan about it

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Are we (primary school principals and teachers) ensuring that national standards are not eroding our internationally recognised excellent education system? Are we defending the legacy left for us by Beeby, Ashton-Warner, and Dame Marie ...

Educating the Dragon: This week's hot topic: National Standards

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With school charters and national standards information due tomorrow there is much concern over the issue. The vast majority of schools will be delivering results to the Ministry. There are however, a few hundred schools from around the ...

Call for research into national standards attitudes | News Junkie

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An official advisory group wants the Government to gauge the depth of opposition to some aspects of its national standards in reading, writing and maths.

Rebel schools « The Standard

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I am in full support of Fabregas – if experts say that National Standards are flawed, likewise if international evidence suggests the same, I would expect professionals such as teachers to listen to the evidence and act ...

leading and learning: National's standardisation agenda..

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\This morning I listened to a National Radio programme on the National Standards. One one side Mary Chamberlain ( who I thought has left her curriculum role at the Ministry?), Gary Hawke from Nationals Advisory Committee, ...

Guest Post by Allan Alach on the 'bigger picture' behind standards!

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Regular readers of this blog will know that Bruce has been very passionate and articulate in attacking national standards. This week's guest blog from Phil Cullen in Australia expressed very similar concerns about the situation in ...

Te reo: A taonga with a future or a kete-case? - The Dominion Post

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URL: Te reo: A taonga with a future or a kete-case? The Dominion Post The tribunal states it is up to the Maori Language Commission and Education Ministry to set targets for the training of Maori- medium teachers on a five-year rolling basis and says the te reo movement choked in the 1990s because of the failure to train ...

Schools bid for trades funding - Nelson Mail

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Nelson Mail
Nelson education providers are crossing their fingers and hoping a collaborative approach will see them win funding from the Ministry of Education to create a trades academy for the region. The region's high schools – with the exception of Nelson ...

Students to become published authors

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"More than 150 Auckland and Northland students aged between five and 12 years old are set to become published authors as winners in the Barfoot & Thompson Young Authors Challenge."

University of Waikato selected for Transfer Voucher Prog"

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"The University of Waikato has been selected by the Ministry of Science and Innovation to be an accredited partner in the government’s Technology Transfer Voucher programme."

Teen's anti-bullying crusade

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Tori McAuley is not a normal teenager.

Tertiary training standards high, seminar told - Wanganui Chronicle

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URL: Tertiary training standards high, seminar told Wanganui Chronicle GREAT RESULTS: Whanganui Land Base Training's academic manager Frances Barrie (left) and general manager Rob Gollan. Photo / Bevan Conley 280611wcbrcnzqa03.Jpg Wanganui's tertiary training is right up there with the rest of New Zealand, a New Zealand ...

Students spared exam pain - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Tim Foy of Huntly College has moved to scrap external assessments for students doing their first year of NCEA, after disappointing results last year. Participation-based pass rates for the school took a significant leap at levels two and three, ...

Knight of old school can still cause a stir - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
But this standard-bearer of the old school - knighted last month for services to education - can still stir the dust. Given the chance, he contends, he could shape the kind of school where boys especially would thrive, and shorten the long tail of ...

Art binds Japan and Christchurch children - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Art binds Japan and Christchurch children Stuff.co.nz Kuroda, of Kyushu, visited Halswell Primary School yesterday and worked with a class of year 3 and 4 pupils. He outlined pictures of birds for the pupils to colour, and he will take them back to Japan for children to complete. "Children can make minus ...

Feedback Loops

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Feedback loops are powerful tools to change people's behaviour. The classic example is the sign that flashes up your speed or tells you to slow down when you're driving. Thomas Goetz, the executive editor of Wired Magazine, has been looking at how feedback loops work, and where they're showing up in a consumer context.

Teaching teens to compose themselves - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Teaching teens to compose themselves The Dominion Post Conducting business: Onslow College's co-head of music Justin Pearce works with the cast from this year's upcoming production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. There is a sign on the door bearing the words Music Department but the minute the door opens to ...

Kapa haka a big hit at Mayfield - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
Mayfield School is breaking all the cultural barriers through kapa haka, with the majority of the school taking part. The kapa haka explosion has meant the school now has two groups, a junior and a senior, to cater for the ...

Sydney's wild daughters are a growing concern - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Sydney's wild daughters are a growing concern Stuff.co.nz Sara*, a 17-year-old graduate of an exclusive girls' school, has been kicked out after tripping over a bar stool and nearly smashing a glass. Her friend Sophie, 18, has stormed out in a boozed-up sulk because the boy she's casually sleeping with hasn't ...