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Pita Sharples | Education
The Associate Minister of Education and Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, is assuring the whanau of kohanga reo that their concerns have been recognised, and solutions are being investigated...
Monday, July 25, 2011
Everything fine then in education? Yeah, right! - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
But New Zealand doesn't have an interesting education policy, just national standards and NCEA. One size fits all. Square pegs do fit round holes. It's a damning indictment on politicians and bureaucrats. Every New Zealand child is entitled to 13 years ...
New Zealand Herald
But New Zealand doesn't have an interesting education policy, just national standards and NCEA. One size fits all. Square pegs do fit round holes. It's a damning indictment on politicians and bureaucrats. Every New Zealand child is entitled to 13 years ...
New National Standards reading and writing illustrations
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Set 4 of the National Standard Reading and Writing Illustrations are now available on Literacy Online.
Set 4 of the National Standard Reading and Writing Illustrations are now available on Literacy Online.
$920k project 'won't meet target' - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
When Prime Minister John Key launched the KiaOraMai training programme two years ago, it was touted as raising the skills of 10000 service-industry workers in time for the Rugby World Cup. The project was given initial funding of $440000 by the ...
Stuff.co.nz
When Prime Minister John Key launched the KiaOraMai training programme two years ago, it was touted as raising the skills of 10000 service-industry workers in time for the Rugby World Cup. The project was given initial funding of $440000 by the ...
Schools struggle to teach curriculum - The Dominion Post
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The Dominion Post
A new report from the Education Review Office shows 18 per cent of schools can provide minimal or no evidence of adopting the principles it was built on such as the Treaty of Waitangi and community engagement. Wellington's Clyde Quay School principal ...
See http://www.ero.govt.nz/National-Reports/Directions-for-Learning-The-Ne
The Dominion Post
A new report from the Education Review Office shows 18 per cent of schools can provide minimal or no evidence of adopting the principles it was built on such as the Treaty of Waitangi and community engagement. Wellington's Clyde Quay School principal ...
See http://www.ero.govt.nz/National-Reports/Directions-for-Learning-The-Ne
Kohanga Reo movement to lodge claim for Waitangi protection
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The Kohanga Reo movement is lodging an urgent Treaty of Waitangi claim, saying it may not survive five years unless it gets special protection.
The Kohanga Reo movement is lodging an urgent Treaty of Waitangi claim, saying it may not survive five years unless it gets special protection.
Directions for learning: The New Zealand Curriculum principles, and teaching as inquiry May 2011
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In early 2010, the Ministry of Education asked the Education Review Office (ERO) to conduct an initial evaluation, and a follow up evaluation one year later, to investigate how schools were using the eight principles and the teaching as inquiry process as outlined in The New Zealand Curriculum.
In early 2010, the Ministry of Education asked the Education Review Office (ERO) to conduct an initial evaluation, and a follow up evaluation one year later, to investigate how schools were using the eight principles and the teaching as inquiry process as outlined in The New Zealand Curriculum.
Good progress on the curriculum compromised
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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa warns much of the good progress being made on implementing the New Zealand Curriculum is being compromised by the government’s narrow focus on National Standards.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa warns much of the good progress being made on implementing the New Zealand Curriculum is being compromised by the government’s narrow focus on National Standards.
Tough market squeezing out foreign teachers - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Tough market squeezing out foreign teachers Stuff.co.nz TAYLOR-MADE: Iain Taylor, principal at Manurewa Intermediate in south Auckland, believes New Zealand-trained teachers are better for our students because of their local knowledge and culture. First-year and overseas-trained teachers are being squeezed ... |
Skills training plummets under National - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“New figures reveal that industry training numbers have dropped by a staggering 31000, or 23% since National took office in 2008,” Phil Goff said. “In the building industry alone, skills trainee numbers are down by almost 3600 or a massive 40%. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“New figures reveal that industry training numbers have dropped by a staggering 31000, or 23% since National took office in 2008,” Phil Goff said. “In the building industry alone, skills trainee numbers are down by almost 3600 or a massive 40%. ...
Fire Service role draws out leadership skills - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Station management includes staff management, training, skill and equipment maintenance and crew development. Operational functions include fire prevention and fire-safety activities, strategy and tactics for a wide range of emergencies and command and ...
New Zealand Herald
Station management includes staff management, training, skill and equipment maintenance and crew development. Operational functions include fire prevention and fire-safety activities, strategy and tactics for a wide range of emergencies and command and ...
Targeted training a solution for long-term unemployed - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Tertiary Education Commission report shows The Salvation Army's employment training arm, Employment Plus, assisted 752 unemployed people into jobs or additional vocational training last year – 63 per cent of those who completed the programmes. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Tertiary Education Commission report shows The Salvation Army's employment training arm, Employment Plus, assisted 752 unemployed people into jobs or additional vocational training last year – 63 per cent of those who completed the programmes. ...
Why parents should veto this school tool - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Photo / Sarah Ivey Orewa College has on its website an 1800-word FAQ justifying its instruction that from 2012 all year nine students should have a "one to one computing device and our preference for that device is an Apple iPad 2". ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Sarah Ivey Orewa College has on its website an 1800-word FAQ justifying its instruction that from 2012 all year nine students should have a "one to one computing device and our preference for that device is an Apple iPad 2". ...
Our hungry kids: 40,000 NZ kids fed by charities
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School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes, a Red Cross scheme which ended this month after Countdown supermarkets withdrew...
School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes, a Red Cross scheme which ended this month after Countdown supermarkets withdrew...
Our hungry kids: 40,000 NZ kids fed by charities
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School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes, a Red Cross scheme which ended this month after Countdown supermarkets withdrew...
School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes, a Red Cross scheme which ended this month after Countdown supermarkets withdrew...
Our hungry kids: Hungry pupils 'need taxpayer help'
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A Herald investigation shows many children are going to school unfed. We explore why, and what can be done. by A children's lobby group says New Zealanders should stop blaming the parents of hungry children and allow their tax...
A Herald investigation shows many children are going to school unfed. We explore why, and what can be done. by A children's lobby group says New Zealanders should stop blaming the parents of hungry children and allow their tax...
Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home
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Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...
Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...
Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home
URL: Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home
Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...
Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...
Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home
URL: Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home
Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...
Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...
Our hungry kids: More schools feeding children
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At least three-quarters of New Zealand's low-income primary and intermediate schools have joined charitable schemes to feed pupils.A Herald survey has found many schools have signed up with several charities to cover breakfast...
At least three-quarters of New Zealand's low-income primary and intermediate schools have joined charitable schemes to feed pupils.A Herald survey has found many schools have signed up with several charities to cover breakfast...
Healthier kids for 20c a day
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The price of battling obesity in New Zealand could be just 20c a day per child, according to analysis of a new programme which has shrunk the number of overweight children across an entire district.A draft report on Project Energize...
The price of battling obesity in New Zealand could be just 20c a day per child, according to analysis of a new programme which has shrunk the number of overweight children across an entire district.A draft report on Project Energize...
Secret History of Social Networking (Part 3)
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The final part of The Secret History of Social Networking with Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC.
The final part of The Secret History of Social Networking with Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC.
Tablets too hard for some - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Orewa College is not the only school encouraging students to go digital. Photo / Dean Purcell Orewa College hit the headlines this week when it told parents that part of the stationery requirements for Year 9 students would be a ...
New Zealand Herald
Orewa College is not the only school encouraging students to go digital. Photo / Dean Purcell Orewa College hit the headlines this week when it told parents that part of the stationery requirements for Year 9 students would be a ...
Two-thirds back in quake city schools - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Statistics New Zealand figures show that of the 11139 primary, intermediate and secondary pupils who enrolled in other schools, 4509 are yet to return to their original school. At the March 17 peak of the exodus, 7581 pupils at one time were being ...
Stuff.co.nz
Statistics New Zealand figures show that of the 11139 primary, intermediate and secondary pupils who enrolled in other schools, 4509 are yet to return to their original school. At the March 17 peak of the exodus, 7581 pupils at one time were being ...
E-learning taking off - The Nelson Mail
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The Nelson Mail
New students in one Nayland College class next year will have the option of taking many of their classes electronically, using iPads or other devices. The issue has come into the national spotlight after Auckland's decile nine Orewa College told ...
The Nelson Mail
New students in one Nayland College class next year will have the option of taking many of their classes electronically, using iPads or other devices. The issue has come into the national spotlight after Auckland's decile nine Orewa College told ...
Unitec campus set to open off Albany Highway
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Unitec's new Albany campus will start holding classes next week, making vocational education an option for many North Shore residents, says chief executive Rick Ede.Classes at the Albany campus will begin from August 1 after growing...
Unitec's new Albany campus will start holding classes next week, making vocational education an option for many North Shore residents, says chief executive Rick Ede.Classes at the Albany campus will begin from August 1 after growing...
Creating an IT hub around a great university - Computerworld New Zealand
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Computerworld New Zealand
If we as a nation want to have a strong technology hub here, then really what we need is a great university. If you look around the world the great technology hubs are associated with great universities. So I am pretty passionate about the fact that ...
Computerworld New Zealand
If we as a nation want to have a strong technology hub here, then really what we need is a great university. If you look around the world the great technology hubs are associated with great universities. So I am pretty passionate about the fact that ...
Crime centre under threat in university cutbacks
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A unique criminal research centre may soon be closed down under changes proposed by Victoria University that would also lead to redundancies in several departments.
A unique criminal research centre may soon be closed down under changes proposed by Victoria University that would also lead to redundancies in several departments.
University to Establish Study Centre in Castle Street
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The University of Otago Council has approved a proposal to establish a new study and social centre at the site of the former Gardens Tavern in Castle Street. This will help to meet a need, which was identified in the Campus Master Plan, for more ...
The University of Otago Council has approved a proposal to establish a new study and social centre at the site of the former Gardens Tavern in Castle Street. This will help to meet a need, which was identified in the Campus Master Plan, for more ...
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