New guidelines to support safer schools

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says newly-released guidelines for the search and seizure of drugs and weapons in schools will help support teachers and protect students and staff. The guidelines – the first of their kind – were developed by the Ministry and external legal advisers following calls from the sector for clear advice on how to legally deal with students suspected of carrying drugs and dangerous items. Widespread consultation took place with sector groups before the guidelines were finalised...

Focus on tertiary results paying off

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says an improvement in course and qualification completion rates in the tertiary education sector show that the increased focus on performance is paying off. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) today released 2010 educational performance information for tertiary education organisations that highlights a marked improvement in student achievement, particularly at institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and industry training organisations (ITOs)...

Ministry punishes school | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...

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A North Otago primary school has become the first in Otago to be publicly punished for non-compliance with the Ministry of Education's National Standards.

Nats talk to locals in [insert region here] « The Standard

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The launch of National Standards follows months of consultation and feedback from teachers, parents and sector groups. It's been great to receive positive feedback about National Standards and our other education initiatives ...

Some Northland schools rethink national standards | News Junkie

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A Northland principal says some schools in her region have agreed to implement national standards, as they fear they will lose funding otherwise.

School groups want political immunity for education - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand's education correspondent says the meeting is inspired in part by the national standards, which the federation says are distracting schools from an innovative new curriculum. It expects any consensus reached will carry a lot of weight ...

Rebel school ordered to comply with standards - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education has begun ordering schools opposed to the national standards to start using the benchmarks in reading, writing and maths. Opponents say the move is a significant escalation in the battle over the standards. ...

Standoff over standards - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Standoff over standards Otago Daily Times National Standards have been the subject of heated debate since the National Government announced its intention to introduce them to primary and intermediate schools. It did so because it wanted to address the long-tail of under-achieving children who ...

School risks funding - Timaru Herald

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Timaru Herald
An Oamaru school has joined more than 500 others around the country in refusing to implement the Government's controversial National Standards for Education. Pembroke School has not yet committed to the National Standards, which track the progress of ...

School trustee resigns over national standards - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The chair of a school board has resigned to avoid introducing the national standards in reading, writing and maths at his children's school. Steve Neary resigned from the board of Valley School in Pukekohe because he expects it will give in to Ministry ...

Broadsides: Do National Standards need a re-think? - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Broadsides: Do National Standards need a re-think? New Zealand Herald We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye: Do National Standards need a re-think? I have no idea what age I learnt to read, but I do remember the process. My mother decided to adopt the use of flash cards. Although I'm sure it wasn't ...

Ministry of Education a bully - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
By nickiskibum on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 Good on you, Pembroke School, Oamaru, for sticking to what is best for the children you teach in your school. Shame on you, Ministry of Education, for trying to bully Pembroke to comply with your flawed National ...

School groups question whether weapons guidelines will work

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A teachers union and principals are questioning whether new guidelines for searching students for weapons will do enough to protect teachers and students.

Teachers told they can search students' diaries - TVNZ

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URL: Teachers told they can search students' diaries TVNZ Teachers can search a student's pockets, their schoolbag and locker, as well as read correspondence in their laptop, mobile phone, and even diary under new guidelines. The Ministry of Education today released 'search and seizure' guidelines for ...

Teachers given 'search and seize' powers - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Teachers given 'search and seize' powers New Zealand Herald Teachers have been given the power to search students - including their cellphones, diaries and laptops. The guidelines, a first of their kind, come after teachers put pressure on the Ministry of Education following knife attacks in the ...

AUT undertakes twenty reviews in four years

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Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 31
In the last year, AUT has conducted seven separate staffing reviews.
While three of these reviews reorganised the university’s management structure and did not result in redundancies, the other four identified 8.1 full time equivalent staff as surplus. The biggest job losses were in the certificate of health studies, the centre of learning and teaching and the bachelor of dance programmes.

A peek inside the NCEA classroom - Nelson Mail

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URL: A peek inside the NCEA classroom Nelson Mail In through my classroom door pour 28 year 11 boys, fresh from their long summer holiday and raring to go. This is their first year of NCEA, the end of two years as a junior and the beginning of formal assessment in the senior school. ...

Warning sounded over teacher supply - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
A survey released this week found 172 schools started this year with nearly 200 teaching vacancies. While that figure is slightly higher than in 2010, it's much lower than in previous years and down from a high of 424 vacancies in 318 schools in 2004. ...

Outrage over shortened school merger consultation - The Daily Post

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The Daily Post
The first of a series of community meetings about Kawerau Intermediate School's future was to be held tomorrow night - but now it could be the last. On Monday the school's board of trustees received written word from Education Minister Anne Tolley that ...

Fairfield College manager goes distance for her old community - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
Fairfield College's new limited statutory manager says giving back to the community in which she grew up is worth the five-hour round trip. Hineihaea Murphy took over from former commissioner Dennis Finn as the Education Ministry-appointed official ...

Police clear College of bullying allegations - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
An inquiry was launched in May this year when the mother of a student boarding at New Plymouth Boys' High claimed that he had been bullied in a dormitory. Pip Houghton-Rountree, of Wanganui, said she had been forced to remove her son from the school. ...

Schools bulging as students stay longer - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
Senior high school students are staying in education for longer in Palmerston North, making it hard for some schools to find room for new students. Three of the city's largest schools have noticed students are increasingly staying at school to gain ...

Bullying caused girl's ulcer, says mum - TVNZ

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TVNZ
A Porirua mother is hoping to sue her daughter's school after protracted bullying caused a stomach ulcer that burst, and left the girl suffering from incontinence. Shania Andrews, 12, is in her final year at Windley School, but almost daily bullying ...

WelTec – Second Highest Qualification Completion

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WelTec again sits among the country's top Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) in results published by the Tertiary Education Commission today for qualification completion, progression to higher study and students retained in study.

Students script win - Times Online - Auckland

Times Online - Auckland

URL: Students script win Times Online - Auckland For their efforts, the team of Year 6 students earned the school a broadcast quality film camera and accessories, and an industry training session with a video production company. The competition asks students to develop an idea for a short documentary ...