URL: Providers awarded $1.1 million in education contracts
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says twenty-one providers around New Zealand have been awarded contracts worth over $1.1 million to provide Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) following the latest contestable tender round. “452,000 students are taking part in LEOTC visits this year, with the support of the Government’s annual investment of around $5 million,” says Mrs Tolley. “The programmes allow teachers to take students out of the traditional classroom and to link their curriculum learning with real-life experiences...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Newsletters | New Zealand Council for Educational Research
URL: Newsletters | New Zealand Council for Educational Research
e-ResearchEd is the official newsletter of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, full of news about our research, books, products, people, and services. It contains information and electronic links of interest to early childhood ...
e-ResearchEd is the official newsletter of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, full of news about our research, books, products, people, and services. It contains information and electronic links of interest to early childhood ...
Standoff over standards | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
URL: Standoff over standards | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hell will freeze over: Letters, 27 August - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Hell will freeze over: Letters, 27 August
The Bay of Plenty Times
It's not being fair to anyone to gloss over the subjectivity involved in the National Standards' way of reporting progress to parents (News, August 23). Nuthall's research reveals that, for a variety of reasons, teachers simply don't have enough ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
It's not being fair to anyone to gloss over the subjectivity involved in the National Standards' way of reporting progress to parents (News, August 23). Nuthall's research reveals that, for a variety of reasons, teachers simply don't have enough ...
National Standards and school reports | 95bFM
URL: National Standards and school reports | 95bFM
National Standards and school reports. MP3, 9m09s, 8.4MB, first broadcast 24 August 2011. Murray Wratt, the principal of Opaheke Primary School in Papakura, talks to Nicole Pryor about primary school reports under the "National Standards" ...
National Standards and school reports. MP3, 9m09s, 8.4MB, first broadcast 24 August 2011. Murray Wratt, the principal of Opaheke Primary School in Papakura, talks to Nicole Pryor about primary school reports under the "National Standards" ...
Training recalled as more practical - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Training recalled as more practical Otago Daily Times Jubilee committee member Bruce Cromb said the reunion had been "brilliant" for catching up with old classmates, meeting those from decades before, and touring his old classrooms. • King Edward Technical College opened in 1914, a purpose-built facility ... |
Auckland teenagers to have more access to trade academies - New Zealand Herald
URL: Auckland teenagers to have more access to trade academies
New Zealand Herald
Auckland teenagers will have greater access to trade training with a Government plan to double the number of new academies next year, and triple the number in the Auckland region. But extra academies will not mean a proportional increase ...
New Zealand Herald
Auckland teenagers will have greater access to trade training with a Government plan to double the number of new academies next year, and triple the number in the Auckland region. But extra academies will not mean a proportional increase ...
Should teachers have the power to search students? - MSN NZ News
 MSN NZ News | URL: Should teachers have the power to search students? MSN NZ News Under new guidelines teachers will be able to search students' mobile phones, diaries and laptops. The rules have come into effect after teachers put pressure on the Ministry of Education following knife attacks in the past three years, the New Zealand ... |
Cyber-bullies 'damaging lives' - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Cyber-bullies 'damaging lives'
Stuff.co.nz
Degrading gossip and malicious comments are being posted by Nelson students on anonymous gossip sites on Facebook, with "absolutely devastating impacts" on their victims, an online safety expert says. The Nelson Mail was told about the sites after ...
Stuff.co.nz
Degrading gossip and malicious comments are being posted by Nelson students on anonymous gossip sites on Facebook, with "absolutely devastating impacts" on their victims, an online safety expert says. The Nelson Mail was told about the sites after ...
Govt fails to convince pupils' parents - The Daily Post
URL: Govt fails to convince pupils' parents
The Daily Post
Earlier this year, after the community made it clear they wanted to retain a separate intermediate school, Education Minister Anne Tolley proposed a middle school (years 7-9) and a senior school (years 10-13) for the Kawerau College site. ...
The Daily Post
Earlier this year, after the community made it clear they wanted to retain a separate intermediate school, Education Minister Anne Tolley proposed a middle school (years 7-9) and a senior school (years 10-13) for the Kawerau College site. ...
New working classes
URL: New working classes
Sweeping changes are transforming high schools to ensure thousands of pupils who will never study for degrees get the skills to find valuable careers, writes Simon Collins. New Zealand secondary schools are quietly being redesigned...
Sweeping changes are transforming high schools to ensure thousands of pupils who will never study for degrees get the skills to find valuable careers, writes Simon Collins. New Zealand secondary schools are quietly being redesigned...
Children silent victims of the recession
URL: Children silent victims of the recession
Vulnerable children from the most deprived communities have become "silent victims" of the recession, often having to go without healthy food, healthcare and clothing, a new report has found.
Vulnerable children from the most deprived communities have become "silent victims" of the recession, often having to go without healthy food, healthcare and clothing, a new report has found.
Programme to inspire teenagers takes top EEO Trust award
URL: Programme to inspire teenagers takes top EEO Trust award
A programme that gives secondary-school students hands-on experience of health careers to encourage them into the sector has taken the top prize in the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2011.
A programme that gives secondary-school students hands-on experience of health careers to encourage them into the sector has taken the top prize in the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2011.
NIWA announces science fair winners - Voxy
URL: NIWA announces science fair winners
Voxy
The 2011 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair has again been a resounding success, with nearly 600 intermediate and secondary school students taking part. NIWA's Education Coordinator Dr Julie Hall says that "the winning ideas, ...
Voxy
The 2011 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair has again been a resounding success, with nearly 600 intermediate and secondary school students taking part. NIWA's Education Coordinator Dr Julie Hall says that "the winning ideas, ...
'Appalled' as kids' mouths taped shut
URL: 'Appalled' as kids' mouths taped shut
Two 7-year-olds had their mouths taped shut for talking in class, leaving them too afraid to return to school.Teacher Pat Doube allegedly told the parents of year three classmates Madison Finch and Nikale Wilson that she had punished...
Two 7-year-olds had their mouths taped shut for talking in class, leaving them too afraid to return to school.Teacher Pat Doube allegedly told the parents of year three classmates Madison Finch and Nikale Wilson that she had punished...
School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award
URL: School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award
A School Journal that is part of a series published to redress a historical grievance has won the Pearson Award for Best Educational Book Design at the Publishers Association of New Zealand’s (PANZ) 2011 Book Design Awards.
A School Journal that is part of a series published to redress a historical grievance has won the Pearson Award for Best Educational Book Design at the Publishers Association of New Zealand’s (PANZ) 2011 Book Design Awards.
Aoraki Polytechnic Ranked First in New Zealand
URL: Aoraki Polytechnic Ranked First in New Zealand
Data released today by the TEC ranked Aoraki Polytechnic as number one in the ITP sector for course completion at 84%. A further upgrade from last year's second place rank.
Data released today by the TEC ranked Aoraki Polytechnic as number one in the ITP sector for course completion at 84%. A further upgrade from last year's second place rank.
NEC and WeITec Collaborate for Research
URL: NEC and WeITec Collaborate for Research
NEC New Zealand Ltd (“NEC New Zealand”) and WelTec Connect Ltd , the service and commercial arm of the Wellington Institute of Technology (“WeITec”) announced, today their collaboration for research and development of technologies and their ...
NEC New Zealand Ltd (“NEC New Zealand”) and WelTec Connect Ltd , the service and commercial arm of the Wellington Institute of Technology (“WeITec”) announced, today their collaboration for research and development of technologies and their ...
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