URL: Doubling the number of new Trades Academies
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that the number of new Trades Academies is to double, keeping even more 16 and 17 year olds engaged in education and practical skills training, who would otherwise be at risk of dropping out of the system. Budget 2011 funding of $63.1 million and some reprioritised funding will be used to increase the promised new Trades Academies from five to ten, starting as soon as possible from next year, bringing the total number of Academies to 21...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A failure that cannot be explained away - Otago Daily Times
URL: A failure that cannot be explained away
Otago Daily Times
The execution of the National Standards into New Zealand primary schools has been a lamentable failure, writes David McKenzie, of Dunedin. The ODT editorial "Standoff over standards" (25.8.11) is well-timed. The treatment meted out to Pembrooke School ...
Otago Daily Times
The execution of the National Standards into New Zealand primary schools has been a lamentable failure, writes David McKenzie, of Dunedin. The ODT editorial "Standoff over standards" (25.8.11) is well-timed. The treatment meted out to Pembrooke School ...
John Key interviewed on TV ONE's Breakfast this morning - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: John Key interviewed on TV ONE's Breakfast this morning
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Okay, an issue that's been bubbling away under the surface last week is national standards in education. Why hasn't the government three years on after a key election policy into all schools? I mean there's still 350 schools or something that aren't ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Okay, an issue that's been bubbling away under the surface last week is national standards in education. Why hasn't the government three years on after a key election policy into all schools? I mean there's still 350 schools or something that aren't ...
Breakfast: Tuesday August 30 - TVNZ
URL: Breakfast: Tuesday August 30
TVNZ
National Standards is fast coming one of the great political footballs. So with the debate heating up, does our current assessment system need a re-think? Breakfast speaks with Labour leader Phil Goff on the challenges of ensuring our kids get a good ...
TVNZ
National Standards is fast coming one of the great political footballs. So with the debate heating up, does our current assessment system need a re-think? Breakfast speaks with Labour leader Phil Goff on the challenges of ensuring our kids get a good ...
More dishonest NZEI action —
URL: More dishonest NZEI action —
A very concerned citizen writes a diatribe against National Standards in the Herald letters to the editor today. Liz Horgan really lets rip. But hang on. The Herald doesn't point out that Ms Horgan is actually an NZEI member and ...
A very concerned citizen writes a diatribe against National Standards in the Herald letters to the editor today. Liz Horgan really lets rip. But hang on. The Herald doesn't point out that Ms Horgan is actually an NZEI member and ...
New guidelines on searching students and confiscation
URL: New guidelines on searching students and confiscation
These newly released guidelines from the Ministry of Education will assist boards of trustees (or manager of a private school ) and principals to develop an appropriate and practical approach to searching students and also to confiscation of student property. They are designed to provide some understanding of the responsibilities and issues that boards of trustees and principals need to consider when searching students and confiscating their property. The guidelines also set out a practical model of good practices within the broader school context...
These newly released guidelines from the Ministry of Education will assist boards of trustees (or manager of a private school ) and principals to develop an appropriate and practical approach to searching students and also to confiscation of student property. They are designed to provide some understanding of the responsibilities and issues that boards of trustees and principals need to consider when searching students and confiscating their property. The guidelines also set out a practical model of good practices within the broader school context...
Schools want Government help with rising internet costs
URL: Schools want Government help with rising internet costs
School leaders say the Government needs to help them out so they can deal with rising internet costs and the advent of ultra-fast broadband.
School leaders say the Government needs to help them out so they can deal with rising internet costs and the advent of ultra-fast broadband.
New Sponsorship Scheme for Gifted Students
URL: New Sponsorship Scheme for Gifted Students
The Gifted Education Centre is launching a new sponsorship scheme that allows companies, clubs, organisations and groups, irrespective of their size, to support their local One Day School.
The Gifted Education Centre is launching a new sponsorship scheme that allows companies, clubs, organisations and groups, irrespective of their size, to support their local One Day School.
Protestors call on PM to squash college plans - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Protestors call on PM to squash college plans Auckland stuff.co.nz PROTEST ACTION: Protesters from the Buckland Beach Action Society want to see a stop to Thurston Place College. LATEST: More than 600 people protested at a National Party fundraiser last Thursday. Bucklands Beach Action Society members carrying ... |
New resource will lift Māori student success - Sharples - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: New resource will lift Māori student success - Sharples
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A new resource launched today will help improve Māori student achievement by strengthening the cultural awareness and skills of teachers in schools and early childhood education services, says Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples. ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A new resource launched today will help improve Māori student achievement by strengthening the cultural awareness and skills of teachers in schools and early childhood education services, says Associate Education Minister Dr Pita Sharples. ...
School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: School Journal on Moriori wins Educational Book Design Award
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The School Journal is published by Learning Media for the Ministry of Education and is distributed free to all schools in New Zealand. It has been published since 1907. The judges said of Learning Media Senior Designer Jodi Wicksteed's winning design ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The School Journal is published by Learning Media for the Ministry of Education and is distributed free to all schools in New Zealand. It has been published since 1907. The judges said of Learning Media Senior Designer Jodi Wicksteed's winning design ...
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