Welcome to Finland « The Standard

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Where National Standards is only the answer to "what keeps other countries from catching our education system?" ... Private schools understand this, which is why they won't have a bar of National Standards. Reply. Ed 1.1 ...

Educate for 21st century - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
Just 30 percent of Year 11 Maori students achieved Level One NCEA — proof, if any was needed, of the desirability of National Standards and teachers being measured by their “achievements”. To illustrate the muddled thinking on the Coast, ...

Leading NZ educator says Pasifika students need unified voice - Radio New Zealand International

Radio New Zealand International

URL: Leading NZ educator says Pasifika students need unified voice Radio New Zealand International A leading Pacific Island education administrator in New Zealand says the country's Pasifika university students need a strong, unified and organised voice to improve their achievement. The associate vice-chancellor for Pasifika at Wellington's Victoria ...

Principals' sabbatical reports recently added

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Principals' sabbatical reports added in August 2011 look at:

• accelerating literacy acquisition during the first year at primary school (Gordon Caddie, Waltham School).

• the science and art of student motivation (Stephen Hensman, Taradale High School).

• best use practices and service provision of ultra-fast broadband within identified New Zealand schools (Philip Holstein, Riccarton High School).

• the uptake of digital technologies in teaching and learning and how it can be increased (Melba Scott, Palmerston North Girls' High School).

• the various components that make for a successful self review process in an area school (Neil Wilkinson, Amuri Area School).

Grades to allow for effect of quakes - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch secondary school pupils will be given earthquake-derived grades this year to ensure they are not disadvantaged after a year of unprecedented interruptions. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has taken measures to minimise the ...

schools face big quake bills - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: schools face big quake bills Stuff.co.nz UNEXPECTED BILL: Banks Avenue School principal Murray Edlin with one of the many cracks in hard surfaces of the school grounds. Schools have been told such damage is not covered by Ministry of Education insurance. Christchurch's earthquake-hit schools ...

Angry submissions over school zoning - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Angry submissions over school zoning Otago Daily Times Parents and prospective parents bought houses in the Lake Hayes and Quail Rise Estates so they could send their children to Remarkables Primary School at Frankton, only to find zone changes now mean their children ...

Protesters call on PM to quash college plans - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Protesters call on PM to quash college plans Auckland stuff.co.nz PROTEST ACTION: Protesters from the Buckland Beach Action Society want to see a stop to Thurston Place College. More than 600 people protested at a National Party fundraiser last Thursday. Bucklands Beach Action Society members carrying placards lined ...

Student Develops Degree In Future Thinking - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
University of Auckland MBA student and civil engineer Tim Woods is also competitive – but not in it for the glory. He is a project and development manager for Greenstone Group, a firm on the verge of completing New Zealand's largest retail development, ...