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Take State Money? Accept National Standards! | SOLO - Sense of ...
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Accept National Standards! “If schools want the money the state provides for education then it is only reasonable that they accept the rules that come with it,' says Independent candidate for Tamaki, Stephen Berry. ...
Accept National Standards! “If schools want the money the state provides for education then it is only reasonable that they accept the rules that come with it,' says Independent candidate for Tamaki, Stephen Berry. ...
Our schools, and children, are being set up to fail - Waikato Times
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Waikato Times
OPINION: It was just a month ago that I sat in a Hamilton school staffroom listening to 10 local schools describe the bizarre battles they were having with the Education Ministry over national standards. As a mother, it horrified me to hear the amount ...
Waikato Times
OPINION: It was just a month ago that I sat in a Hamilton school staffroom listening to 10 local schools describe the bizarre battles they were having with the Education Ministry over national standards. As a mother, it horrified me to hear the amount ...
Labour vow welcomed - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Labour vow welcomed Otago Daily Times The majority of Otago primary and intermediate principals have welcomed the Labour Party's vow to scrap compulsory National Standards should the party win the forthcoming general election. ... |
NZEI joins with others to fight misuse of "National Standards" data - Voxy
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Voxy
NZEI, along with the New Zealand Principals Federation (NZPF) and the Boards Taking Action Coalition (BTAC) share very real concerns over the potential misuse of flawed "National Standards" data on student achievement. School communities will soon face ...
Voxy
NZEI, along with the New Zealand Principals Federation (NZPF) and the Boards Taking Action Coalition (BTAC) share very real concerns over the potential misuse of flawed "National Standards" data on student achievement. School communities will soon face ...
Education Ministry accused of bullying another school - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
However, ministry programme manager regional education Pauline Cleaver said the ministry had not yet recommended the appointment of a limited statutory manager to any board in such circumstances. "Nor have we told schools to remove disclaimers as ...
New Zealand Herald
However, ministry programme manager regional education Pauline Cleaver said the ministry had not yet recommended the appointment of a limited statutory manager to any board in such circumstances. "Nor have we told schools to remove disclaimers as ...
School aims to close gap - Sunday Star Times
URL: School aims to close gap
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Quarterly Funding has got to go - PPTA - Voxy
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Voxy
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools. Clark said quarterly funding meant schools faced funding cuts every ...
Voxy
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools. Clark said quarterly funding meant schools faced funding cuts every ...
Scrap flawed funding model
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PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools.
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark has called on the Minister of Education to review the quarterly funding model as it is disadvantaging students in New Zealand secondary schools.
New president knows statistics - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: New president knows statistics Otago Daily Times University of Otago senior lecturer John Harraway reflects on his new international role in statistics education. Photo by Peter McIntosh. University of Otago senior lecturer John Harraway has been elected president of ... |
Brain drain claims third of New Zealand's PhDs
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The extent of New Zealand's brain-drain has been revealed in a new study which shows only around two-thirds of doctoral graduates are employed in this country in the years immediately following their graduation.
The extent of New Zealand's brain-drain has been revealed in a new study which shows only around two-thirds of doctoral graduates are employed in this country in the years immediately following their graduation.
Dr Kathleen Quinlivan
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A leading sex education researcher says schools are doing a patchy job of delivering what is a very important area of the curriculum.
A leading sex education researcher says schools are doing a patchy job of delivering what is a very important area of the curriculum.
Save school jobs, mother asks Key
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A mother and teacher is leading a campaign to stop the Government axing nearly 170 fulltime teacher jobs in Christchurch.
A mother and teacher is leading a campaign to stop the Government axing nearly 170 fulltime teacher jobs in Christchurch.
Mixed messages about the value of education in Christchurch rebuild
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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government is sending very mixed messages about the importance of education in the rebuild of Christchurch.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government is sending very mixed messages about the importance of education in the rebuild of Christchurch.
Dunedin schools say special funding too slow - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Dunedin schools say special funding too slow Otago Daily Times Ministry of Education programmes aimed at helping Dunedin schools support pupils with challenging behaviour in the wake of the Phoenix Centre closure, are too slow in coming, Dunedin principals say. ... |
Noisy classrooms 'hinder learning' - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Noisy classrooms 'hinder learning'
Stuff.co.nz
School classrooms with similar acoustics to cafes are hindering children's ability to hear properly during lessons. Wellington schoolchildren will be guinea pigs in a new Victoria University research project to improve classroom hearing. ...
Stuff.co.nz
School classrooms with similar acoustics to cafes are hindering children's ability to hear properly during lessons. Wellington schoolchildren will be guinea pigs in a new Victoria University research project to improve classroom hearing. ...
School told to repay $500 bond to parents - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School told to repay $500 bond to parents
Stuff.co.nz
The Decile 10 school had been charging more than $4500 annually for a secondary student including the $500 bond and a $1600 special character contribution or donation which it "rigorously pursues", Thode said. "The current situation is ... very much a ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Decile 10 school had been charging more than $4500 annually for a secondary student including the $500 bond and a $1600 special character contribution or donation which it "rigorously pursues", Thode said. "The current situation is ... very much a ...
Spades to grades for student volunteers - Sunday Star Times
 The Press | URL: Spades to grades for student volunteers Sunday Star Times The actions of the SVA following the Canterbury earthquakes have prompted universities here and overseas to look more closely at how they can get students to engage with their communities. The concept of connecting service and learning is ... |
Call for support of threatened courses - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Call for support of threatened courses Otago Daily Times Aoraki Polytechnic students at the Dunedin campus want the tertiary institution to live up to its slogan of "supporting your success", a group of film and television production students say. ... |
Bay company now in charge of 15000 kids - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Bay company now in charge of 15000 kids
The Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga-based Kidicorp will soon be providing early education and care for 15000 pre-school children throughout the country after buying a bunch of ABC Learning centres. ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga-based Kidicorp will soon be providing early education and care for 15000 pre-school children throughout the country after buying a bunch of ABC Learning centres. ...
Staff unhappy with record polytechnic profits
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The Tertiary Education Union says polytechnics are making excessive profits with money that should be spent on teaching and buildings.
The Tertiary Education Union says polytechnics are making excessive profits with money that should be spent on teaching and buildings.
Academic audit report of the AUT
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The New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) is today releasing the report of its most recent academic audit of Auckland University of Technology. This audit is the sixth of the Cycle 4 academic audits of New Zealand universities to ...
The New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) is today releasing the report of its most recent academic audit of Auckland University of Technology. This audit is the sixth of the Cycle 4 academic audits of New Zealand universities to ...
UC first to receive international 5-star rating
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UC first NZ university to receive international 5-star rating in new QS Stars system
UC first NZ university to receive international 5-star rating in new QS Stars system
Teacher inspires students - SunLive
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SunLive
Bev has been teaching for 41 years and says she is continually inspired by her students as she sees how much they grow and become more independent through the special education programme. Principal Barrie Wickens nominated Bev – who has been a teacher ...
SunLive
Bev has been teaching for 41 years and says she is continually inspired by her students as she sees how much they grow and become more independent through the special education programme. Principal Barrie Wickens nominated Bev – who has been a teacher ...
School aims to close gap - Sunday Star Times
URL: School aims to close gap
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Sunday Star Times
"If they are only Maori students in those schools they are not going to have that opportunity, which is not the real world." However, New Zealand needed to do what worked for the students because there were huge issues for Maori education. ...
Wellington school's $4.5m leaky building bill - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Wellington school's $4.5m leaky building bill Stuff.co.nz The Ministry of Education would not disclose the names of these schools. "We are withholding the names of these schools, as negotiations with contractors about cost recovery are currently under way or are likely in the near future." SEATOUN SCHOOL ... |
Few quick fixes for excluded students - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Few quick fixes for excluded students
Stuff.co.nz
Waikato principals spoken to by the Waikato Times were not surprised by the numbers but all agreed a term away from school could have a massive adverse effect on a student's educational and social development. "Excluded students need the education and ...
Stuff.co.nz
Waikato principals spoken to by the Waikato Times were not surprised by the numbers but all agreed a term away from school could have a massive adverse effect on a student's educational and social development. "Excluded students need the education and ...
Pukemiro principal slams ERO report - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Pukemiro principal slams ERO report
Stuff.co.nz
A rural primary principal has hit back at the Education Review Office after the school's report was released this week. Pukemiro School, 15km west of Huntly, was criticised in 2010's report over the quality of teaching and the emotional safety of ...
Stuff.co.nz
A rural primary principal has hit back at the Education Review Office after the school's report was released this week. Pukemiro School, 15km west of Huntly, was criticised in 2010's report over the quality of teaching and the emotional safety of ...
High school scores well in assessment - Northern Advocate
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Northern Advocate
The headmaster of Northland's only all boys school is understandably chuffed about the latest report from the Education Review Office (ERO). The ERO regularly reviews schools and publishes reports on the quality of education offered for the benefit of ...
Northern Advocate
The headmaster of Northland's only all boys school is understandably chuffed about the latest report from the Education Review Office (ERO). The ERO regularly reviews schools and publishes reports on the quality of education offered for the benefit of ...
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