Interference in schools ramps up - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Despite protestations to the contrary the Government is continuing its stand-over tactics around National Standards, with dozens of schools being forced to include Ministry statements in their charters, Labour's Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. ...

'School failing us', claims mum - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
In term one this year Postgate adopted National Standards and Ms Tapusoa's nine-year-old son, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, got a school report showing he was failing badly. Previous years' reports had given little indication of ...

Media barred from education minister's meeting with principals - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Minister of Education Anne Tolley said the press were denied entry into a secondary school principals meeting in Auckland so that they could speak candidly. File photo / NZ Herald Media were today locked out of a meeting between Auckland's secondary ...

Labour vow welcomed | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago ...

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Labour's education spokeswoman, Sue Moroney, said the party aimed to lift achievement by setting high expectations for each pupil according to their individual ability, and giving parents information they wanted, in plain ...

Perseverance and curiosity indicators of NCEA success - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Qualities such as perseverance and curiosity are stronger indicators of success in the NCEA than academic ability. Competent Learners has tracked 400 20-year-olds since they were four years old. The latest phase of the research includes NCEA results. ...

Conference to tackle critical issues

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NCEA workload, Class size, educative mentoring, a non-confrontational approach to bargaining and looking at an alternative economic model are just some of the critical issues teachers will be tackling at PPTA’s 2011 annual conference.

Auckland Council puts focus on city's poor areas in south - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
It includes ambitious targets of 100 new early childhood centres across South and West Auckland by 2020, ensuring that every young person leaves school with a plan for further education or work, new housing in Mangere and improving public transport ...

Why don't kids walk to school? - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Why don't kids walk to school? Stuff.co.nz SHANK'S PONY: Jinelle Barnes and Rylee Foley, 5, on bike, Mac Macduff 5, Oliver Connor 2 in pram, Robyn Conner and Elliot Macduff 2 on their way home from Brooklyn School. Walking is cheap and friendly says Jinelle. Children living within easy walking ...

US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

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Ten years on from George W. Bush's education policy...

Hato Petera College - threatened stand downs illegal CathNews

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In his September 2 letter, principal Hohepa Campbell said many of the co-ed Maori school's seniors were underperforming and at risk of not achieving the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. “The disappointing ...

Press Release – released via Porter Novelli - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Nathan's early work delivering educational materials via cell phones has been ground breaking in enabling students to learn anytime, anywhere, from any device. As a Pathfinder School, Howick College will become part of the Microsoft Partners in ...

Training partnership for Horowhenua Kapiti businesses - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Our training and coaching programmes are based on toolkits that provide learning and development that can be immediately transferred into the workplace.” Helene Judge of Nature Coast Enterprise is very pleased about the ECCC partnership as “they are a ...

Academic review at university - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
An academic audit of the University of Otago is to be conducted by an independent body charged with scrutinising New Zealand's top tertiary institutions. New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (NZUAAU) ...

Minister to students: 'keep your heads down'

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Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has warned protesting university students to keep their heads down lest they draw attention to their relatively privileged position in hard economic times.Asked about the student protests...

Fears for campus life - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Fears for campus life Otago Daily Times Controversial legislation to cut mandatory membership of student associations could harm Dunedin's tertiary education industry and damage many university campuses, Green Party tertiary spokesman Gareth Hughes warns. Mr Hughes, a Wellington-based list ...