Monday, October 3, 2011

Curriculum guidelines for early literacy: A comparison of New ...

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Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Carr, M. (2001). Assessment in early childhood settings: Learning stories. London: Paul Chapman. Carr, M., & May, H. (1996). Te Wha-riki, Making a difference for ...

Good can follow bad at school - study - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Part of the Council for Educational Research study, issued this week, looked at whether students' secondary school qualifications reflected their performance in primary school. It found more than half of the children who had low performance as ...

NOTE: Mentions NZCER.

New Zealand Schools: Ngā Kura o Aotearoa (2010)

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This report of the Minister of Education on the compulsory schools sector in New Zealand pertains to 2010 (also known as the Schools Sector Report). Other educations are available on the New Zealand Schools publication home page.

Pacific.scoop.co.nz » Speech: Sharples – Tamaki Makaurau launch

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Enhancing educational achievement for our mokopuna, Establishing Reading Together Literacy Programme, ... we implemented a policy called Tataiako—cultural competency for teachers to improve educational achievement ...

$2.8 million given to Out of School Care programmes - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
She says the current capped funding of almost $18 million for Out of School Care and Recreation programmes has been spread increasingly thinly as the number of providers sharing the pool of funding has grown. Ms Bennett says the Government wants to ...

Parenting with Matthew Sanders

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Professor of parenting studies at the University of Auckland and University of Queensland. He was co-investigator of a major study carried out in South Carolina which found that there were lower rates of confirmed abuse cases, child out-of-home placements, and hospitalisations and emergency room visits for child injuries in countries where parenting support was implemented.

Students in early classes get better marks - study | Otago Daily ...

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Given the chance most university students would opt to schedule late classes so they can sleep longer but new research shows pupils who take early classes are more likely to get higher grades.

Quake trust supports child initiatives - Voxy


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Voxy
Education is one of the key categories of investment for the Appeal Trust, and funding in this area is to ensure that children continue to have access to educational and skill development opportunities, despite the disruption that the earthquakes have ...

Private schools receive funding clarity for 2012

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The Ministry of Education has contacted private schools to apologise for any confusion caused by an overpayment for the 2011 school year and clarify funding for 2012

Ministry mishap turns into $2.5m bonus for schools - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Private schools received almost $2.5m more than they should have for the 2011 school year. The Education Ministry had contacted all private schools to apologise for the mistake. "We are reviewing our systems to ensure the correct rates are applied in ...

School caught illegally charging parents - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
According to section 35 of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act, every pupil enrolled at an integrated school should receive a free education and if the controlling authority of a state school charged a fee for any course of tuition, ...

Schools search for drugs without police - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Feilding High School also kicked out four students from its boarding house for drug use in June. Education Minister Anne Tolley said the new guidelines were to help support teachers and protect students and staff. "Schools wanted more support in ...

Union slams training plan - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand's largest education union has slammed a Massey University proposal to drop two teacher training courses. The university has been consulting staff on the possibility of dropping its three-year Bachelor of Education Early Years degree and ...

NZIER Report on Productivity Gap with ... - Tertiary Education Union

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You are here: TEU – Tertiary Education Union / Employment / NZIER Report on Productivity Gap with Australia – CTU media release ... Their remedy is education, training, and addressing income distribution. It looks like New ...

Massey proposals will erode the quality of teacher training

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Trainee and beginning teachers are angry over proposed changes to teacher training programmes at Massey University. In a paper entitled “College of Education Academic Reform”, the Pro Vice Chancellor of the College of Education James Chapman, is ...

Teachers & leaders nominated for national excellence awards

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Dedicated, inspirational, awesome and outstanding were among the many descriptions of the country’s teachers nominated for the 2011-2012 round of the NEiTA Foundation’s National Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards.

The future of Canterbury University

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With a looming funding crisis, a major drop in student numbers and likely staff cuts - can it continue as one of the country's top tertiary institutions?

Dial-up student eager for wireless - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
And not just for this student. Other houses in the area will link into the new service provided by Inspire Net, a Palmerston North company specialising in getting broadband to remote rural areas. James Watts, the founder of Inspire Net, ...

Drug dogs search 'every inch' of King's - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
"We have had a lot of positive feedback from parents who are delighted with our firm line," he said. "As a result two students left us because of their involvement with cannabis and that is all the information I can give you." By Joanne Carroll | Email ...

School denied sniffer-dog drug search - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Police are refusing to carry out random sniffer-dog drug searches at schools amid claims they are breaching pupils' civil rights. The move follows legal advice from police lawyers, but principals say they have lost a vital tool in the fight against ...

Ohorere to shut: Key - Wairarapa Times-Age

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Wairarapa Times-Age
"The general view from the Ministry of Education was that there were better ways to achieve those outcomes." Housed at the old trout hatchery on Pownall St, the Ohorere Student Transition Programme is an educational unit which has helped about 85 ...

Canterbury University gets top marks - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Canterbury University is the first in New Zealand to gain the highest mark in a new international rating system. The university was granted five stars by QS Stars, a global university rating system that evaluates universities against eight criteria, ...

University of Canterbury launches 2012 UC Guarantee

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Under the UC Guarantee students who are new to the University and who achieve merit or excellence endorsements at Level 2 or Level 3 in NCEA or its equivalent* are guaranteed to be eligible for scholarship funding and are guaranteed an offer of accommodation ...

Māori students get a taste of life at Waikato University: University of ...

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More than 120 Māori students from high schools around the Waikato were given a taste of life at the University of Waikato today.

Project 'encapsulates quality of training' at NorthTec's Future Trades - Voxy

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Voxy
A special project nearing completion at NorthTec's Future Trades will be a living advertisement for the top quality work students produce at the Trades training complex. Students Henare Cooper, Daniel Milne, Sam Halvorson and Shannon Chisholm, ...

Principal leaves on a high - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Mr and Mrs Tuffey arrived at the school almost four years ago after a series of poor Education Review Office reports. The school has improved drastically, and Mr Tuffey said those changes could not have come without the hard work of his staff. ...

Wellington High principal retires - Stuff.co.nz


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Stuff.co.nz
When the first school bell of 2012 rings at Wellington High School, one important person will miss roll call. Prue Kelly, principal there for 17 years, is retiring. Having been teaching since 1964, Mrs Kelly said she felt the time was right. ...