URL: Radio NZ, Labour get it wrong
Anne Tolley | Education
Claims made on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report and repeated by Labour’s education spokesperson about Ministry of Education Student Achievement Practitioners are completely false, says Education Minister Anne Tolley. The practitioners have been appointed to help schools put plans in place to accelerate student progress and lift student achievement, as the Government addresses the fact that one in five children are not gaining the reading, writing and maths skills that they need...
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Ultra-fast broadband to 100,000 students by 30 June 2012
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Anne Tolley | Communications and Information Technology
The roll out of ultra fast broadband-enabling fibre to schools is progressing well and will see nearly 100,000 students at 221 schools around the country connected by July next of year, says Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and IT Minister Steven Joyce. The Ministers were commenting following the release today of details of the first 200 schools to be connected by Chorus, one of the Crown’s four partners for the UFB rollout...
Anne Tolley | Communications and Information Technology
The roll out of ultra fast broadband-enabling fibre to schools is progressing well and will see nearly 100,000 students at 221 schools around the country connected by July next of year, says Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and IT Minister Steven Joyce. The Ministers were commenting following the release today of details of the first 200 schools to be connected by Chorus, one of the Crown’s four partners for the UFB rollout...
New scholarships for Christchurch students
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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced $1 million of funding for new scholarship awards for Year 13 Christchurch students whose plans for tertiary study may have been affected by the recent earthquakes. The Canterbury Earthquake Scholarships will provide $2,000 each year for three years of study for 160 students. “This additional financial support will help students take on tertiary study after what has been a traumatic time,” says Mrs Tolley...
Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced $1 million of funding for new scholarship awards for Year 13 Christchurch students whose plans for tertiary study may have been affected by the recent earthquakes. The Canterbury Earthquake Scholarships will provide $2,000 each year for three years of study for 160 students. “This additional financial support will help students take on tertiary study after what has been a traumatic time,” says Mrs Tolley...
Government gives $54 million for science excellence
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Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
New Zealand’s best researchers have been awarded $53.8 million in Marsden Fund grants, Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. “The winning Marsden Fund projects have been selected on the basis of scientific excellence,” Dr Mapp said. “The 88 successful applications range from new therapies for cancer and chronic inflammation to better communication technology...
Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
New Zealand’s best researchers have been awarded $53.8 million in Marsden Fund grants, Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. “The winning Marsden Fund projects have been selected on the basis of scientific excellence,” Dr Mapp said. “The 88 successful applications range from new therapies for cancer and chronic inflammation to better communication technology...
School ditches 'elitist' National Standards - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Dalefield School principal Kevin Jephson says National Standards would reward only those pupils 'who arrive at school from extremely advantaged backgrounds'. Photo / APN A Carterton school is the latest to ...
New Zealand Herald
Dalefield School principal Kevin Jephson says National Standards would reward only those pupils 'who arrive at school from extremely advantaged backgrounds'. Photo / APN A Carterton school is the latest to ...
Tolley makes baseless accusation - Moroney - Voxy
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Tolley makes baseless accusation - Moroney Voxy "Anne Tolley has accused an experienced principal, Radio NZ and Labour of 'getting it wrong' about the background of Student Achievement Practitioners, when the criticisms were actually levelled at a broader group of advisors being employed to be ... |
Claim that unqualified advisors being appointed - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
A school principal in Whangarei says the Ministry of Education is appointing unqualified people as advisors to schools in Whangarei, to enforce and back national standards. Mr Newman, who is also the Labour Party candidate for Whangarei, ...
Radio New Zealand
A school principal in Whangarei says the Ministry of Education is appointing unqualified people as advisors to schools in Whangarei, to enforce and back national standards. Mr Newman, who is also the Labour Party candidate for Whangarei, ...
Principal seeks apology from Minister for saying he lied
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A Northland school principal who accused the Education Ministry of appointing unqualified people as school advisers wants an apology fron the Education Minister who says his claims are untrue.
A Northland school principal who accused the Education Ministry of appointing unqualified people as school advisers wants an apology fron the Education Minister who says his claims are untrue.
School 'let down' over charter action - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: School 'let down' over charter action Otago Daily Times He said international studies put New Zealand pupils as the fourth highest achievers in the world, and countries such as Australia, England and the United States were below New Zealand because they had introduced national testing to lift their ... |
NCEA is being dumbed down by exam changes - The Press
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The Press
My hair has become greyer and NCEA has become easier. From the get-go the system alarmed me. It is evident that schools get the majority of their students through on the back of internal assessments. This point is fairly well known but a recent ...
The Press
My hair has become greyer and NCEA has become easier. From the get-go the system alarmed me. It is evident that schools get the majority of their students through on the back of internal assessments. This point is fairly well known but a recent ...
$53 million awarded to New Zealand researchers
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How do fungi tell what time of the year it is? How native are New Zealand's native species? And what route did Moriori take to the Chatham Islands?
How do fungi tell what time of the year it is? How native are New Zealand's native species? And what route did Moriori take to the Chatham Islands?
Wellington schools to get ultra-fast broadband - Sunday Star Times
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Sunday Star Times
Fifty-six schools in the Greater Wellington region will have access to ultra-fast broadband by July next year, telco operator Chorus has announced. The list of schools in the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) scheme was released today as part of Chorus' ...
Sunday Star Times
Fifty-six schools in the Greater Wellington region will have access to ultra-fast broadband by July next year, telco operator Chorus has announced. The list of schools in the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) scheme was released today as part of Chorus' ...
Ultrafast broadband in schools in July - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Ultrafast broadband in schools in July Otago Daily Times About 6600 pupils at 14 Dunedin schools will have access to ultrafast broadband by July next year, the Government announced. IT Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Anne Tolley released details yesterday, ... |
ChCh to have a say on future of schools - The Press
Newstalk ZB | URL: ChCh to have a say on future of schools The Press Christchurch residents will be given a chance to have a say on the future of education in their city. The Ministry of Education has invited members of the community, representatives of the education sector and business owners to take part in ... |
School pays for drugs testing - Hawke's Bay Today
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Hawke's Bay Today
Lindisfarne CollegeAt least one Hawke's Bay school will continue to do random drug sniffer dog searches, despite a national police decision to halt the practice. Rector at Lindisfarne College Ken McLeod said the searches were an effective deterrent for ...
Hawke's Bay Today
Lindisfarne CollegeAt least one Hawke's Bay school will continue to do random drug sniffer dog searches, despite a national police decision to halt the practice. Rector at Lindisfarne College Ken McLeod said the searches were an effective deterrent for ...
Earthquake strengthening of school buildings
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Sally Haughton is the Principal of Wellington East Girls' College, which has two buildings that need to be strengthened and is one of several schools that are concerned about the safety of buildings that have been identified as earthquake prone but which the Ministry of Education has told them are safe. David Hopkins is a consulting engineer who specialises in earthquake risk management, and a former president of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering.
Sally Haughton is the Principal of Wellington East Girls' College, which has two buildings that need to be strengthened and is one of several schools that are concerned about the safety of buildings that have been identified as earthquake prone but which the Ministry of Education has told them are safe. David Hopkins is a consulting engineer who specialises in earthquake risk management, and a former president of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering.
School support staff face job losses - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Hundreds of support staff at Christchurch schools could lose their jobs or face reduced hours because of a drop in pupil numbers after the earthquakes. Primary and secondary school principals across the city are trying to work out where to make savings ...
Stuff.co.nz
Hundreds of support staff at Christchurch schools could lose their jobs or face reduced hours because of a drop in pupil numbers after the earthquakes. Primary and secondary school principals across the city are trying to work out where to make savings ...
Otago may fund own associations after VSM Bill - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Otago may fund own associations after VSM Bill Otago Daily Times The University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic may fund their student associations after the voluntary student membership Bill passed its third reading in Parliament last week. Before the Act New Zealand-sponsored Education (Freeedom of Association) ... |
Sir Mason book benefits Te Aute - Hawke's Bay Today
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Sir Mason book benefits Te Aute Hawke's Bay Today He elected to release his latest offering on Monday at Te Aute College, the school he attended as a pupil in the 1950s, and the place he believed still had the ability to produce people who could move Maori into a new era of development. ... |
Tapanui schoolgirl gets hero's welcome - The Southland Times
 The Southland Times | URL: Tapanui schoolgirl gets hero's welcome The Southland Times Mariah-Carey Broad arrived back at Blue Mountain College yesterday to a hero's welcome after claiming the impromptu speech title at the Nga Manu Korero national secondary schools speech competition. It was an emotional return for Mia, as she is known, ... |
Hutt Valley school may pull pin on its ball - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Ball planning was disrupting classes, while problems with partners caused pupils unnecessary stress, the memo said. "Some parents make appointments for hair, dresses, nails, tans etc in school time, and sign the students out. ...
Stuff.co.nz
Ball planning was disrupting classes, while problems with partners caused pupils unnecessary stress, the memo said. "Some parents make appointments for hair, dresses, nails, tans etc in school time, and sign the students out. ...
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