URL: Innovative learning network to lift student achievement
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that a dedicated nationwide online network for New Zealand schools will be developed, to ensure that teaching and learning is at the forefront of global educational developments and makes the most of new technology. The safe, secure system, called the Network for Learning, is estimated to cost between $300 -$400 million over the next 10 years, and will provide high-quality educational content and resources to schools and students, to help lift achievement for young New Zealanders wherever they are across the country...
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Decision deferred on integration
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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says a decision on the integration of Wanganui Collegiate School into the state system has been deferred until August 2012. “I need to be satisfied that the school is able to meet the strict criteria to be allowed to integrate," says Mrs Tolley. “I am aware of the importance of the school to the Wanganui and wider region, and in the meantime I have agreed that financial assistance can be provided should the school need it, but under certain conditions...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says a decision on the integration of Wanganui Collegiate School into the state system has been deferred until August 2012. “I need to be satisfied that the school is able to meet the strict criteria to be allowed to integrate," says Mrs Tolley. “I am aware of the importance of the school to the Wanganui and wider region, and in the meantime I have agreed that financial assistance can be provided should the school need it, but under certain conditions...
Minister welcomes evaluation of Service Academies
URL: Minister welcomes evaluation of Service Academies
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has welcomed the release of an Education Review Office evaluation of Service Academies, which shows improved engagement, behaviour and academic achievement for the secondary school students enrolled in this important Youth Guarantee initiative. The evaluation also found improvements in health and fitness levels at the military-focused academies, which offer courses such as leadership and outdoor education, while students work towards achieving at least NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy...
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has welcomed the release of an Education Review Office evaluation of Service Academies, which shows improved engagement, behaviour and academic achievement for the secondary school students enrolled in this important Youth Guarantee initiative. The evaluation also found improvements in health and fitness levels at the military-focused academies, which offer courses such as leadership and outdoor education, while students work towards achieving at least NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy...
Break-away school holiday programmes announced
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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is pleased to announce another round of Break-Away School Holiday Programmes is going ahead. “This is the third year we have run free school holiday programmes for young people who might not otherwise get the chance to attend,” says Ms Bennett. This year $3 million in funding will provide 30,000 one-week places over the summer holidays and in April next year...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is pleased to announce another round of Break-Away School Holiday Programmes is going ahead. “This is the third year we have run free school holiday programmes for young people who might not otherwise get the chance to attend,” says Ms Bennett. This year $3 million in funding will provide 30,000 one-week places over the summer holidays and in April next year...
Community Forums making progress
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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has received the first substantive report back on progress from Community Response Model Forums. “I established these Forums around New Zealand with local people because I believe people know their own communities best and can make good decisions about where social service funding is most needed.”
The fourteen Forums have been established across New Zealand to engage with communities on what services work and what supports are missing...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has received the first substantive report back on progress from Community Response Model Forums. “I established these Forums around New Zealand with local people because I believe people know their own communities best and can make good decisions about where social service funding is most needed.”
The fourteen Forums have been established across New Zealand to engage with communities on what services work and what supports are missing...
John Key and National want 100% of kids above average « Red Alert
URL: John Key and National want 100% of kids above average « Red Alert
... they were average, in the top 10% or in the so called tail. It allowed us to push all kids. Now under National standards we have a system where the standards are so low Key and the National Party expect every kid to pass. ...
... they were average, in the top 10% or in the so called tail. It allowed us to push all kids. Now under National standards we have a system where the standards are so low Key and the National Party expect every kid to pass. ...
WOULD NATIONAL STANDARDS THREATEN CREATIVE ...
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How do you address the criticism that the "national standards movement" is just an attempt to Taylorize the teaching profession? I once worked at a technical support call center where the management, at the urging of ...
How do you address the criticism that the "national standards movement" is just an attempt to Taylorize the teaching profession? I once worked at a technical support call center where the management, at the urging of ...
Claims of Ministry threats to schools - Northern Advocate
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Northern Advocate
Primary school principals say they are being threatened with external managers taking over their boards if they do not comply with a controversial national standards policy. The Northern Advocate asked Northland primary school principals if they felt ...
Northern Advocate
Primary school principals say they are being threatened with external managers taking over their boards if they do not comply with a controversial national standards policy. The Northern Advocate asked Northland primary school principals if they felt ...
Key: Schools will get asset cash - New Zealand Herald
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Key: Schools will get asset cash New Zealand Herald But the policy statement issued yesterday indicates that any government would have to be ready for a large education spending programme, as 44000 more school students are expected in the system by 2020, which could require more than 2000 new classrooms ... |
Asset sale funds will 'transform' schools - Key - TVNZ
 3News NZ | URL: Asset sale funds will 'transform' schools - Key TVNZ "The mixed ownership model will allow us to increase the total amount spent on school building projects each year by more than 50%, without extra borrowing." As well as schools, the Fund will be used to pay for high quality projects like major hospital ... |
The PM's admission of failure - Stuff.co.nz (blog)
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Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Turns out the prime minister thinks services like schools and hospitals are optional extras. Families will only get education and health care if we go along with his plans to flog the power companies and Air New Zealand. He's going to use the money ...
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Turns out the prime minister thinks services like schools and hospitals are optional extras. Families will only get education and health care if we go along with his plans to flog the power companies and Air New Zealand. He's going to use the money ...
Secondary schools decry 'unreasonable' funding cut - Radio New Zealand
URL: Secondary schools decry 'unreasonable' funding cut
Radio New Zealand
"You don't suddenly not need a classroom because five students have left from that room," he says. "All the costs in that classroom are still the same." Mr Brooks says his school will be about $60000 worse off this year because the grants have been ...
Radio New Zealand
"You don't suddenly not need a classroom because five students have left from that room," he says. "All the costs in that classroom are still the same." Mr Brooks says his school will be about $60000 worse off this year because the grants have been ...
Pre-school worries on the rise - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
There is increasing concern that the Government is intervening too much in the early childhood education sector with just under a half of services saying things are going badly and only a handful feeling optimistic that things will ...
New Zealand Herald
There is increasing concern that the Government is intervening too much in the early childhood education sector with just under a half of services saying things are going badly and only a handful feeling optimistic that things will ...
Survey shows government out of touch with struggling ECE services
URL: Survey shows government out of touch with struggling ECE services
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says a survey on early childhood education shows the government is out of touch and urgently needs to restore funding to struggling services.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says a survey on early childhood education shows the government is out of touch and urgently needs to restore funding to struggling services.
Outlook is bleak for the early childhood education sector
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The early childhood education sector is not doing well, according to a new survey conducted by ChildForum. The survey asked people involved with early childhood education services if things were currently going well or badly for their service and whether ...
The early childhood education sector is not doing well, according to a new survey conducted by ChildForum. The survey asked people involved with early childhood education services if things were currently going well or badly for their service and whether ...
Learning network to lift student achievement - Voxy
URL: Learning network to lift student achievement
Voxy
The safe, secure system, called the Network for Learning, is estimated to cost between $300 -$400 million over the next 10 years, and will provide high-quality educational content and resources to schools and students, to help lift achievement for ...
Voxy
The safe, secure system, called the Network for Learning, is estimated to cost between $300 -$400 million over the next 10 years, and will provide high-quality educational content and resources to schools and students, to help lift achievement for ...
High-speed network for schools - Stuff.co.nz
URL: High-speed network for schools
Stuff.co.nz
It would also significantly cut schools' information and communication technology costs. Education Minister Anne Tolley said the school network would provide core services such as internet access, and could also include multimedia resources, ...
Stuff.co.nz
It would also significantly cut schools' information and communication technology costs. Education Minister Anne Tolley said the school network would provide core services such as internet access, and could also include multimedia resources, ...
A Network for Learning
URL: A Network for Learning
Information about the Network for Learning - a dedicated online network for schools, which will run over the ultra-fast broadband infrastructure currently being rolled out across New Zealand
Information about the Network for Learning - a dedicated online network for schools, which will run over the ultra-fast broadband infrastructure currently being rolled out across New Zealand
High-speed network for schools
URL: High-speed network for schools
Schools around the country will be hooked up to a high-speed computer network that could let pupils take virtual lessons via video conference to learn specialist subjects.
Schools around the country will be hooked up to a high-speed computer network that could let pupils take virtual lessons via video conference to learn specialist subjects.
Scheme to help Maori into trades - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Scheme to help Maori into trades Otago Daily Times More Maori students are to be encouraged into trades training at Otago Polytechnic next year. Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker has been part of a steering group initiative, which includes representatives ... |
Gifted children education in doubt - Northern Advocate
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Northern Advocate
The Gifted Kids Programme is hosted at Tikipunga Primary School and has 22 students. It costs about $3000 a year for each child to attend the programme. It aims to provide a more challenging curriculum for the district's brightest pupils. ...
Northern Advocate
The Gifted Kids Programme is hosted at Tikipunga Primary School and has 22 students. It costs about $3000 a year for each child to attend the programme. It aims to provide a more challenging curriculum for the district's brightest pupils. ...
Pretending To Learn : Helping Children Learn Through Drama ...
URL: Pretending To Learn : Helping Children Learn Through Drama ...
He received several awards for his achievements in the field of Drama in Education, such as the Judith Kase-Cooper Honorary Research Award of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education for lifetime achievement in ...
He received several awards for his achievements in the field of Drama in Education, such as the Judith Kase-Cooper Honorary Research Award of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education for lifetime achievement in ...
Workplace Literacy Courses Lead to Success
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When Fonterra process worker Stephanie Viliamu signed up for a workplace literacy programme, she never expected it could help lead to a promotion. But that’s exactly what happened when she completed the free literacy course and shortly afterward, ...
When Fonterra process worker Stephanie Viliamu signed up for a workplace literacy programme, she never expected it could help lead to a promotion. But that’s exactly what happened when she completed the free literacy course and shortly afterward, ...
Thousands of pupils persistently absent from school - Yourcanterbury.co.uk
 Yourcanterbury.co.uk | URL: Thousands of pupils persistently absent from school Yourcanterbury.co.uk “The effect of regular absenteeism from school on a pupil's confidence and ability to understand what is being taught in the classroom is greatly affected. “A relevant and flexible curriculum, free from repetitive tests and targets, would go a long way ... |
Behaviour change to improve classrooms - Waatea News
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Waatea News
The editors of new book that shows teachers how they can apply the techniques of restorative justice to the classroom say it could cut down on the number of Maori students being suspended. Angus Hikairo Macfarlane and Valerie Margrain launched ...
Waatea News
The editors of new book that shows teachers how they can apply the techniques of restorative justice to the classroom say it could cut down on the number of Maori students being suspended. Angus Hikairo Macfarlane and Valerie Margrain launched ...
Language school enrolments rise after education cuts - Southland Times
URL: Language school enrolments rise after education cuts
Southland Times
Government cuts to community education funding are resulting in more enrolments at English-language schools, an Adult and Community Education Aotearoa spokeswoman says. ACE Aotearoa director Dr Jo Lake said adult and community education was vital to ...
Southland Times
Government cuts to community education funding are resulting in more enrolments at English-language schools, an Adult and Community Education Aotearoa spokeswoman says. ACE Aotearoa director Dr Jo Lake said adult and community education was vital to ...
$12bn student debt a national liability - NZUSA - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: $12bn student debt a national liability - NZUSA Voxy The negative social impacts of student debt include affecting family formation, a loss of graduates overseas and the psychological burden of debt. NZUSA's Income & Expenditure Survey 2010, a comprehensive survey of students at universities and ... |
School bursting at the seams - The Ashburton Guardian
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The Ashburton Guardian
Principal Chris Murphy said classrooms and buses were full and spare desks were hard to come by. “We're feeling very much at capacity and groaning at the seams. All four of our classrooms are mid to high 20s and the high roll number is largely due to ...
The Ashburton Guardian
Principal Chris Murphy said classrooms and buses were full and spare desks were hard to come by. “We're feeling very much at capacity and groaning at the seams. All four of our classrooms are mid to high 20s and the high roll number is largely due to ...
Uni seeks bailout as intake falls - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Uni seeks bailout as intake falls
Stuff.co.nz
Canterbury University is pleading for at least another $150 million from the Government as it faces losing almost 20000 students and $346m in revenue in the next eight years. The university is facing unprecedented challenges after the February ...
Stuff.co.nz
Canterbury University is pleading for at least another $150 million from the Government as it faces losing almost 20000 students and $346m in revenue in the next eight years. The university is facing unprecedented challenges after the February ...
Students heat up the classroom - SunLive
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SunLive
Erin says the cultural exchange between the schools is to encourage and provide knowledge of the history of both countries along with their current events and every day customs. “In April 2012 a group of 20 Otumoetai College students will be going on ...
SunLive
Erin says the cultural exchange between the schools is to encourage and provide knowledge of the history of both countries along with their current events and every day customs. “In April 2012 a group of 20 Otumoetai College students will be going on ...
Prize winners 'great example of student achievers' - Voxy
URL: Prize winners 'great example of student achievers'
Voxy
Alice, a past pupil of Burnside High School with an honours degree in music from Otago University, is setting her sights on a career as a software developer and software architect after gaining more work experience. Of the course that led to the Jade ...
Voxy
Alice, a past pupil of Burnside High School with an honours degree in music from Otago University, is setting her sights on a career as a software developer and software architect after gaining more work experience. Of the course that led to the Jade ...
Horahora students win date with ABs - Northern Advocate
URL: Horahora students win date with ABs
Northern Advocate
The visit is made possible after Hora Hora Primary School students won first prize out of all New Zealand schools in the "Haka Man" competition organised by adidas. Students produced a video of their way of supporting the All Blacks during the World ...
Northern Advocate
The visit is made possible after Hora Hora Primary School students won first prize out of all New Zealand schools in the "Haka Man" competition organised by adidas. Students produced a video of their way of supporting the All Blacks during the World ...
Gender gap closing - in some areas
URL: Gender gap closing - in some areas
Women are closing the gender gap on men in health and education but still cannot get a firm foot in the political and business doors, an international study says.And the situation hasn't got better for New Zealand women.Women...
Women are closing the gender gap on men in health and education but still cannot get a firm foot in the political and business doors, an international study says.And the situation hasn't got better for New Zealand women.Women...
World Teachers Day to celebrate high quality teaching
URL: World Teachers Day to celebrate high quality teaching
“Teaching students is way more important than being an All Black coach” - Graham Henry, July 2011 New Zealand is celebrating World Teachers Day today. (Saturday 29 October)
“Teaching students is way more important than being an All Black coach” - Graham Henry, July 2011 New Zealand is celebrating World Teachers Day today. (Saturday 29 October)
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