The money... and the real issues - New Zealand Herald

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URL: The money... and the real issues New Zealand Herald National's proposal to give trainee teachers a personality test is long overdue, and it is right to insist on retaining national standards. Until the teaching profession is called to account and forced to submit to its political masters, our education ...

Schools won't want students dragging down results - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI TE Riu Roa says the parents of special needs students should be concerned that schools will now be required to report their children's achievement against “National Standards”. The Ministry of Education has changed its ...

Special needs education threatened by National Standards - NZEI - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Special needs education threatened by National Standards - NZEI 3News NZ The New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) is concerned National Standards in schools could lead to poorer outcomes for special needs students, after the Ministry of Education advised their achievement information would be included in National ...

Call to scrap ministry stance on foreign pupils - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
A Palmerston North school has called for the Education Ministry to scrap its stance on National Standards for foreign students. This year, the ministry imposed National Standards on bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students, ...

National Standards for bi-lingual and ESOL students is cultural bullying

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Imposing National Standards on bi-lingual and ESOL students amounts to cultural bullying and will do nothing to help them become competent learners, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

School wants clarification of future - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
In a letter she notes that the school has not implemented National Standards. Moerewa community leaders say the senior class is achieving higher pass rates than local secondary schools and the national average and there is no sound reason to close it. ...

Support is widespread for Moerewa School - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... they attend school at MoerewaSchool). A satellite unit is an arrangement that other schools have too – and the Ministry of Education's website sets out the requirements for schools if they want to set up a satellite arrangement between two schools.

auckland.scoop.co.nz » Report details level of poverty in Waikato ...

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The report clearly shows that despite some gains in educational achievement many young people are leaving school and are not well supported into work, training or further education. There are too many young people falling ...

National's Unhelpful Education Policy | Green Party of Aotearoa ...

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... Party's education policy launched yesterday lacks a vision for quality public education. Threatening to punish “low performing schools” and reward “high performance” is a dangerous, divisive and elitist approach to our public education system . ... It is high quality teaching, not restrictive measurement or fast internet, that will improve educational achievement in our schools. It is interesting that National have plans to invest in school buildings while also piloting Public ...

Indian migrants resilient in face of work barriers

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New Zealanders may have embraced Bollywood films, the Diwali Festival of Lights and Indian cuisine, but highly qualified migrants from India struggle to get work here, a new report says.

He Ara Tika Maori Graduate Awards

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About one hundred Maori students from two of the lowest decile rated secondary schools in Auckland will graduate tomorrow. The students from Aorere and Mangere Colleges have each completed the He Ara Tika Maori Mentoring programme that's run by the Manukau ...

Kāpiti Whitireia on the move

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Whitireia in Kāpiti will be moving to a new temporary location in Paraparaumu while they await the completion of the redeveloped campus on the corner of Kapiti Road and Milne Drive.

Unitec Pacific Centre advisor takes on new role

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Malia Talakai, Principal Academic Advisor, Pacific Centre for Learning, Teaching and Research at Unitec for the past two years will be leaving Unitec for a while to take on a broader role as a diplomat. She will assume her post as Deputy Lead ...

In praise of Fairfield college - Waikato Times (blog)

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Waikato Times (blog)
The school was Fairfield College which this week has been in the news, firstly over claims of bullying, then over some of its students being taken to hospital after apparently overdosing on drugs. It appears some kid nicked her parents' stash of pills ...

Earthquake fears at Wellington schools - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Earthquake fears at Wellington schools Stuff.co.nz Wellington East Girls College moved students out of its quake-prone main building after an assessment earlier this year. Clyde Quay School principal Liz Patara said the school had recently received a ministry's report into its three potentially ...

Newtown School - earthquake prone buildings

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The Ministry of Education said today it would work with Wellington’s Newtown School to find alternative accommodation for students after the main block at the school was found to be significantly earthquake prone.

School closes classroom block over quake fears - Radio New Zealand

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URL: School closes classroom block over quake fears Radio New Zealand There is also small classroom next to it that is unaffected. Parents at the meeting say they are shocked by the news and are concerned their children have been in classrooms that are potentially unsafe. The Ministry of Education says it will work with ...

Angry students pour abuse, scorn on Ecstasy teens - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
One Year 10 student said: 'It was pretty sad, but they deserved it for what they did'. Photo / Christine Cornege Two of the Fairfield College girls who took tainted Ecstasy turned up at their school yesterday - and ...