Concerns stay on standards - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
Wanganui Intermediate principal Charles Oliver expects the Government will continue with the policy of National Standards and use it as a means of determining which schools will need additional support to raise student achievement. ...

learning tweet - social and workplace learning: Social Network ...

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Analyze social networks can lead us to understand, and to explain, how connections and relationships within organizations are strictly related to better performance, continuos improvement and valuable collaborative learning. Today we see ...

Symposium focuses on Maori education - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
The theme of the conferences was Captured By The Dawn, which reflected how educational research was an ever-developing field, said co-convenor Rosina Taniwha of Ngai te Rangi. Keynote speakers include professor Robert Tierney of the University of ...

New Zealand university develops a Pacific Research Protocol - Radio New Zealand International

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URL: New Zealand university develops a Pacific Research Protocol Radio New Zealand International A deputy vice chancellor at New Zealand's Otago University says the need to better understand Pacific commmunities prompted its new Pacific research protocol. The new document lays out guidelines to ensure researchers are sensitive to the cultural ways ...

Harawira to tackle Tolley on closure - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
Moerewa School's senior class is being threatened with closure as punishment for the school's stance on National Standards, Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says. Mr Harawira is making the school's threatened senior classes one of his first causes as ...

Long NCEA exam haul nearly over - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The Wellington College 17-year-old is one of a group of pupils sitting the final exams on the NCEA calendar this afternoon. For Josh, the Chinese language level 3 exam will be his 11th this year – and the last of his school career. ...

Students urged to chase dreams - Southland Times

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URL: Students urged to chase dreams Southland Times Film director Rob Sarkies addressed the Southern Institute of Technology awards ceremony last night, encouraging students to chase their dreams and avoid becoming a rat in a maze. "I don't think it matters what your dream is as long as you believe in ...

Christchurch schools apply for special grades - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Christchurch schools apply for special grades Stuff.co.nz The NZQA then compares the two results and if there are significant disparities the year's assessment is taken into account. There would be no indication on the published results that a derived grade was awarded. The final eight NCEA exams will be held ...

Columba pupils challenge computer stereotype - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Columba pupils challenge computer stereotype Otago Daily Times The popular stereotype that girls and computer science do not mix is one pupils at Columba College are helping to turn around. Eight pupils (three teams) from the school won gold, silver and bronze medals at the ...

Bullying in New Zealand schools 'unacceptable' says Dingle - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Bullying has an incredibly negative and deep-seated effect on a young person's confidence, self-image, their whole school experience and potentially their future; it should never be accepted as the 'norm'.” Dingle says that New Zealand risks bullying ...

Bullying victim's mother appears in court - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Bullying victim's mother appears in court New Zealand Herald Kaipara College principal John Grant said although he was "always disappointed when students end up fighting'' it was difficult to prevent such incidents, which he described as rare. "These things happen. They happen in the adult world and in the ...

Growing number of serious assaults in schools - FYD - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
The Foundation for Youth Development believes there's a growing number of serious assaults and bullying in New Zealand schools. It follows recent violent incidents at Helensville's Kaipara College, just north of Auckland and Pukekohe High School in ...

Auckland Enviroschools efforts honoured

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Eighteen environmentally aware schools across Auckland will be recognised for their long-term commitment to sustainability at an Enviroschools celebration on Friday 2 December.

18 Auckland schools to get certificates for commitment to environment - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Facilitated in the Auckland region by Auckland Council, Enviroschools is a national environmental education programme that encourages children, their schools and their families to think and act sustainably. “The programme gives young people the ...

Whooping cough strikes Karori school - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
A Karori Normal School pupil is the latest victim of the whooping cough outbreak sweeping Wellington. Parents at the school were notified yesterday that a case of the potentially fatal respiratory disease had been confirmed in a pupil. ...

School takes up DNA microdotting system to stop thefts - Stuff.co.nz

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SelectaDNA director David Morrissey said the company was in the process of rolling out the system to all schools in New Zealand as part of a joint venture between BNZ and the Ministry of Education. "Ross Intermediate was crying out for help and we ...