Minister welcomes new Mentoring for Diversity Programme

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Hekia Parata | Women's Affairs
The Minister of Women’s Affairs, Hekia Parata, congratulates the Institute of Directors on the launch of its inaugural Mentoring for Diversity programme, aimed at increasing the number of women on NZX-listed and large company boards. “I applaud the Institute of Directors (IoD) for establishing this programme,'' says Ms Parata. "In a number of cases women often have the skills but are just not sure how to get into governance roles. This programme will really help them.”...

Wellington.scoop.co.nz » School trustees ask government to ...

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The New Zealand Council for Educational Research has conducted its survey of primary and intermediate schools every three years or so since the introduction of Tomorrow's Schools in 1989. The 2010 survey went to a ...

Private school welcomes charter trial to aid the disadvantaged - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Private school welcomes charter trial to aid the disadvantaged New Zealand Herald The private school was set up in 2003 for about 50 pupils from Year 7 to 10. It runs a curriculum based on the national one and is audited by the Education Review Office. Pupils (about 12 per class) study in the morning. In the afternoon they do music, ...

Why do we need charter schools? - The Dominion Post

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URL: Why do we need charter schools? The Dominion Post The plan is to set up charter schools in Christchurch and South Auckland within the next three years. The Government says they will be targeted at "lifting educational achievement in low-decile areas and disadvantaged communities where educational ...

Charter school plan gets fail mark - Stuff.co.nz

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The plan to roll out the schools in areas of low student achievement was unveiled as part of the Government's coalition agreement with ACT on Monday. Taita College principal John Murdoch said that, instead of trying to turn education into a ...

Principals skeptical on charter school plan - Nelson Mail

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Nelson Mail
Since then the issues has been hotly debated, with proponents saying existing schools would give parents more choice, and critics saying there was no international evidence that charter schools improved education standards, and they would widen the gap ...

Key and Banks charting a course for disaster - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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John Banks assertion that he will, hand-pick 'like-minded' people to implement the controversial charter schools trial is proof the proposal is about political ideology, not educational achievement says Labour's Education Spokesperson, Sue Moroney. ...

Private school welcomes charter trial to aid the disadvantaged - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Private school welcomes charter trial to aid the disadvantaged New Zealand Herald A charter school trial is being welcomed by a private education provider in Auckland that is looking to expand its model to help disadvantaged students. The Government wants to try charter schools - state-funded independent campuses - in ...

What are ACT's Charter School Plans? (NZ Charter Schools Debate ...

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The purpose is to lift “educational achievement in low decile areas and disadvantaged communities where educational underperformance has become the norm”. The aim is that greater flexibility will lead to improvements. ...

Deficiencies seen in charter schools plan | Otago Daily Times Online ...

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Under the National/Act coalition agreement, the Government has committed to a charter schools programme, which will see alternative education providers competing with existing schools for pupils and funding. The proposed system is aimed at lifting educational achievement in low-decile areas and disadvantaged communities such as South Auckland and central and eastern areas of Christchurch where educational under-performance has become the norm. ...

Education shake-up 'biggest for years' | Stuff.co.nz

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The confidence and supply agreement signed by National and ACT says the initiative is targeted at lifting educational achievement in disadvantaged areas. "It is designed to provide greater flexibility in governance and ...

Irony #2 | Kiwiblog

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New Zealand's education system has won major praise with it nearing the top in literacy, mathematics and science according to a highly recognised international assessment system. But the data points ... So if charter schools don't address the tail of under-achievement, what do they do better than the current system? Psycho Milt (561) ..... “the NCEA Lvl 1 pass rates in state schools were something like 30%, 40% and the stellar performer was 60%”. So thats what you ...

What are charter schools? - 3News NZ (blog)

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URL: What are charter schools? 3News NZ (blog) Charter schools will not be operated by the Ministry of Education but rather sponsors such as iwi, not-for-profit organisations, businesses or existing education providers. In turn, the school is accountable to the sponsor - not the Ministry of ...

Do Parents really want charter schools?

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The Wellington Wairarapa School Trustees Association (“WWSTA”) calls on the government to consult widely and to listen to the voices of trustees and parents before deciding whether to proceed with the controversial plan to introduce charter schools into ...

What are charter schools?

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Charter schools have received a lot of attention this week after National and ACT revealed plans on Monday to roll them out - but what are they?

OECD says invest in education to end inequality | TEU - Tertiary ...

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The OECD's report 'Divided we Stand: why Inequality keeps rising argues that skills training and education is crucial to addressing.

Principal to study Scottish intranet - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Principal to study Scottish intranet Otago Daily Times Millers Flat school principal Chris Smith is hoping to bask in a Scottish "Glow" next year to improve his school's online learning management systems. Mr Smith (39) is the winner of the 2012 Otago Primary ...

Wellington schools snare lotteries cash - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Wellington schools snare lotteries cash Stuff.co.nz Outgoing Wellington High School principal Prue Kelly is celebrating a massive lottery grant for the school. Two Wellington high schools have been given tens of thousands of dollars today. A lottery grant has given Wellington High School the green light ...

Wellington polytech closed over quake risk - Stuff.co.nz

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A journalism school in central Wellington has been closed after it was found to need extensive earthquake strengthening work. The former Workingman's Club in Cuba St was leased by Whitireia Polytechnic and had been recently refurbished. ...

Govt applauds Maori tertiary institute for glowing report - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Government says a positive report on an Auckland tertiary institute - which delivers its programmes in te reo Maori - reflects credit on the whole kaupapa Maori education movement. The Qualifications Authority says Te Wananga Takiura's educational ...

Industry training review discussion document on key roles in training systems

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Discussion document for the Industry Training Review on key roles in training systems...

Review of industry training

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Information on feedback and survey deadlines for the industry training review...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » NZQA confident of Tai Poutini Polytechnic's ...

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He also pointed out that the evaluation team had found “the Council has a strong commitment to ensuring educational achievement is high, but also that the programmes and courses offered continue to be relevant to the specialist ... that although TPP had put in place a number of evaluative processes over the past 12 months these had not yet been thoroughly tested and the team could not be confident the Institute was far enough along the self assessment “journey”. ...

prior learning & university success in biology | BioBlog

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Not least because I think many tertiary educators are still not really clear on how NCEA (the National Certificate in Educational Achievement, for my non-NZ readers) & the curriculum work, in the sense that there is plenty of ...

New chief executive for Education NZ - Voxy

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Voxy
The Chair and Board of Education New Zealand are delighted to announce the appointment of Grant McPherson as the Chief Executive of the Government agency. Education New Zealand was created on 1 September 2011 to support the Government's ambitious goals ...

Swing in high school rolls - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
"I don't see anything great about being the biggest school," she said. "We just want to make sure we give our girls a quality education." Mrs Cooper said Whangarei parents had a good choice of different types of schools. "The only compromising factor ...

Pool's a problem - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Pool's a problem Auckland stuff.co.nz The Education Ministry provides operational funding to schools but many say they still struggle to meet extensive costs. It is estimated up to 80 school pools are permanently closed each year. Water Safety New Zealand chief executive Matt Claridge ...

Future uncertain for two Wellington schools - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Two Wellington schools facing a merger still do not know if they will stay open next year. Formal discussions about the possible merger of Miramar South School and Strathmore Community School have been going on between schools and the Education ...

In tune with his students - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: In tune with his students Auckland stuff.co.nz One of the main nominations came from pupil Josh Tagaloa, who wins a smartphone for his efforts. "My crazy teacher goes out of his way to ensure that all students achieve no less than excellence," he says. Students had even started a Facebook page to ...

Top school's headmaster stepping down - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
He also saw change from the School Certificate qualification to the NCEA system - something which he says was flawed from the start. In January, Mr Morris dumped NCEA level 1 for Year 11 boys in favour of the Cambridge exams, which he said better ...

College young gun a 'prodigy' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: College young gun a 'prodigy' Stuff.co.nz He's been made dux of his school, blitzed his senior classmates at NCEA exams and he's off to Otago University to study pre-medicine – oh, and he's only a fourth former. Most 14-year-olds are more interested in playing video games than mastering ...