Big fish-hooks in educational vision - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Big fish-hooks in educational vision Otago Daily Times Peter Lyons argues that, while there is much scope for innovative public policy to improve teacher and school performance, charter schools are not the way to go. The concept of charter schools is a radical yet unheralded change to our education system. ...

Charter schools

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Alwyn Poole is the academic manager of Mt Hobson Middle School and an advocate of charter schooling.

Good public education is at risk - The Dominion Post

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URL: Good public education is at risk The Dominion Post The attack focuses on giving grants to the school instead of those students most in need, and on corporate control of the curriculum. The social experiment will be conducted in schools in South Auckland, where the popular myth is that schools are ...

Let's talk about real choices for children - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Religious groups will be rubbing their hands with glee - there's no pesky state curriculum or National Standards to adhere to. Ms Tolley should rename them National Double Standards. So what will charter schools be like? Although our no-growth economy ...

Kura kaupapa Maori happy with new Education Minister

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Kura kaupapa Maori are delighted with the elevation of Hekia Parata to the post of Education Minister.

Advocates have cautious hopes of Hekia's double portfolio

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Pacific community leaders and educators are giving a cautious welcome to Hekia Parata as the new Minister of Pacific Island Affairs. Their disappointment that a Pacific MP didn't get the job is tempered by hopes that Ms Parata's double duty as education minister will help to boost Pacific educational achievement.

Alora's long-held dream comes true - Marlborough Express

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URL: Alora's long-held dream comes true Marlborough Express Queen Charlotte College head girl Alora Johnson has dreamed of being dux of the college for eight years. Last Thursday night, that dream finally became a reality. "It felt better than I ever imagined," Alora said after being awarded the top academic ...

New mines training facility announced - MSN NZ News

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MSN NZ News
A West Coast trust will donate $1 million to a new mine training facility, following the Pike River mine tragedy which claimed the lives of 29 men. Development West Coast's (DWC) donation, made to the Pike River Distribution Fund following the mining ...

Successfully learning a different way - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
A group of students excluded from the region's secondary schools were recently recognised for their progress in alternative education. Sixteen Napier and Hastings students aged between 13 and 16 years old, who were unable to be enrolled in school ...

Editorial: Hope from alternative education - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Exclusion is the formal removal of a student aged under 16 years from his or her school with the requirement that the student enrol elsewhere. The educational future for an excluded student hangs in the balance, relying largely on the hope that he or ...

From blackboards to interactive whiteboards - The Press

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URL: From blackboards to interactive whiteboards The Press The 67-year-old said he had intended to retire a few years ago but wanted to see through the implementation of the new national curriculum and national standards. "But now there is no challenge that I really want to be involved with. ...

Long walk from Manutahi Primary School to Minister of Education - Gisborne Herald

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URL: Long walk from Manutahi Primary School to Minister of Education Gisborne Herald The former public policy and Treaty of Waitangi consultant has been handed a testing assignment and can expect no respite from the teachers' unions as she seeks to embed increased accountability to parents, and establish charter schools in South ...

New push for West Coast school of mines

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On the West Coast, Tai Poutini Polytechnic is planning to open a New Zealand school of mines, the first since a university course closed almost 25 years ago.

Pupils ring the change as school ends - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Pupils ring the change as school ends Otago Daily Times Education Minister Anne Tolley announced the closure of the school in July, as part of a review of South Dunedin schools. The school will be merged with Macandrew Intermediate next year, and Forbury pupils are expected to attend the new school which is ...

Young women grab chance to learn - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
In a first for Wanganui kohanga reo, 16 young women have graduated with a Level 3 Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care from private training establishment Training For You. Their graduation took place at Wanganui's oldest kohanga, ...

Otago Uni appoints Director of Development - Voxy

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Voxy
He has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from Otago and an MBA from Massey University. As Director, Mr. Kearney will head efforts to build on the University's highly successful "Leading Thinkers" advancement campaign, and will oversee the management ...

New head for Massey's college of business - Voxy

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Voxy
A specialist in management communication, workplace wellbeing and organisational change will head Massey University's College of Business from next year. Professor Theodore (Ted) Zorn is currently head of the Department of Management Communication at ...