Wednesday, December 21, 2011

150 more schools to receive network upgrades

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Hekia Parata | Education
The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, today confirmed the next 150 schools to receive government-subsidised internal network upgrades, in readiness for ultra-fast broadband. The Ministry of Education’s School Network Upgrade Project (SNUP) has so far upgraded networks in more than 700 state and state integrated schools with more in progress...

Murupara schooling consolidated

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Hekia Parata | Education
The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, says the consolidation of schooling in Murupara will help strengthen education in the area and raise student achievement levels. Today’s announcement confirms the establishment of a new year 1-13 area school in Murupara. It will open at the start of the 2013 school year on the site of the Murupara School...

beehive.govt.nz - Murupara schooling consolidated

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The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, says the consolidation of schooling in Murupara will help strengthen education in the area and raise student achievement levels. Today's announcement confirms the establishment of ...

Maori students take legislation to Waitangi Tribunal - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Maori Students' Association says it will be before the Waitangi Tribunal next year to fight Government legislation it says has breached the country's founding document. In September, the Government passed legislation making student union membership ...

Key to probe Tolley's handling of Mutu questions - Stuff.co.nz


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Mutu was an education ministry-appointed student achievement practitioner and Labour had questioned whether it was appropriate to send a suspended principal into schools as an expert to assist with the implementation of national standards. ...

Further scrutiny of Tolley's Mutu answer - Stuff.co.nz


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Debroah Anne Mutu was an Education Ministry-appointed student achievement practitioner and Labour had questioned whether it was appropriate to send a suspended principal into schools to assist with the implementation of national standards. ...

Education Ministry tightens procedures after Mutu case

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The Ministry of Education admits its process for appointing people as specialist advisers to schools was not rigorous and it did not know a Northland kura principal was facing disciplinary action when it gave her one of the adviser jobs.

Nepotism and bullying alleged - Stuff.co.nz

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"These concerns have been relayed to the Ministry of Education and obviously the ministry has deemed these issues serious enough to warrant an investigation into the school's management practices. "We hope that action is taken to ensure taxpayer and ...

Where do drama teachers come from? Initial investigations into the ...

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My own personal experience has illustrated that it is often assumed, usually by people who know little if anything of what either teaching or acting actually involves, that those who decide to teach drama do so because they can't get a .... The results of projective techniques such as cartoon tests can offer useful alternatives to more traditional quantitative methods such as structured questionnaires that, inevitably, produce answers to questions which directly reflect the ...

Problems With Process – Sshh! Don't use the P word | Drama New ...

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They need to be aware of assessment issues, and how to write assessment tasks and schedules. They need to be familiar with the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum that are necessary for teaching years 9-13. ...

Primary school fares well - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
The achievement of Maori pupils reflected the achievement of their non-Maori peers. "Students recognise that their culture is being valued within the school and this is helping them to experience success as Maori," Mr Randell said. ...

Spirit of Adventure Trust supports job seekers

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The Spirit of Adventure Trust will help young New Zealander’s learn essential skills to help them enter the work force during February next year.

Massey project to halt ‘summer slide’ in reading

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Summer – for adults at least – is the perfect time to catch up on reading, and the idea of kicking back with a good novel is sheer bliss for many. But school children do not usually have books on top of their fun list, and reading levels can deteriorate ...

Health camp school bid farewell - Otago Daily Times


Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
The health camp organisation -Te Puna Whaiora Children's Health Camp, will take over the education contract for five of the country's health camp schools next year, including Roxburgh. The school will close on January 27 in its current form and reopen ...

New Facilities at UCOL - Voxy

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Voxy
Students will also enjoy a re-vamped, centralized place on campus for all student services. Located on the upper campus, the cafe, learning support, disability support, health nurse and students association will all be together under one roof. ...

Big rise in enrolments - Auckland stuff.co.nz


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The school is so full it is not accepting any new out of zone students. Student numbers are rising rapidly at many Rodney-Hibiscus Coast schools. That reflects growth in the area, with some schools no longer taking pupils outside their zones as rolls ...

Teacher gave students NCEA answers - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
A college in Tauranga had to withdraw the NCEA results of 17 students after the Qualifications Authority found a teacher gave them the answers to internal assessments. The case was in Qualifications Authority documents obtained under the Official ...

Top student too busy to slack off - Stuff.co.nz


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From being named her school's top student to speaking on live television moments after her team won the Maggi Showdown, 2011 has been quite a year for Palmerston North's Madison Dyash. The 13-year-old's staggering list of achievements was recognised ...

Tauranga teacher gave students answers to NCEA assessments

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A Tauranga secondary school had to revoke the NCEA results of 17 students after discovering a teacher had given them the answers to internal assessments.