Education advice 'poor or borderline' - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Education advice 'poor or borderline'
Stuff.co.nz
It also plans to start using the results of the controversial National Standards to target poor-performing primary and intermediate schools and students. Some experts have spoken out against the publication of National Standards data because it could ...

Editorial: Bad timing to deliver vision for country - New Zealand Herald

URL: Editorial: Bad timing to deliver vision for country
New Zealand Herald
Undeterred by the row over National Standards during its first term, it intends to set up a more rigorous system of assessing teachers and principals this term. Tertiary education, too, will be made more accountable, with funding based on measures of ...

High demand for charter schools, says minister - Stuff.co.nz

URL: High demand for charter schools, says minister
Stuff.co.nz
Principals and parents are queuing up for the first "charter school", Education Minister Hekia Parata says. A controversial plan for new "charter schools" to be set up in poorer parts of Auckland and Christchurch was agreed as part of the confidence ...

Education Minister defends Kawerau school merger

URL: Education Minister defends Kawerau school merger
The Education Minister, Hekia Parata.

Poor schools dominate list - Radio New Zealand

URL: Poor schools dominate list
Radio New Zealand
The list also included a 32nd entity - the Otara Boards Forum, which supports parents and schools in South Auckland. The Office of the Auditor General provided the list on Thursday following the publication of a summary of audits of school financial ...

Claim school gap in rich and poor areas growing - Radio New Zealand

URL: Claim school gap in rich and poor areas growing
Radio New Zealand
Ten are decile one schools and ten others are in deciles two and three. The Secondary Principals Association, the Post-Primary Teachers Association and the primary school teachers' union, the Educational Institute, say such schools are finding it ...

Calls for social workers in schools after horrific abuse - TVNZ

URL: Calls for social workers in schools after horrific abuse
TVNZ
New Zealand Educational Institute President Ian Leckie says it would be great to have personnel to support the school and families. He says social workers should be made available in every school throughout the country. There has been a renewed call ...

Claim gap between schools in rich and poor areas growing - Radio New Zealand

URL: Claim gap between schools in rich and poor areas growing
Radio New Zealand
Ten are decile one schools and ten others are in deciles two and three. The Secondary Principals Association, the Post-Primary Teachers Association and the primary school teachers' union, the Educational Institute, say such schools are finding it ...

PM speaks to Tolley about Mutu case

URL: PM speaks to Tolley about Mutu case
Prime Minister John Key appears to be satisfied with former Education Minister Anne Tolley's handling of the Deborah Mutu case.Mrs Tolley has come under fire this week after the Teacher's Council made public its decision to deregister...

PPTA’s history gifted to prime minister

URL: PPTA’s history gifted to prime minister
“Our latest book to John Key is the history of the PPTA. It is a reminder that secondary teachers have a powerful and long-term commitment to a fair and equal public education system,” says PPTA vice president Doug Clark.

Go ahead for speedy internet at schools - Hawke's Bay Today

URL: Go ahead for speedy internet at schools
Hawke's Bay Today
Four more Hawke's Bay schools have been given the go-ahead for ultra-fast broadband that will bring vast changes to classrooms and teaching practices. William Colenso College, Tareha School, St Joseph's Maori Girls' College and Mangateretere School ...

big tick for Witt - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: big tick for Witt Stuff.co.nz The achievement comes on the back of a vote of confidence from the Tertiary Education Commission's report released yesterday. After decades of financial woes the tertiary provider announced a financial surplus of 12 per cent of its revenue in June this ...

Trades teaching and classroom danger - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Trades teaching and classroom danger Auckland stuff.co.nz a top topic in hundreds of homes, the critics are standing by their criticism of standards and safety levels in the country's tertiary workshops. Arthur Moore, former head of department at Penrose High School, former president of Auckland Technical ...

Glowing report for Otago Polytechnic - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Glowing report for Otago Polytechnic Otago Daily Times "It is pleasing that the report acknowledges our commitment to providing high quality, hands-on education which enables our students to leave us well prepared and ready for the workplace." The highest possible rankings from the NZQA meant the ...

Hastings Mayor to give one on one training to potential Maori Leaders - All About Hawke's Bay

URL: Hastings Mayor to give one on one training to potential Maori Leaders
All About Hawke's Bay
Young Maori leaders from around Hastings can now apply for a leadership programme with the mayor. The Mayoral Taskforce Rangatahi Leadership Programme chooses a leader between 18 and 25 years to be mentored one-on-one for a year by Lawrence Yule. ...

Kids know a thing or two about HAKA!

URL: Kids know a thing or two about HAKA!
To compliment the "HAKA! Speaking with every move" exhibition National Library Auckland Centre has developed a schools programme inviting students and teachers to engage with the exhibition and our collections.

English language opens doors for top student - The Aucklander

URL: English language opens doors for top student
The Aucklander
Hom Panther lies on her bed, workbook on her lap. She has memorised her spelling list and is happy. She's a paraplegic, her legs paralysed and her right arm weakened in a car crash four years ago, but that hasn't stopped her desire to learn. ...