Schools may not reveal scores, union says - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Schools might withhold student achievement statistics if the government does not prevent national standards information being used to create league tables, the New Zealand Education Institute says. All schools must submit their student achievement data ...

Schools may refuse to hand over student data - Stuff.co.nz

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All schools must submit their student achievement data based on 'National Standards' to the Ministry of Education by May 31. "It's a top-of-mind issue and worry for principals, teachers and school as we go into the 2012 school year," NZEI President Ian ...

Standards fail pupils, says principal - Wairarapa Times-Age

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Wairarapa Times-Age
PHOTO/AMIE HICKLAND A Wairarapa school will come under special attention from the Ministry of Education after most of its students failed the National Standards benchmark last year. But Dalefield School principal Kevin Jephson, who voluntarily went ...

Researcher in awe of trailblazing training system - Stuff.co.nz

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Mark Warren has been scouring the National Archives looking for information on a trail-blazing programme called Training Within Industry which was run from the late 1940s to 1985. The system was developed in the United States to help companies prepare ...

Struggle ahead for fast-track teachers - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
But the principal of Mangere College, John Heyes, said he did not have a shortage of applicants for teaching positions and the programme was not the right way to tackle inequality in education. "The programme is linked to low decile schools in Auckland ...

Editorial: Running tomorrow's schools today - Nelson Mail

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Nelson Mail
... are those who are engaged in the education system – at either end of the piece of white chalk, or whatever they use in the classroom these days. Both teachers and pupils typically this weekend will be feeling back-to-school ambivalence: excitement ...

Benefits of tertiary education highlighted - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
New data shows that countries which invested in tertiary education weathered the global financial crisis better than those that did not. Tertiary Education Union National President Dr Sandra Grey says it's self-evident that investing in the sector ...

Tertiary education vital tool in economic recovery

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New data from the OECD shows that countries that invested in tertiary education weathered the global financial crisis better than those that did not. TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey says the data is yet another signal to the minister of tertiary ...

Let the children play - The Press

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URL: Let the children play The Press With a new school year about to start, Beck Eleven speaks to three Christchurch families and a child psychologist about anxiety and change. "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."- Frederick Douglass.

Teens report ethnic bias in treatment - Stuff.co.nz

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The questions, part of a nationwide survey of more than 9000 high school pupils, found that more than 400 Maori, Pacific and Asian pupils felt they had been discriminated against by the professionals, a finding which surprised lead author Sue Crengle.

Rolls up for many SC schools - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Rolls up for many SC schools Stuff.co.nz WELCOME ALL: Bluestone School is expecting an extra 50 children in their classrooms next week. One of them is Rebekah Barnes, 5. It is back to school time this week and despite most Christchurch earthquake refugees who joined South Canterbury schools ...

Bumper crop of school entrants - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Bumper crop of school entrants Otago Daily Times Classrooms swelled to 732 pupils in May last year, buoyed by 60 pupils from Christchurch after the February 22 earthquake. At least two or three new pupils were thought to have enrolled for the new year after their families departed the Garden City for ...

Free education oh so close - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
"Because I will not only have my NCEA qualifications I will have engineering trade certificate level 2 which is amazing." Wanganui City College head of technology Chris Donaldson described the new U-Skills programme as fantastic.

Principals want power to search students - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
"Two give schools specifically the power of search and seizure, issues around weapons in schools and students bringing in drugs in schools are not going away and we believe that would act as an important deterrent." Mr Walsh says believes they can ...

Call for schools to teach swimming - Manawatu Standard

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URL: Call for schools to teach swimming Manawatu Standard Water Safety New Zealand is hoping to get pools back in Manawatu schools because of fears a lack of water education will lead to a further increase in drownings. A quarter of primary school students in New Zealand are unable to swim 25m or keep afloat, ...

Boost for Global Arts Education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Imagination, creativity and innovation are present in everyone and can be nurtured through 'arts education' – a term which has many meanings around the world. Arts education does not always happen in schools. Some of the best arts education occurs ...

Online postings can be destructive for kids - Stuff.co.nz

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... and principals attended the Learning@School conference at Claudelands Event Centre to hear talks on key issues facing New Zealand schools and classrooms. A focus was the growth of technology and social media inside and outside the classroom.

Pupils' marks factor in funding decisions - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Pupils' marks factor in funding decisions Otago Daily Times Academic results of pupils recruited to the Otago University Advanced School Sciences Academy will be scrutinised as part of a funding analysis to consider whether the two-year-pilot scheme will attract future finance, a university pro-vice-chancellor says...

Parents plan to pull pupils from school - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Parents plan to pull pupils from school Otago Daily Times A parent, who also declined to be named, said the parents of all remaining pupils at the school would remove their children from the school as part of a protest march before classes began on Monday morning. He had heard the school was likely to be ...

School stationery rules irk parents - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock Parents are frustrated at schools' exclusive stationery supplier deals which they believe are stopping them from getting the best bargains. Tens of thousands of children start back at school tomorrow but The Warehouse says some ...

Let the children play - The Press

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URL: Let the children play The Press Debbie, who was drifting in her schoolwork, decided while walking home on February 22 that she would change schools and focus on education, while her brother lost all drive for knowledge. "A lot of his friends did the same thing - just gave up and ...

School need 'urgent' - The Press

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The Press
Coe said Rolleston and surrounding townships were growing rapidly and plans for a high school were needed. The town's newest primary school, Clearview, is on land owned by the Education Ministry. "When they [the ministry] bought the land, they bought a ...

Kamo High School Principal quits during holidays - Northern Advocate

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Northern Advocate
He assured parents and other stakeholders that the school's operation and the welfare and education of students would not be affected. "In a normal situation, that [appointment of a new principal] takes a period of time to advertise, shortlist and ...

Chair to enable new research pathways - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Chair to enable new research pathways Otago Daily Times The centre has more than 35 research teams drawn from a wide range of the university's departments, including the anatomy, biochemistry, medicine, physiology and psychology departments, to name a few, and the School of Physical Education and School of ...