Children's privacy rights at risk | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

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Considering schools already have a range of tools to measure achievement, the Minister of Education's enthusiasm for this form of accountability is misguided and fails to recognise how it's failed to improve educational ...

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 ...

Criticism of charter deadline - Nelson Mail

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Nelson Mail
"We will upload a draft charter on February 1 that may or may not contain student learning targets based on National Standards." Ministry regional education programme manager Pauline Cleaver said the secretary for education had notified school boards ...

NZEI still trying to supress data | Kiwiblog

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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 ... to submit their student achievement data. No parent should be forced to attend a school which won't tell parents how well the school is doing, so I'd remove all zoning protection for any school that with-holds assessment data.

A contrast of two schools | Kiwiblog

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Dalefield School in Carterton has been one of the high profile schools agitating against National Standards. They have claimed: Dalefield School principal.

Did she get caught out by National Standards? | Whale Oil Beef ...

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Did she get caught out by National Standards? by Whaleoil on January 31, 2012. Looks like another school's parents have voted with their feet: Rotary Park School in Dunedin began its 2012 year with 13 pupils yesterday, down about 80 per ...

PPTA president on 'politicisation' of education agenda

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The President of the Post Primary Teachers' Association Robin Duff speaks with Simon Mercep.

ACT member appointed to oversee charter trial - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Associate Education Minister John Banks of ACT has appointed a party member to oversee the trial of charter schools. Mr Banks says part of the party's confidence and supply agreement with National was to appoint a private sector chair to oversee the ...

Banks' charter school appointment criticised - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Catherine Isaac will led a committee of six people to oversee the trial of charter schools, which are to be set up in South Auckland and Christchurch, as a result of the Act Party's confidence and supply agreement with National. Associate Education ...

Opposition: charter school appointment pushes political agenda

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The appointment of a former Act party candidate to lead a trial of charter schools is being questioned by opposition parties, who say it's pushing a political agenda rather than putting children first.

Steve McCabe: Pupils don't deserve to be Teach First guinea pigs - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
It also insults the qualified teachers at these schools, who have put their careers on hold for the year they spend at Teachers' College gaining a post-graduate qualification in teaching. Starting next year, it seems, they will be told they wasted ...

Quick training criticised - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Quick training criticised Auckland stuff.co.nz TOP PROGRAMME: Auckland University dean of education Graeme Aitken says the programme is based on "powerful research'' from overseas. A programme fast-tracking teachers into low-decile secondary schools will be just another experiment on south ...

New demand for male early childhood teachers cannot be met

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While an increasing number of New Zealand families would like men to be teaching their under fives, the men are not there to be employed, says an early childhood organisation that represents 1100 centres nationwide.

Do you know about Ako Panuku? / News / Home - Educational ...

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Ako Panuku's goal is to support Māori teachers in ways that enhance their professionalism; and acknowledge the critical contribution they make to education and to the achievement of Māori students. Ako Panuku supports ...

No time for nerves as school year begins - Nelson Mail

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URL: No time for nerves as school year begins Nelson Mail Under Ministry of Education rules, schools can start at any time between yesterday and February 7. Some Nelson schools, like Nelson Central School and Victory Primary School, are starting tomorrow, and others, like Nelson College and Hampden Street ...

Principals ban 75 primary kids from schools - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
What is, I suppose, remarkably new is what we are doing about it because we know this kind of behaviour really can disrupt [learning]." She said the Positive Behaviour for Learning Action plan was introduced in 2010 to help manage disruptive behaviour ...

iPads oust books from schoolbags - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: iPads oust books from schoolbags Stuff.co.nz As thousands of pupils hoist their backpacks to head back to school this week, many will be carrying an iPad or similar tablet – which can cost up to $1300 – in place of exercise books. In Wellington, Tawa Intermediate and Wellington Girls' College are ...

iPads highlight need for tech-savvy teachers - 3News NZ

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URL: iPads highlight need for tech-savvy teachers 3News NZ Knowing how to work the latest technology is becoming increasingly important as many schools are putting iPads on stationery lists. Education consultant Dr John Langley says those able to use technology has come along in leaps and bounds over the past ...

Taranaki schools study role of smart devices - Taranaki Daily News

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Taranaki Daily News
Mr Bowden said Taranaki schools are at different stages with their e-learning, but that won't cause a gap in school achievement. "I don't think the use of electronic tools necessarily equates on some pro rata basis to achievement," he said.

School students wanted for poverty script challenge - Voxy

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Voxy
Intermediate students from around New Zealand are being asked to put pen to paper in a unique bid to help fight poverty in the developing world via an innovative scriptwriting challenge. ChildFund New Zealand has today announced 'Pens Against Poverty: ...

New demands to the tertiary sector - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: New demands to the tertiary sector Waikato Times Everywhere I look right now I see new institutions, new private training providers, new advertisements on television for courses providing NZQA-approved courses. Like many, I'm asking whether we really need all these academics teaching the same ...

Skilled training graduates recognised by Competenz | Competenz

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Competenz develops industry qualifications, arranges, assesses and moderates training, and provides access to government training subsidies for the following industry sectors:Architectural Aluminium Joinery,Baking,Competitive ...

Countering homophobia in UK schools

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A New Zealander, so upset by the homophobic bullying she was seeing in British schools, gave up her job as a teacher so she could address the issue directly.

Excellence centre alliance makes sense, says EIT chief - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: Chris Collins (left), EIT chief executive, and Unison Networks chief Ken Sutherland watch as Erin Peffer and Ben Garland install training equipment at Unison's new Centre of Excellence at EIT. PHOTO / PAUL TAYLOR HBT120744-01 ...

Teenage child poverty activist

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A young Whangarei student has become the new face for child poverty activism.

Ex deputy heading back to school as new principal - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Now he's at the helm of DHS, Mr De Villers said there will be changes at the school. "We will be doing some needs analysis and strategic planning because schools should offer programmes which take children into jobs. It's a difficult time in education ...

Student launches lecture notes sharing site - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Student launches lecture notes sharing site Otago Daily Times University of Otago commerce student Hayden Kerrisk admits to being "not much of a note-taker". His preference to listen to and absorb the information during lectures proved problematic when he got home and had no notes. That led Mr Kerrisk (19) to ...

Prefabs rule at quake-prone schools - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Prefabs rule at quake-prone schools Stuff.co.nz At the first day of school at Newtown yesterday, most pupils took classes in eight prefab classrooms set up on the playground, while the school hall had become a makeshift computer room. A seismic assessment by the ministry confirmed in November that ...

Teacher calls time on 33 years at college - The Press

The Press

URL: Teacher calls time on 33 years at college The Press SOUR NOTE: Linwood College head of music Tony Ryan says the lack of progress over his white-zoned Redcliffs home is frustrating. After 33 years of making music come to life for pupils at Linwood College, Tony Ryan is leaving the school and Christchurch ...