 Stuff.co.nz | URL: ACT defends charter schools NZ City The ACT Party leadership is batting aside criticism of the appointment of the party's former president Catherine Isaac to lead the trial of charter schools. The ACT Party leadership is batting aside criticism of the appointment of the party's former ... |
Thursday, February 9, 2012
ACT defends charter schools - NZ City
Charter schools key to Act's future - Banks - TVNZ
 The Dominion Post | URL: Charter schools key to Act's future - Banks TVNZ Lone MP John Banks says the future of the Act Party depends on the success of a charter schools trial. The Associate Education Minister and Education Minister Hekia Parata yesterday discussed the scheme, which was part of Act's confidence and supply ... |
Ministry's charter deadlines unrealistic - Timaru Herald
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Timaru Herald
"However, having the plan ready as a draft and then tweaking it once school has resumed, allowing for any changes due to staffing and pupil re-organisation makes the beginning of March a much more realistic timeframe." Mr Godfery believes many school ...
Timaru Herald
"However, having the plan ready as a draft and then tweaking it once school has resumed, allowing for any changes due to staffing and pupil re-organisation makes the beginning of March a much more realistic timeframe." Mr Godfery believes many school ...
Asenati Lole-Taylor: Maiden Speech - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Asenati Lole-Taylor: Maiden Speech
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
And it is imperative that we stop using South Auckland as a laboratory for window dressing trials like Charter Schools. There is a need for Māori and Pacific wardens to be better resourced in order to carry out the wonderful community work that they do ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
And it is imperative that we stop using South Auckland as a laboratory for window dressing trials like Charter Schools. There is a need for Māori and Pacific wardens to be better resourced in order to carry out the wonderful community work that they do ...
Warning on education changes - The Ashburton Guardian
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The Ashburton Guardian
Increase the class size to 35, and the time per child decreases to 8.1 minutes per child. Our own school results demonstrate the effectiveness of reducing class numbers. In 2010, the board of trustees endorsed the decision to have two Year 4 classes of ...
The Ashburton Guardian
Increase the class size to 35, and the time per child decreases to 8.1 minutes per child. Our own school results demonstrate the effectiveness of reducing class numbers. In 2010, the board of trustees endorsed the decision to have two Year 4 classes of ...
Plan to raise pupil-teacher ratio in classrooms - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
The Treasury says student-teacher ratios in schools could be increased and some schools closed - with the savings used to improve the quality of teaching. Finance Minister Bill English has not ruled out implementing the advice given to him in briefing ...
Otago Daily Times
The Treasury says student-teacher ratios in schools could be increased and some schools closed - with the savings used to improve the quality of teaching. Finance Minister Bill English has not ruled out implementing the advice given to him in briefing ...
Northland school's NCEA marks on hold - Newstalk ZB
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Newstalk ZB
Moerewa School was ordered by former Education Minister Anne Tolley to shut down its satellite programme for Year 10 to 13 students, despite achieving NCEA marks above national standards. Principal Keri Milne-Ihimaera says the Government requested an ...
Newstalk ZB
Moerewa School was ordered by former Education Minister Anne Tolley to shut down its satellite programme for Year 10 to 13 students, despite achieving NCEA marks above national standards. Principal Keri Milne-Ihimaera says the Government requested an ...
The Vandals at the Gate - TEU Tertiary Education Union
URL: The Vandals at the Gate - TEU Tertiary Education Union
Mr Robinson's three public presentations are: Auckland 27 February at the University of Auckland. What are the international directions in tertiary education policy? What do they mean for vocational training and higher ...
Mr Robinson's three public presentations are: Auckland 27 February at the University of Auckland. What are the international directions in tertiary education policy? What do they mean for vocational training and higher ...
Badly behaved primary pupils told to stay at home - Otago Daily Times
URL: Badly behaved primary pupils told to stay at home
Otago Daily Times
What is, I suppose, remarkably new is what we are doing about it because we know this kind of behaviour really can disrupt and get in the way of learning and school life." She said the Positive Behaviour for Learning action plan was introduced in 2010 ...
Otago Daily Times
What is, I suppose, remarkably new is what we are doing about it because we know this kind of behaviour really can disrupt and get in the way of learning and school life." She said the Positive Behaviour for Learning action plan was introduced in 2010 ...
Quality early childhood environments mitigate daycare stress
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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says quality early childhood education and environments are what make the difference in mitigating stress for children in childcare.
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says quality early childhood education and environments are what make the difference in mitigating stress for children in childcare.
Parents divided on controversial daycare report - New Zealand Herald
 MSN NZ News | URL: Parents divided on controversial daycare report New Zealand Herald The couple felt it was better for their 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter to have their mum to come home to from school. "Early on certainly, when they were pre-school, they really needed the support from mum, we felt." But it has come at a cost, ... |
Primary school enrolments up - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
The Frankton school was built for 460 pupils. Its reduced enrolment zone, requested and approved by the Ministry of Education in an attempt to manage roll growth, was due to take effect on April 23. An extra four teachers have been taken on, ...
Otago Daily Times
The Frankton school was built for 460 pupils. Its reduced enrolment zone, requested and approved by the Ministry of Education in an attempt to manage roll growth, was due to take effect on April 23. An extra four teachers have been taken on, ...
A new way of teaching maths
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With Dr Bobbie Hunter and Jodie Hunter - Mother/daughter research team.
With Dr Bobbie Hunter and Jodie Hunter - Mother/daughter research team.
New degree to boost te reo - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: New degree to boost te reo Stuff.co.nz Dr Jahnke, who heads the university's School of Maori Education, said the course aimed to supply 200 Maori immersion graduates by 2020. "There is a shortage of teachers nationally, and in the Maori sector that shortage is critical and our graduates ... |
Wellington Trades Academy Launches Again - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Wellington Trades Academy Launches Again
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The students aim is to complete NCEA level 2, gain a national trades certificate in each of those areas and complete the WelTec certificate in vocational training in that particular discipline. The nice thing about the Trades Academy's dual enrolment ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The students aim is to complete NCEA level 2, gain a national trades certificate in each of those areas and complete the WelTec certificate in vocational training in that particular discipline. The nice thing about the Trades Academy's dual enrolment ...
New degree to boost te reo - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz | URL: New degree to boost te reo Stuff.co.nz HAERE MAI: Students and their supporters are welcomed on to the marae at Massey University's Hokowhitu site to launch a new Maori immersion teaching degree. The country's first university degree for teachers in Maori immersion schools will address a ... |
Waikohu students look sharp in green and grey - Gisborne Herald
URL: Waikohu students look sharp in green and grey
Gisborne Herald
A YEAR on from the merger of Waikohu College and Te Karaka Primary School, Te Karaka Area School students are looking good — in a brand new uniform. After a year-long wait, Te Karaka Area School principal Karyn Gray says the new school get-up has been ...
Gisborne Herald
A YEAR on from the merger of Waikohu College and Te Karaka Primary School, Te Karaka Area School students are looking good — in a brand new uniform. After a year-long wait, Te Karaka Area School principal Karyn Gray says the new school get-up has been ...
New tertiary campus in Manukau - Newstalk ZB
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: New tertiary campus in Manukau Newstalk ZB The benefits of a new tertiary campus in the heart of South Auckland are set to be long-term. Manukau Institute of Technology is building a campus in the Manukau CBD, crowning the newly built rail station. Auckland Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael ... |
New Massey building to spring back - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: New Massey building to spring back The Dominion Post Massey University's new Wellington College of Creative Arts building, which is designed to handle earthquakes by springing back like a child's push-puppet toy. Construction of a new building for the College of Creative Arts on Massey University's ... |
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