UFB to be rolled out to hundreds more schools

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Hekia Parata | Communications and Information Technology
More than 410,000 students at over 1500 schools will have access to ultra-fast broadband by July next year, says Education Minister Hekia Parata and Communications and IT Minister Amy Adams. Prime Minister John Key today announced the next 693 schools to be connected by Chorus, one of the Crown’s four partners for the ultra-fast broadband initiative and the fibre provider for the rural broadband initiative. It includes schools in Invercargill, Dunedin, Timaru, Greymouth, Nelson, Gisborne, Whakatane, Auckland, and many other areas...

Warning on teacher performance data - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Warning on teacher performance data Otago Daily Times From Victoria University, Melbourne, Prof Wu is the guest of the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) and is visiting schools and holding seminars for school board members and parents on the dangers of relying solely on National Standards testing ...

Hundreds more schools to get ultra-fast broadband - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
More than 1500 schools will have ultra-fast broadband by next July, with more than 700 extra schools to be connected to the network. The Government today announced 693 more schools would be connected by utility company Chorus, bringing the total number ...

UFB rolling out to hundreds more schools - Voxy

Voxy

URL: UFB rolling out to hundreds more schools Voxy More than 410000 students at over 1500 schools will have access to ultra-fast broadband by July next year, says Education Minister Hekia Parata and Communications and IT Minister Amy Adams. Prime Minister John Key today announced the next 693 schools ...

Chorus rolling out fibre to 693 more schools - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
By Computerworld Staff | Auckland | Monday, 5 March, 2012 Chorus awill be rolling out ultra-fast broadband to 693 more schools next year, as a part of its second year of installation of UFB in schools, the company has announced.

Science funding all wrong - report

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Government funding in science has had the wrong focus over the past 20 years, an independent think-tank says in a report released today.

E-learning a class act - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: E-learning a class act Auckland stuff.co.nz An Education Ministry spokesman says schools make their own decisions on how best to integrate e-learning into delivering the curriculum. The school has a roll of almost 1000 and Mr Dale says student numbers are rising and their academic results ...

Public interest in school funding - Wairarapa Times-Age

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Wairarapa Times-Age
By Heather McCracken | Monday, March 5, 2012 11:02 On Thursday we ran a story about donations and fees paid to schools in Wairarapa. The information in the story came from details released by the Ministry of Education under an Official Information Act ...

The inclusion principle

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This Update focuses on inclusion. It highlights presence, participation, and achievement as key aspects for success for all students, in particular those with special educational needs.

School exclusions

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With Anna Santos - Children's Commissioner, Lorraine Kerr - President of the School Trustees Association and Vanushi Walters - Senior solicitor with Youth Law.

YMCA Auckland names new leader to develop early childhood education centres - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“By engaging with schools, whanau and local communities, I hope to further the Y's growth in providing quality early childhood care and education through first-class facilities around Auckland.” Rae has had a successful career in ECE.

Yoghurt grows on trees, say Aussie students - New Zealand Herald

Brisbane Times

URL: Yoghurt grows on trees, say Aussie students New Zealand Herald A survey by the Australian Council for Educational Research found 27 per cent of Year 6 pupils - and even 13 per cent of Year 10 children - thought yoghurt was a plant product. And 40 per cent of the Year 10s believed cotton came from an animal.

Gift of dictionaries vital literacy link - Southland Times

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Southland Times
More than 1500 pupils across the south will become the proud owners of their very own illustrated dictionaries in coming weeks. The Invercargill North Rotary project, in its fourth year, was launched at Windsor North School yesterday with the school's ...

WGHS principal moving on - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: WGHS principal moving on Otago Daily Times She spent yesterday morning telling staff and pupil leadership of her decision, before relating the news to the remaining pupils at an assembly. She was philosophical and somewhat emotional about the decision in her office yesterday morning.

School's $200000 vandalism bill - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
An Auckland school suffered the most vandalism nationwide last year spending more than $200000 on repairs. City schools were the worst hit across the country accounting for nine of the top 10 vandalism hot spots. Papakura High School received the most ...

Schools stand by tougher stance - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Manawatu high school principals are refusing to soften disciplinary standards despite the Education Ministry wanting them to steer away from suspensions. Figures obtained by the Manawatu Standard under the Official Information Act reveal Awatapu ...

Scathing report for decile 10 school - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
By Vaimoana Tapaleao The Education Review Office has recommended intervention at a top Auckland primary school after a scathing report. Chelsea Primary School in Birkenhead is a decile 10 school for up to 400 children. Its 2008 ERO report showed off an ...

NZ: Land of opportunity? - New Zealand Herald

MSN NZ News

URL: NZ: Land of opportunity? New Zealand Herald The pair met at Victoria University when they were flatmates and dabbled with all kinds of musical and dramatic ventures long before their breakthrough with the Conchords at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2002 and later with their HBO television ...