URL: Five keen on charter schools
New Zealand Herald
The intended sites for charter schools are in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive a combination of public and private money. They are not subject to the regulations that apply to state ...
Monday, March 19, 2012
National standards aren't « The Standard
URL: National standards aren't « The Standard
The predicted problems created by a "national standards" system are coming home to roost already.
The predicted problems created by a "national standards" system are coming home to roost already.
National Standards interpretation varies - report - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: National Standards interpretation varies - report 3News NZ By 3 News online staff Most schools are complying with National Standards “in name only”, a new report shows, and one school has already lowered its targets to make them more achievable. Education sector union New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) ... |
Targets worthy but both leaders vague - The Dominion Post
URL: Targets worthy but both leaders vague
The Dominion Post
Anyone in the education sector will tell you that meaningful assessment fairly tracking performance is extremely difficult to find. Remember the first years of the NCEA? The struggle ahead to find any really meaningful conclusions from the national ...
The Dominion Post
Anyone in the education sector will tell you that meaningful assessment fairly tracking performance is extremely difficult to find. Remember the first years of the NCEA? The struggle ahead to find any really meaningful conclusions from the national ...
Principal draws up policy - Northland Independent Community
URL: Principal draws up policy
Northland Independent Community
A Timaru principal has drafted the Conservative Party's education policy, which will see National Standards become optional and the sector's funding reviewed. Beaconsfield School principal Wayne Facer joined the party six months ago after receiving a ...
Northland Independent Community
A Timaru principal has drafted the Conservative Party's education policy, which will see National Standards become optional and the sector's funding reviewed. Beaconsfield School principal Wayne Facer joined the party six months ago after receiving a ...
Better ideas from Finland « The Standard
URL: Better ideas from Finland « The Standard
Dianne Ravitch in the NY Review of Books shows how Finland also leads the world in education - and with few tests and excellent teachers, they don't need to bag any "bad" ones. ... First, Finland has one of the highest-performing school systems in the world, as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment ( PISA ), which assesses reading, mathematical literacy, and scientific literacy of fifteen-year-old students in all thirty-four nations of the ...
Dianne Ravitch in the NY Review of Books shows how Finland also leads the world in education - and with few tests and excellent teachers, they don't need to bag any "bad" ones. ... First, Finland has one of the highest-performing school systems in the world, as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment ( PISA ), which assesses reading, mathematical literacy, and scientific literacy of fifteen-year-old students in all thirty-four nations of the ...
NCEA fee shuts out hard-up students - Stuff.co.nz
URL: NCEA fee shuts out hard-up students
Stuff.co.nz
A $76.70 fee is stopping thousands of students from being awarded NCEA credits they have achieved, a policy which marginalises already disadvantaged pupils, some education providers say. All high school pupils who sit NCEA must pay the fee to their ...
Stuff.co.nz
A $76.70 fee is stopping thousands of students from being awarded NCEA credits they have achieved, a policy which marginalises already disadvantaged pupils, some education providers say. All high school pupils who sit NCEA must pay the fee to their ...
Computer system backed after flaws - The Dominion Post
URL: Computer system backed after flaws
The Dominion Post
The Dominion Post reported on Saturday that thousands of Correspondence School pupils were unable to receive course work or have it marked amid problems with the school's new computer system. Teachers had reportedly been unable to access the system to ...
The Dominion Post
The Dominion Post reported on Saturday that thousands of Correspondence School pupils were unable to receive course work or have it marked amid problems with the school's new computer system. Teachers had reportedly been unable to access the system to ...
Glitch hits Correspondence students - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Glitch hits Correspondence students
Stuff.co.nz
Tens of thousands of Correspondence School pupils have been unable to receive course work or have it marked after the school's new computer system crashed. Problems with the switch to the new system, tendered for and won by a provider that the school ...
Stuff.co.nz
Tens of thousands of Correspondence School pupils have been unable to receive course work or have it marked after the school's new computer system crashed. Problems with the switch to the new system, tendered for and won by a provider that the school ...
More teachers hired on short-term contracts - Otago Daily Times
URL: More teachers hired on short-term contracts
Otago Daily Times
By John Lewis on Mon, 19 Mar 2012 During tough fiscal times, New Zealand schools appear to be refining their budgets by hiring increasing numbers of teachers on short-term contracts. Figures on the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website show ...
Otago Daily Times
By John Lewis on Mon, 19 Mar 2012 During tough fiscal times, New Zealand schools appear to be refining their budgets by hiring increasing numbers of teachers on short-term contracts. Figures on the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website show ...
More Bay students stood down - Hawke's Bay Today
URL: More Bay students stood down
Hawke's Bay Today
Flaxmere College issued 115 stand-downs at the school of just 325 pupils, figures released by the Ministry of Education under the Official Information Act showed. The school also issued 18 suspensions and 23 exclusions, but no expulsions.
Hawke's Bay Today
Flaxmere College issued 115 stand-downs at the school of just 325 pupils, figures released by the Ministry of Education under the Official Information Act showed. The school also issued 18 suspensions and 23 exclusions, but no expulsions.
Students devise revolutionary software - The Aucklander
URL: Students devise revolutionary software
The Aucklander
It's a very exciting time - a revolution for education," says the Auckland University of Technology engineering student. Mr Singh and his group YouMark intend to be part of this revolution with new software they are developing which aims to flip ...
The Aucklander
It's a very exciting time - a revolution for education," says the Auckland University of Technology engineering student. Mr Singh and his group YouMark intend to be part of this revolution with new software they are developing which aims to flip ...
School milk making a comeback in a carton - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: School milk making a comeback in a carton New Zealand Herald The school, in a low-income area of Whangarei, is among more than 100 to take part in dairy giant Fonterra's pilot milk-in-schools programme throughout Northland, which starts today. That means around 10000 children will be offered a 250ml carton, ... |
Concern abused teacher did not get school support - TVNZ
URL: Concern abused teacher did not get school support
TVNZ
A principal says a school should have done more to support a teacher who was subjected to racial and sexual taunts, was threatened falsely with being a paedophile, and was physically assaulted. Gregg Smith was an aspiring teacher from America, ...
TVNZ
A principal says a school should have done more to support a teacher who was subjected to racial and sexual taunts, was threatened falsely with being a paedophile, and was physically assaulted. Gregg Smith was an aspiring teacher from America, ...
Pahoia named top school - SunLive
URL: Pahoia named top school
SunLive
Read More Pahoia School has beaten more than 20 other Western Bay of Plenty Schools to be crowned Top School champions. The school took part in seven gruelling events including the big foot, leaky bucket, Tiger Woods Golf ball throw and the horizontal ...
SunLive
Read More Pahoia School has beaten more than 20 other Western Bay of Plenty Schools to be crowned Top School champions. The school took part in seven gruelling events including the big foot, leaky bucket, Tiger Woods Golf ball throw and the horizontal ...
Educator offers advice to parents - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | Educator offers advice to parents Otago Daily Times With more than 25 years' experience in senior school management, Mr Driessen is a regular speaker at national and international education conferences, and gives worldwide workshops and seminars to teachers, parents and school boards. |
Study: Young people not so 'green' after all - New Zealand Herald
URL: Study: Young people not so 'green' after all
New Zealand Herald
"I was shocked," said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who is one of the study's authors. "We have the perception that we're getting through to people. But at least compared to previous eras, we're not.
New Zealand Herald
"I was shocked," said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who is one of the study's authors. "We have the perception that we're getting through to people. But at least compared to previous eras, we're not.
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