International Summit on the Teaching Profession shows New Zealand is on the right track

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Hekia Parata | Education
The International Summit on the Teaching Profession affirmed the Government is taking the right steps to help teachers deliver 21st century learning skills, says Education Minister, Hekia Parata. New Zealand was one of 23 countries hosted in New York by US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, the OECD and Education International to discuss and share ideas about effective school leadership, teacher education and professional development, and the evaluation of teaching...

Teaching summit 'shows NZ is on the right track' - Voxy

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Voxy
"However, with one in five of our students leaving school without qualifications we need to urgently raise achievement. We cannot afford to waste another generation. "It was clear from the Summit that collaboration across the sector is vital to raising ...

Victoria University 'naive' to support charter school - Voxy

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Voxy
In contrast, charter schools, like many other private education providers, are limited and divisive. They take the focus away from improving education for all New Zealanders to focus instead on rewarding private, for-profit companies...

Editorial: Standards dialogue necessary - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
So, when someone of the calibre of Mrs Whitlow uses words like disheartened and damaging to describe how she feels about National Standards and what it is doing to our children, then we need to sit up and take notice. Mrs Whitlow is leaving Waimarama ...

Departing head slams standards - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
National Standards are assessment benchmarks for students aged Year 1 to 8 in reading, writing and mathematics. The benchmarks place students' achievement at four different levels: well below, below, at, or above the national standard.

Secondary Principals' Assocation of New Zealand

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Speech to a reception for the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand, Government House. ...Twenty-five years in the life of an organisation is an important anniversary. The organisation is old enough to have established credibility with those it deals with on a regular basis, and also young enough that many of the people involved at its establishment are often still involved and continue to offer their sage counsel...

Gifted Children Conference

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Speech to open the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children conference, Rangitoto College. Even though I’ve spoken to young people before, I’ve not had to speak to a collective group that has been identified, branded or pigeon-holed as “gifted”.  Moreover, it has been a long time since I was a teenager, and although I’ve had many opportunities come my way and I’ve made my “luck”, I would not describe myself as being gifted.  However, as a father of five children, two of whom are still teenagers and with one still at secondary school, I like to think I’ve still got a reasonable grasp of some of the issues teenagers and their parents face.  Well, that’s what I think - I’m sure our boys would disagree!

Kiwi schools to receive 'all you can eat' software solutions from Microsoft - Geekzone

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Geekzone
Students will begin seeing changes to information technology (IT) solutions as schools around the country take advantage of the Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) agreement between Microsoft New Zealand and the Ministry of Education.

Annual savings of up to $50 Million? Yes Please

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Partnerships are the key to leveraging Ultra-Fast Broadband and providing significant savings opportunities for schools, students and educators Microsoft New Zealand will today announce a new educational partnership with Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi, ...

Open Day at the newly-restructured Scots College - Voxy

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Voxy
This Sunday 25 March, Scots College invites prospective students and their families, old boys, and members of the public to come and have a good look around the recently restructured College and it's stunning new sports and creative facilities.

Concern abused teacher did not get school's support - TVNZ

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TVNZ
Smith said students started rumours, which circulated around the town, that he was a paedophile. Female students would deliberately drop pens so Smith would pick them up and they would claim he looked up their skirts. Jessica Allen, an ex-student of ...