More schools to benefit from UFB

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Hekia Parata | Communications and Information Technology

The roll out of ultra-fast broadband to more schools in Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth and Whanganui will see thousands more students able to be connected to the network by July, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams say.
Ultrafast Fibre, one of the Government’s four UFB partners, today announced the next 23 schools in these regions that will be able to connect to the network by July this year. These schools are in addition to another nine that were deployed by Ultrafast Fibre in January...

Teaching Consultant: NZCER: Critical Issues in Maori Education ...

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On Friday 16 March 2012, I attended the Critical Issues in Maori Education forum hosted by the New Zealand Centre for Educational Research (NZCER). The forum was held at Tapu Te Ranga, Island Bay, Wellington.

Culture & Identity

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NZCER, Shifting Thinking
Perspectives on Identity & Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand Co-led by Māori and Pākehā presenters, this session will explore how participants can actively contribute to Aotearoa becoming a nation that values Māori rangatiratanga, and Pākehā and Tauiwi development. It will challenge and encourage participants to reflect on how they position themselves in relkation to te [...]

National Standards 'not achieved' - Voxy

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URL: National Standards 'not achieved' Voxy "The review notes that the design and implementation of National Standards has a high degree of inconsistency between teachers and across schools. "That is quite clearly a result of the Minister not taking the lead on professional development to ensure ...

Class Size Does Matter - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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The latest report from Treasury justifying its advice to the Minister on increasing class size to free up funds to address underachievement uses carefully selected research to support its position claiming that it is the quality of the teaching that ...

Class size lift could help education - Treasury - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Class size lift could help education - Treasury Stuff.co.nz One study suggested the impact on student learning of a ''high performing teacher'' compared with an average teacher was ''roughly equivalent'' to the effect of a 10 student decrease in class size. REVIEW OF POLICY : Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf ...

Treasury's Makhlouf pushes for more investment in teachers - sharechat

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“Without good information, parents often use poorer alternatives like raw NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) results, school decile or class size as indicators of quality,” he said. The speech echoes Treasury's briefing to the ...

Outrage over Treasury's class size recommendations - 3News NZ

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URL: Outrage over Treasury's class size recommendations 3News NZ Treasury's calls for schools to increase their class sizes has created outrage in the education sector. A treasury paper says the savings from adding an extra two or three students to every classroom could be put towards improving the quality of ...

Go Treasury go | Kiwiblog

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More accountability for teachers and larger class sizes are again on the political agenda as Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf shapes up for a scrap with education unions. ... urged yesterday by a teachers' union, the New Zealand Educational Institute, to “stick to his knitting” after he went on the offensive, saying it was the quality of teachers that made the greatest difference to student achievement. .... The tests are all there now – all they need to do is to use them.

Enviroschools' preschoolers project unveiled - Voxy

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She says with more than a third of the region's primary and secondary schools currently in the wider Enviroschools programme (a whole-school approach to sustainability) the pre-school initiative is a logical extension of that.

NZ's history goes digital

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Yearbooks dating from 1893 are now available online at Statistics NZ's website.

Principals want teachers exempt from jury service

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School principals around the country want teachers to be exempt from jury service because of the disruption it causes to students. The Secondary Principals' Association says jury service is putting unnecessary financial pressure on many schools.