Contract signed for first school PPP

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Craig Foss | Education

The Ministry of Education has entered into a contract for New Zealand’s first school property public private partnership (PPP), Associate Minister of Education, Craig Foss announced today. Learning Infrastructure Partners will be responsible for the design, construction, finance and maintenance of Hobsonville Point primary and secondary schools for the next 25 years. Hobsonville Point Primary School will open at the beginning of 2013 and Hobsonville Point Secondary School will open early 2014...

Problem finding

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Shifting Thinking
I’m still thinking about the question I asked myself in my earlier posting. I think the main way the learning opportunities I offered my students differed from ‘playing the whole game’ was that my students did not get to be problem finders. According to David Perkins, playing the whole game involves not just problem solving [...]

Govt signs off on first PPP school - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Government says it has signed a contract with a consortium of firms to build the country's first public private partnership schools in West Auckland. Associate minister of education Craig Foss says Learning Infrastructure Partners will be ...

Contract details wanted by Greens - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Green Party says the Government should tell taxpayers how much its first school public private partnership contract is worth. The Government says its contract with Learning Infrastructure Partners to build two schools in West Auckland is ...

Private consortium to build school

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A private consortium of firms is to finance and build the country's first public private partnership schools.

First school PPP signed

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The first public private partnership (PPP) for building and maintaining schools in New Zealand has been signed.

It's time for teacher standards - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
In his first major speech of the year, Mr Shearer said "we need every teacher in our classrooms to be a good one. The vast majority are. But the truth is some are not." Returning from a New York conference on teacher quality attended by representatives ...

Union spending in the campaign | Kiwiblog

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The NZEI spent $280000 campaigning against National and national standards.under. Just behind it was the PSA who also spent $196000 campaigning against National, including texting people in the final week of the ...

School refuses to close senior student unit - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
A Northland school is refusing to obey an order by Education Minister Hekia Parata to close its unit for senior students. Moerewa School claims the NCEA results for their Year 11 to 13 students are better than those at nearby colleges.

Closing the gaps for high needs young people - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Waikato Hospital today launches its Waikids Gateway Assessment Service. Gateway Assessments, announced in Budget 2011, is an interagency project between Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS) and the health and education systems.10 April 2012 Waikato ...

Student wears no-hair look with pride - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Student wears no-hair look with pride Auckland stuff.co.nz The Balmoral School student featured in the Central Leader on March 28 after deciding to shave all her hair off for charity as part of the Shave for a Cure campaign. So far she has raised $2650 with a lot more to come. Nathan Inkpen says the shave went ...

Schools fear cost of ultrafast broadband

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School principals are worried they will not be able to afford to use the ultrafast broadband connections the government is giving them.

Schools wary of cost of ultrafast broadband - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
School principals say the cost of ultrafast broadband will be too high for them to use it. The Government is rolling out ultrafast broadband to schools, but so far only one company is offering a nationally-available ultrafast plan for schools.

NZ Computer Society raises $300000 for schools programme - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
By Stephen Bell | Wellington | Tuesday, 10 April, 2012 | 3 Comments The NZ Computer Society has gained $300000 of sponsorship over the next two years to fund its ICT-Connect programme in schools. ICT-Connect involves ICT companies adopting a school and ...

Parental support still holding up - The Nelson Mail

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The Nelson Mail
The school with the most donations was Nelson College for Girls, which took in a little over $1.6 million, followed by Nelson College, which received about $866000. The money came from voluntary donations from parents, money for activities such as ...