Research disproves charter school arguments, says education union - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming New Zealand-based research which clearly debunks government claims that charter schools will help disadvantaged students and raise achievement levels. As part of its coalition deal with the ACT ...

Teachers deserve our trust - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Teachers deserve our trust New Zealand Herald By Tapu Misa Tests, charter schools and performance-based pay can all mask some fundamental needs in education. Photo / Thinkstock The nearest I've come to teaching was a week spent as a visiting writer at an Auckland secondary school.

Performance pay for teachers

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A new battle looms on the horizon and the cause - performance pay for teachers - with the government saying it is to encourage and enhance teacher quality. Recently retired Auckland secondary principal and teacher educator, Brendan Schollum, and secretary for the Primary Teachers Union, the NZEI, Paul Goulter, join the programme.

Editorial - Hard times in education - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
The Government presumably hopes to ease budgetary pressures by favouring a greater involvement of private operators in the education system. It could be disappointed. Private schools increasingly have been considering integrating into the state school ...

NTEU Advocate column - narrowing the focus of tertiary education ...

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March 2012 Narrowing the focus of tertiary education Last time I wrote, New Zealand was about to elect a new government. As you probably know,

First International Pasifika ECE Conference

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Hosted by the Faculty of Education. Call for abstracts now open.
30 January 2013

Arts departments closures of serious concern - The Press

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The Press
... fulfilling "the university's intention to have a visible and beneficial presence in the city". The current proposal to contemplate axing selected departments of the College of Arts could not be more in conflict with these earlier propositions.

Top students turning backs on NZ - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Top students turning backs on NZ Stuff.co.nz Prime Minister John Key's science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman says higher numbers of what he calls ''scholarship kids'' are passing over New Zealand universities to study abroad. ''They're very talented kids from top schools and the world's their oyster ...

School swimming vital for safety - The Dominion Post

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URL: School swimming vital for safety The Dominion Post OPINION: One of my strongest memories of Brooklyn School in the 1960s and 70s was swimming lessons in the shallow, unheated outdoor pool. There seemed to be no such thing as spring or autumn back then. Summer, and its mandatory swimming lessons, ...

School won't be the same - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: School won't be the same Auckland stuff.co.nz LONG SERVICE: Raewyne and Pat Harrison flick through a book made by staff and students at Freyberg Community School with pupils Elijah Parsons and Tama Edward-O'Donnell. There's not much going on at Freyberg Community School that Raewyne Harrison ...

Duxes share another success - The Nelson Mail

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The Nelson Mail
Two former Nelson College for Girls students who shared the title of dux in their final year, now have another thing in common – they both will have studied at the University of Cambridge in England. Crown lawyer Hannah Stallard, the daughter of Nelson ...

Unemployed NZers off to boot camp - 3News NZ

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URL: Unemployed NZers off to boot camp 3News NZ By Adam Ray The latest intake of trainees has started the army's boot camp-style training scheme for unemployed people. More than 3000 have now gone through the six-week long limited service volunteer camps, with one in five finding a job afterwards.

Southern mayors fight to keep youth work programme

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Southern mayors are lobbying to save an employment programme, as youth unemployment sky rockets in the region.