Charter schools make things worse - study - 3News NZ

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URL: Charter schools make things worse - study 3News NZ By Dan Satherley and 3 News online staff Charter schools may cause more harm than good, according to Massey University researchers who looked into the effectiveness of charter schools overseas. Charter schools are part of the National Government's ...

Bryan Gould: Free-market ideology wrong - New Zealand Herald

URL: Bryan Gould: Free-market ideology wrong
New Zealand Herald
But there are other, more substantial reasons for looking askance at the so-called "charter" schools. The "charter" school is, like the privately run prison, an example of a public/private partnership or PPP. The case for such arrangements is that what ...

Editorial: Lessons to be learnt on class size issue - The Dominion Post

URL: Editorial: Lessons to be learnt on class size issue
The Dominion Post
His view that teacher quality is more important than class size is backed by New Zealand education academic and researcher John Hattie, who has noted that a mediocre teacher in a class of 30 will still be a mediocre teacher in a class of 15.

Cops' new tool to predict domestic violence - New Zealand Herald

URL: Cops' new tool to predict domestic violence
New Zealand Herald
From July 1, police will have access to the Ontario domestic assault risk assessment (ODARA), in an effort to reduce family violence incidents, which at present occur every six minutes across the country. The tool was developed specifically to predict ...

Speech: A country that works for you | infonews.co.nz New Zealand's ...

URL: Speech: A country that works for you | infonews.co.nz New Zealand's ...
I have talked about the need to lift our educational achievement and the importance of science and innovation in creating more exports. Today I want to talk to the New Zealanders who are doing the work but not reaping the ...

Literacy could fall if library gets chop - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
If it did not visit the school, then many of the children would never see the inside of a library." She said the mobile library had been important in lifting the school's low literacy standards because the money it got from the Ministry of Education ...

Emerging scientists struggle to find post-doc work | TEU - Tertiary ...

URL: Emerging scientists struggle to find post-doc work | TEU - Tertiary ... 
Tertiary Update Vol 15 No 12 New Zealand has a funding system that rewards universities for training PhDs but discourages the employment of post.

PBRF rort is fault of system, not universities | TEU - Tertiary ...

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TEU national president Dr Sandra Grey welcomed the Tertiary Education Commission's announcement last week that it would attempt to end the...

UFB to aid schools, hospitals, libraries - Otago Daily Times

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URL: UFB to aid schools, hospitals, libraries Otago Daily Times The majority of New Zealand's rural schools now have ultrafast broadband, and Education Minister Hekia Parata said all remaining schools, including the most remote, would be connected by 2016. Remote schools such as Tahakopa School (Owaka), ...

Six schools named for high-speed broadband - Wanganui Chronicle

URL: Six schools named for high-speed broadband
Wanganui Chronicle
Six Wanganui schools have been named among 250 remote or provincial schools to receive faster broadband under the latest Government rural broadband initiative contracts. Aberfeldy School, Mangamahu Primary School, Ngamatea School, Upokongaro School, ...

Growing pacific student numbers creates challenges | TEU - Tertiary ...

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'Speak up for Pacific education and recognition' was the theme of TEU's inaugural national forum for Pacific members in tertiary education. ... Dr Colin Tukuitonga, the chief executive of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs told the forum that, with 38 percent of Pacific people aged under 15, there are increasing numbers of Pacific learners and our education system is struggling to lift Pacific achievement. He identified issues from participation in early childhood education ...

Parents upset over religious classes in schools - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Parents of public school students say their children are being punished for not attending religious classes. Schools are legally obliged to be secular, but under the Education Act they are allowed to close for an hour a week for instruction, ...

Fraser High students integrate subjects

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Twenty students have been given the opportunity to take part in the project which focuses on the production of a visual culture magazine, while integrating several areas of the curriculum. ON A HIGH: Fraser High students and staff at ... Year 13 student Jeremy Healey said, “If I didn't get into this class I would have dropped out of school… [there were] no other classes I was interested in ... Hauraki pupil is Miss Teen New Zealand runner-up. "No public Twitter messages.