Countdown to the Shifting Thinking Workshop 2012

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Shifting Thinking
Countdown to The Shifting Thinking Workshop, May 3-4 …… We look forward to seeing you in just under two weeks! (Make sure you don’t forget to register, if you haven’t already) Below you’ll find some helpful information prior to the Workshop and a small request… 1. Pre-Workshop: Please answer these two questions! Prior to the Workshop, [...]

Advice for TLRI funding applications

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The 2012 TLRI funding round is now open. The Expressions of interest (EOI) stage runs from 1 March until 9 May 2012.Funding is given across two category types and must be aligned with the principles and aims of the TLRI. TLRI Programme Director Robyn Baker has some advice for people who are thinking about putting in a TLRI proposal.

Growing pacific student numbers creates challenges - Nzweek

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Nzweek
Representatives came from polytechnics, universities, and other organisations including Te Tari Puna o Aotearoa, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Campus Living Villages. Dr Colin Tukuitonga, the chief executive of the Ministry of ...

Envisaging Vocational Rehabilitation - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Vocational rehabilitation is a term that refers to a process of compelling and enabling people to overcome disability so they can work. This social practice is the starting point for a collaboration between artist Simon Denny and Joanna Fadyl, ...

For-profit groups may run charter schools pilot - Stuff.co.nz

3News NZ

URL: For-profit groups may run charter schools pilot Stuff.co.nz Charter schools supremo Catherine Isaac has signalled her education pilot could be run by for-profit organisations. Isaac is leading a working group to roll out a National-Act trial of two charter schools by next year. The independent schools will ...

No profit motive for charter schools - 3News NZ

3News NZ

No profit motive for charter schools 3News NZ The head of a working group overseeing the introduction of charter schools says they are not a silver bullet for education. Former ACT Party president Catherine Isaac says the schools will not be run as businesses, they may be rolled out in areas other ...

Charter school supporter says initiative can work - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Charter school supporter says initiative can work 3News NZ An ACT Party initiative to implement charter schools here in New Zealand has come up against stark opposition from teaching unions and academics. Critics say charter schools, which get Government funding but don't have to adhere to all the rules that ...

Charter school trials to take place across the country - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Charter school trials to take place across the country New Zealand Herald By John Armstrong The trialling of Act's controversial plan to set up autonomous charter schools is now likely to take in poor towns and suburbs across the country, rather than being restricted to south Auckland and Christchurch.

Working Group Welcomes Debate on Charter School Concept - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
At a meeting in Wellington this week, the Working Group on the Design and Implementation of the New Zealand Model of Charter Schools welcomed the recent report of Massey University College of Education's Education Policy Response Group (EPRG) on ...

Isaac among speakers at ACT conference - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Isaac among speakers at ACT conference 3News NZ An address by former president Catherine Isaac on charter schools will be among the speeches at the ACT Party's annual conference in Auckland. Ms Isaac, who ranked second on ACT's party list for the 2011 election, was appointed earlier this year to ...

Charter schools make things worse - study - 3News NZ

3News NZ

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

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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 ...

Damien Grant: Principals put on spot to oust duds - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Last month, Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf referenced an OECD report that confirmed class size matters less than teacher quality and improved education has an impact on GDP. He also made the point that in New Zealand, social-economic background ...

Surfeit of newly-qualified teachers

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Will newly qualified teachers in New Zealand be lost to the profession because of a glut of graduates not being able to find employment in their chosen profession? Nine to Noon speaks with TeachNZ, the PPTA and an intermediate school principal.

New NCEA website on TKI now live

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The new NCEA site on TKI is now live!


Here you will find resources to support internally assessed Level 1 and Level 2 achievement standards, as well as draft Level 3 standards and resources for internal and external assessment.
Registered standards and subject resources can be found on the NZQA website. Let us know what you think: ncea@tki.org.nz
Go to NCEA site

Minister claims Far North school 'letting students down' - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Minister claims Far North school 'letting students down' New Zealand Herald By Yvonne Tahana The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, says Moerewa School is letting students down - not least by failing to notice work copied "word for word" from Wikipedia in NCEA assessments. Principal Keri Milne-Ihimaera says she and whanau ...

Job shortages after teacher flood - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The Government spent millions on attracting new teachers to training schools, particularly in lower-decile areas. But students who went in thinking they had a guaranteed job at the end of their training are now finding they have nowhere to go.

Exam hunger for dark themes - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Exam hunger for dark themes Stuff.co.nz Teachers are encouraging pupils to study the popular novel The Hunger Games in preparation for their NCEA exams. At least four secondary schools taught the controversial post-apocalyptic book last year, and exam moderators find it one of the most ...

Doubts over ministry's commitment to school - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
By John Lewis on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has questioned the Ministry of Education's commitment to redeveloping Carisbrook School into a facility fit for 21st-century education, as the school continues to wait for building plans ...

Govt crack down on truancy failing - Labour - TVNZ

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TVNZ
Now Labour Education spokeswoman Nanaia Mahuta said Tolley has failed. "Prosecuting parents has clearly not been an initiative that has had high-value return. You need to work with the community, and parents, to keep their children at school.

Maths resource used in NZ schools is recognised by the Queen - Voxy

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Voxy
The Award supports New Zealand's school's decision to invest in this learning resource to raise standards in mathematics. Previous winners of the award include companies such as Motorola, Nissan, and BBC Worldwide Ltd. Whizz Education stands firm in ...

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, ...

Northland school defies Government to keep senior unit open

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This morning, Moerewa School in Northland will defy the Government and welcome back 27 senior students for term two.

Restrictions likely in the budget for tertiary students - NZ City

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NZ City
Restrictions look set to be imposed on the number of courses tertiary students can take in a single year. Restrictions look set to be imposed on the number of courses tertiary students can take in a single year. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce ...

Bright future for ex-dropout - Manawatu Standard

Manawatu Standard

URL: Bright future for ex-dropout Manawatu Standard SKILLS FOR LIFE: Victor Baskiville-Braithwaite left school at 13 but is now training in pre-trade automotive engineering at NMIT thanks to an Education Ministry-funded scheme. A Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology student who left school at the ...

The disenfranchised generation - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
"The reason universities are so full of knowledge is that students come with so much and they leave with so little." - Marshall McLuhan When I was at school, only the very brightest of pupils ever contemplated going to university.

University denies 'gaming' allegation - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
This comes after the Tertiary Education Commission last week released a report by KPMG, which the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) said confirmed that institutions had been gaming the performance-based research fund (PBRF) process.

Traditional Maori games making a comeback - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Traditional Maori games making a comeback Otago Daily Times The games were hosted by the University of Otago School of Physical Education and run by Rangatahi Tu Rangatira (R2R), a Maori health organisation based in Wellington. The R2R programme was established in a bid to improve the health and physical ...

Hundreds of tertiary students facing serious hardship - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Hundreds of tertiary students facing serious hardship New Zealand Herald By John Gibb of the Otago Daily Times Getting to graduation is not just a matter of studying hard for university students, it's also a case of financial survival, warn student groups. File photo / NZ Herald Hundreds of Dunedin tertiary students are ...

Quarter of uni students living in poverty - Newstalk ZB

Newstalk ZB

URL: Quarter of uni students living in poverty Newstalk ZB Figures show one in six students don't have enough money for basic accommodation, clothing and food. Vice President of the New Zealand Union of Students Association Arena Williams says students can't be expected to excel in their studies when they ...

15% of students in financial distress - Voxy (blog)

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Voxy (blog)
After a few hours your feet and hands get numb," said University of Auckland student Alisha, 22. "I'm looking forward to being back on campus where it's warm."� The results of the GLSNZ were released this month. It sampled nearly 9000 students in ...

Ministry cans Thurston Place College plan - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
Thurston Place College was to deliver education to teenagers with behavioural issues in the care of Child, Youth and Family. But on Friday the Ministry of Education said it will no longer develop the Bucklands Beach site. "Thurston Place was an emotive ...

Marks missing from smartphone schools app - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
NCEA academic result statistics are also available online at the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, but would not be included, an Education Ministry spokesman said. "The information available is focused on geographic and demographic information.

Last push to fix NZ's leakiest school - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Most buildings were pulled down and replaced with new buildings and a few of the less-leaky classrooms only needed to be renovated. Only the hall and the administration office were saved. Principal Jenny Griggs looked out on the bare, green grass area ...

Hundreds of tertiary students facing serious hardship

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Hundreds of Dunedin tertiary students are already living "day to day" and facing serious financial hardship, student leaders and student welfare organisers say.The New Zealand Union of Students Associations (NZUSA) said yesterday...