New Board to help drive better achievement for deaf and hearing-impaired learners

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Hekia Parata | Education
A single, combined board of trustees is to be set up to help raise achievement among New Zealand’s deaf and hearing-impaired students, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. Combining the boards of Kelston and van Asch Deaf Education Centres, will help drive a national strategy for deaf and hearing- impaired learners. In addition to the strategy, the Government is investing nearly $10m redeveloping Kelston Deaf Education Centre...

Editorial: NZ must get head out of sand - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
And one in five Kiwi children leave school without basic literacy and numeracy, as reported by the Government when it introduced National Standards into New Zealand schools. In a land of cows, the Government is conducting an inquiry into the price of ...

Bluster around charter school 'benefits' - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The evidence around charter schools is not what National and Act crack it up to be, Labour's Education spokesperson Nanaia Mahuta says. “John Banks was asked in the House today whether he had read or even received the Ministry of Education advice on ...

Teacher performance pay gets tick - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
She needed first to develop a more comprehensive appraisal system to identify outstanding teachers so the practice could be shared more widely, and find where the gaps were in professional development. "Performance pay to me is distraction really ...

What's in a name change? A bridge over two cultures - New Zealand Herald (blog)

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New Zealand Herald (blog)
By Rachel Glucina "I was born lucky," the Minister of Education and Pacific Island Affairs says on her website. However, the Hon Hekia Parata - or Lady Gardiner (a courtesy title bestowed after her husband, Wira Gardiner, was knighted) - was born ...

Primary school science lacking - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
It also said the Ministry of Education should look into opportunities for support and ongoing professional learning development for teachers, including considering the place of National Standards for achievement in reading, writing and mathematics ...

Schools struggle with science - Nelson Mail

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URL: Schools struggle with science Nelson Mail Science teaching in primary schools needs greater government and professional support, say local principals in the wake of a critical report. They were commenting on an Education Review Office (ERO) report that said only 27 per cent of schools had ...

Primary school science lacking - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Little over a quarter of primary schools have effective science programmes, an Education Review Office report says. A report released today shows that only 27 per cent of New Zealand schools have science programmes for Years 5 to 8 that are considered ...

More university science funding positive for rural sector - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Government is asking universities and polytechnics to increase their enrolments in science, technology, engineering and maths. It is to increase funding for those subjects in the Budget this month. Institute president Jon Hickford says that's ...

Principals worried about science - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
Mr Oliver said once science advisers were available to assist primary schools and to provide professional development opportunities for teachers. "These positions have been disestablished. The recent emphasis on literacy and numeracy should not be at ...

Science Media Centre » Blog Archive » Tertiary science funding ...

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For Radio New Zealand's Morning Report, education reporter John Gerritsen covers the announcement from government that the upcoming budget will shift tertiary funding away from humanities and commerce education to ...

Parents and gaming - Stuff.co.nz (blog)

Stuff.co.nz (blog)

URL: Parents and gaming Stuff.co.nz (blog) I'm a secondary teacher and have used games in lessons. In fact, I recently led a Professional Development meeting about the educational impact of games and how kids are playing them. Hell, I've heard rumors that you can even do a Level 1 NCEA english ...

Building sector 'in safe hands' with Gen-Y apprentices - Voxy

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Voxy
New research released by the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) shows the next generation of New Zealand builders are technology savvy, professional and passionate about their industry. The BCITO research asked over 600 ...

Outrage at student loan changes - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Outrage at student loan changes New Zealand Herald By Isaac Davison and Kate Shuttleworth Graduating students will be pressed to pay back their loans sooner under new guidelines. File photo / NZ Herald The Green party, Child Poverty Action Group and student associations are outraged at a Government ...

Now is not the time to stifle students' potential

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United States President Barack Obama appeared last week on a late-night talk show in a regular feature where a news story is set to a soulful beat and generally lampooned.

Student loan changes 'will hit graduates' - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Student loan changes about to be announced will hurt "hard working young families" with one critic claiming an average graduate could be worse off by $15 a week. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce is today poised to announce another round of ...

Changes will put people off study, students say - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Changes will put people off study, students say Otago Daily Times Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce yesterday announced a raft of changes to student loan and allowance schemes ahead of the May 24 Budget. The changes mean the more than 500000 people with student loans will have to pay them off more quickly, ...

Students praise green life - Manawatu Standard

Manawatu Standard

URL: Students praise green life Manawatu Standard University students say they are seeing the benefits of going green, part-way through a competition pitting flat against flat. Ten flats are taking part in Ecowars, a competition with the aim of showing university students how to live in a more ...