URL: New Board to help drive better achievement for deaf and hearing-impaired learners
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...
Monday, May 7, 2012
Speech to launch Children's Visual Communications Dictionary - Tariana Turia - Voxy
URL: Speech to launch Children's Visual Communications Dictionary - Tariana Turia
Voxy
I am reminded of the early days of the kohanga reo movement (which of course is our Maori total immersion early childhood education language nests) where very few parents knew how to speak Maori. In fact, very few Maori knew how to speak in Maori, ...
Voxy
I am reminded of the early days of the kohanga reo movement (which of course is our Maori total immersion early childhood education language nests) where very few parents knew how to speak Maori. In fact, very few Maori knew how to speak in Maori, ...
Charter schools no silver bullet - chief - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
The architect of Britain's version of charter schools – who is now in charge of New Zealand's education system – is downplaying expectations for the initiative here. In an interview with The Dominion Post, Education Secretary Lesley Longstone has also ...
Stuff.co.nz
The architect of Britain's version of charter schools – who is now in charge of New Zealand's education system – is downplaying expectations for the initiative here. In an interview with The Dominion Post, Education Secretary Lesley Longstone has also ...
Bluster around charter school 'benefits' - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Bluster around charter school 'benefits'
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 ...
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 ...
Science education needs improvement – report - Science Media Centre (blog)
URL: Science education needs improvement – report
Science Media Centre (blog)
ERO's report makes a number of recommendations including investigating how well initial teacher education equips primary school teachers to teach science and what opportunities for support and ongoing professional learning development are available for ...
Science Media Centre (blog)
ERO's report makes a number of recommendations including investigating how well initial teacher education equips primary school teachers to teach science and what opportunities for support and ongoing professional learning development are available for ...
Principals worried about science - Wanganui Chronicle
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Wanganui Chronicle
Wanganui Primary Principals' Association,Wanganui Intermediate principal Charles Oliver and Kai Iwi School principal Alastair White were commenting on a report released this week by the Education Review Authority (ERO). The report found that for ...
Wanganui Chronicle
Wanganui Primary Principals' Association,Wanganui Intermediate principal Charles Oliver and Kai Iwi School principal Alastair White were commenting on a report released this week by the Education Review Authority (ERO). The report found that for ...
NZ Herald on performance pay | Kiwiblog
URL: NZ Herald on performance pay | Kiwiblog
But that is no reason not to try. The evidence is clear that the ability of a teacher to connect with their students has more influence on educational outcomes than any other factor such as class size, school, poverty etc. .... May 5th, 2012 at 5:51 pm. Real genius teachers would start their own schools and charge on performance at say NCEA. ... The problem with the Herald's assertions is that performance pay does not raise student's achievement. NZ currently has a world ...
But that is no reason not to try. The evidence is clear that the ability of a teacher to connect with their students has more influence on educational outcomes than any other factor such as class size, school, poverty etc. .... May 5th, 2012 at 5:51 pm. Real genius teachers would start their own schools and charge on performance at say NCEA. ... The problem with the Herald's assertions is that performance pay does not raise student's achievement. NZ currently has a world ...
Editorial: Reward good teachers and education wins
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Not many professions are held in such high regard as teaching. People, by and large, recognise that few jobs are so demanding and offer so relatively little in financial reward. All the more surprise, therefore, that a Herald -Digipoll...
Not many professions are held in such high regard as teaching. People, by and large, recognise that few jobs are so demanding and offer so relatively little in financial reward. All the more surprise, therefore, that a Herald -Digipoll...
Why is educational progress measured by years rather than ...
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Reality check, everyone – this is how our children are spending the most important years of their educational and social development. This is how our schools function! This is not the way to encourage achievement or ...
Reality check, everyone – this is how our children are spending the most important years of their educational and social development. This is how our schools function! This is not the way to encourage achievement or ...
Emotional engagement the X factor in teaching - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Emotional engagement the X factor in teaching
Stuff.co.nz
The researchers interviewed hundreds of teachers and pupils from more than 40 primary schools in Manawatu and Horowhenua, while visiting classrooms to observe teaching styles. Teachers who fostered a warm classroom atmosphere had the most positive ...
Stuff.co.nz
The researchers interviewed hundreds of teachers and pupils from more than 40 primary schools in Manawatu and Horowhenua, while visiting classrooms to observe teaching styles. Teachers who fostered a warm classroom atmosphere had the most positive ...
Staff being lost in big reforms of Education Ministry
URL: Staff being lost in big reforms of Education Ministry
A "rolling maul" of major reform at the Education Ministry is chipping away at staff numbers, especially in the regions.
A "rolling maul" of major reform at the Education Ministry is chipping away at staff numbers, especially in the regions.
Couple make documentary about daughter's bullying case - New Zealand Herald
URL: Couple make documentary about daughter's bullying case
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Steven McNicholl A couple upset at the way their young daughter's school handled her bullying claims are making a documentary to highlight the case. Steve Paris and Angel Garden, of Auckland, decided to make a film about their experiences of a ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Steven McNicholl A couple upset at the way their young daughter's school handled her bullying claims are making a documentary to highlight the case. Steve Paris and Angel Garden, of Auckland, decided to make a film about their experiences of a ...
Maori language better off under National - academic - Radio New Zealand
URL: Maori language better off under National - academic
Radio New Zealand
But he asks why kohanga reo schools are challenging Crown rules through the Waitangi Tribunal, if National is really supportive. Mr Horomia says Labour has contributed to the revitalisation of te reo. He says it helped establish Maori Television and ...
Radio New Zealand
But he asks why kohanga reo schools are challenging Crown rules through the Waitangi Tribunal, if National is really supportive. Mr Horomia says Labour has contributed to the revitalisation of te reo. He says it helped establish Maori Television and ...
The mother of kohanga reo - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: The mother of kohanga reo The Dominion Post She is in the midst of a Treaty of Waitangi claim brought by Te Kohanga Reo Trust Board, which says the Crown has undermined kohanga by trying to marginalise it into Pakeha early childhood education. A keen golfer with a sharp sense of humour, ... |
ASB Community Trust grants $4m
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Four million dollars in grants have been awarded by one of the country's biggest charitable trusts in a bid to crack the problem of Maori and Pacific educational underachievement.
Four million dollars in grants have been awarded by one of the country's biggest charitable trusts in a bid to crack the problem of Maori and Pacific educational underachievement.
Co-operation urged over kohanga reo - The Dominion Post
URL: Co-operation urged over kohanga reo
The Dominion Post
The Crown says it has not discriminated against Maori or failed to support the kohanga reo movement, but that efforts to help have simply been "sideswiped" by other priorities. In closing submissions at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing this week, ...
The Dominion Post
The Crown says it has not discriminated against Maori or failed to support the kohanga reo movement, but that efforts to help have simply been "sideswiped" by other priorities. In closing submissions at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing this week, ...
Trust urges Crown to help kohanga reo - The Dominion Post
 3News NZ | URL: Trust urges Crown to help kohanga reo The Dominion Post The "long brown tail" of Maori educational underachievement could be stemmed if the Government supported the kohanga reo movement instead of trying to assimilate and control it, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told. In closing submissions for the Te ... |
Samoan part of new wave of Pacific students | Otago Daily Times ...
URL: Samoan part of new wave of Pacific students | Otago Daily Times ...
Ms Mauiliu (24) was an academically leading secondary school pupil in Samoa when she won a scholarship to study at Otago University in 2006. ... She is part of a new wave of Pacific students undertaking tertiary study.
Ms Mauiliu (24) was an academically leading secondary school pupil in Samoa when she won a scholarship to study at Otago University in 2006. ... She is part of a new wave of Pacific students undertaking tertiary study.
Helplines flooded with pleas for help
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Helplines are being inundated with soaring numbers of bullying-related calls, with the services saying schools are failing to protect students.Calls about bullying to Kidsline, Youthline and the children's helpline What's Up all...
Helplines are being inundated with soaring numbers of bullying-related calls, with the services saying schools are failing to protect students.Calls about bullying to Kidsline, Youthline and the children's helpline What's Up all...
Schools caught misusing funding - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Schools caught misusing funding
Stuff.co.nz
A report by the auditor-general found dodgy financial practices at 103 primary and secondary schools during the 2010 school year. The breaches included lending public money to staff members, buying land and buildings without Education Ministry ...
Stuff.co.nz
A report by the auditor-general found dodgy financial practices at 103 primary and secondary schools during the 2010 school year. The breaches included lending public money to staff members, buying land and buildings without Education Ministry ...
Yurts play a role in school's growth - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Yurts play a role in school's growth Otago Daily Times By Ellie Constantine on Sat, 5 May 2012 A creative response to a growing roll has proved a success for the Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School. Three Mongolian yurts were erected on the Maia school site in 2008. At $20000 each, the portable, felt-covered, ... |
Concern over girls dropping out of PE classes - New Zealand Herald
URL: Concern over girls dropping out of PE classes
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock School principals and health experts are concerned about the number of teenage girls who drop out of sport and physical education. In Britain a large survey found only 12 per cent of girls were reaching the standard level of fitness ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Thinkstock School principals and health experts are concerned about the number of teenage girls who drop out of sport and physical education. In Britain a large survey found only 12 per cent of girls were reaching the standard level of fitness ...
School staffroom swapped for Parliament’s Grand Hall
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Three-month old Poppy Pye joins her mum and dad - Kelly (centre) and Francis Pye - at Parliament to receive NEiTA Foundation regional awards for Excellence in Teaching from Education Minister, Hekia Parata
Three-month old Poppy Pye joins her mum and dad - Kelly (centre) and Francis Pye - at Parliament to receive NEiTA Foundation regional awards for Excellence in Teaching from Education Minister, Hekia Parata
NZK congratulates recipients of National Excellence Awards
URL: NZK congratulates recipients of National Excellence Awards
MEDIA RELEASE 4 May 2012 New Zealand Kindergartens (NZK) congratulates recipients of National Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards Teachers were honoured yesterday at the National Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards ceremony in Wellington. ...
MEDIA RELEASE 4 May 2012 New Zealand Kindergartens (NZK) congratulates recipients of National Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards Teachers were honoured yesterday at the National Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards ceremony in Wellington. ...
Tertiary changes will create barrier - Flavell - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
Maori Party education spokesperson Te Ururoa Flavell says the tertiary changes will create a barrier for Maori and Pasifika people who want to re-enter education. From next year, the minimum loan repayment rate's rising from 10 to 12 cents in the ...
Radio New Zealand
Maori Party education spokesperson Te Ururoa Flavell says the tertiary changes will create a barrier for Maori and Pasifika people who want to re-enter education. From next year, the minimum loan repayment rate's rising from 10 to 12 cents in the ...
Lifting hospitality profitability aim of new academy - Voxy
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Lifting hospitality profitability aim of new academy Voxy Lifting the profitability of hospitality businesses is behind the new Hospitality New Zealand Training Academy, says chief executive Bruce Robertson. Hospitality businesses are struggling to survive in a very tough economic environment and the new ... |
Kerre Woodham: Government targets good guys in student loan battle
URL: Kerre Woodham: Government targets good guys in student loan battle
Why the hell is the Government targeting graduates who are living and working in this country and repaying their loans?Why on Earth aren't they training their guns on the people who are the real problem: the overseas loan defaulters,...
Why the hell is the Government targeting graduates who are living and working in this country and repaying their loans?Why on Earth aren't they training their guns on the people who are the real problem: the overseas loan defaulters,...
Humble scholar all smiles - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Humble scholar all smiles Auckland stuff.co.nz The scholarship exams are separate from NCEA level 3 tests and are only attempted by the top 5 per cent of pupils. Jade says the workload may seem extreme but she didn't have a lot of time to study. "I didn't put that much work into studying during the ... |
Student sought for board of business incubator - Otago Daily Times
URL: Student sought for board of business incubator
Otago Daily Times
Upstart and the Institute of Directors are searching for a student from the University of Otago or Otago Polytechnic for a 12-month directorship with full trustee responsibilities and professional development support. As students represented an ...
Otago Daily Times
Upstart and the Institute of Directors are searching for a student from the University of Otago or Otago Polytechnic for a 12-month directorship with full trustee responsibilities and professional development support. As students represented an ...
Troubled teens getting a taste of army life - TVNZ
URL: Troubled teens getting a taste of army life
TVNZ
Some of the country's most troubled teens are finding themselves re-engaging with education through strict military service academies. There are currently 30000 15 to 19-year-olds not in school, training or work in New Zealand.
TVNZ
Some of the country's most troubled teens are finding themselves re-engaging with education through strict military service academies. There are currently 30000 15 to 19-year-olds not in school, training or work in New Zealand.
Schoolchildren tackle philosophy - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Schoolchildren tackle philosophy Stuff.co.nz Philosophy and meditation are on the timetable at two Wellington schools, which have introduced the unorthodox subjects to engage children and help them to use their minds in different ways. The eternal question of "Why?" is addressed during philosophy ... |
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