URL: Budget 2012: Environmental programme benefits schools
Amy Adams | Budget 2012
Budget 2012 will provide $7.6 million over the next four years for an education programme that gives schools and children a hands-on approach to looking after the environment, Environment Minister Amy Adams and Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples announced today. Enviroschools and Te Aho Tu Roa (the Maori immersion approach) encourage children, their schools and their families to think and act sustainably – at school, at home and in everyday life...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Carisbrook School redevelopment approved
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Craig Foss | Education
Associate Education Minister Craig Foss has announced a $4.6 million investment to upgrade Carisbrook School. Dunedin’s new Carisbrook School was created when Caversham Primary School, Calton Hill Primary School, and College Street Primary School merged. To accommodate a growing school roll, students are currently split between the three school sites. The government is committing $4.6 million to upgrade the Caversham site and provide a 21st century learning environment...
Craig Foss | Education
Associate Education Minister Craig Foss has announced a $4.6 million investment to upgrade Carisbrook School. Dunedin’s new Carisbrook School was created when Caversham Primary School, Calton Hill Primary School, and College Street Primary School merged. To accommodate a growing school roll, students are currently split between the three school sites. The government is committing $4.6 million to upgrade the Caversham site and provide a 21st century learning environment...
Ministry of Education should acknowledge its role in unfair League Tables
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The publication of school performance data based on national standards is both unfair and reckless, says NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Ian Leckie.
The publication of school performance data based on national standards is both unfair and reckless, says NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Ian Leckie.
National Standards or personalised learning? - leading and learning
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Seems sensible enough but the process is open to the law of unintended consequences. The creations of comparative League Tables are an obvious possibility. As the system beds in I'm betting that the Government will insist ...
Seems sensible enough but the process is open to the law of unintended consequences. The creations of comparative League Tables are an obvious possibility. As the system beds in I'm betting that the Government will insist ...
Residential Special Schools consultation
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The Ministry is developing a new intensive wraparound special education service for students with complex needs. Feedback is invited on the future of Residential Special Schools, focusing on their role within the new service.
The Ministry is developing a new intensive wraparound special education service for students with complex needs. Feedback is invited on the future of Residential Special Schools, focusing on their role within the new service.
Pre-schools need training to adopt Maori philosophy - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
A sector group representing mainstream pre-schools says teachers want to improve the way they work with whanau - but not all know how to. The Childcare Association says an Education Review Office report which calls for improvements in the way early ...
Radio New Zealand
A sector group representing mainstream pre-schools says teachers want to improve the way they work with whanau - but not all know how to. The Childcare Association says an Education Review Office report which calls for improvements in the way early ...
Pasifika education given short shrift | Voxy.co.nz
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"Yet Pasifika children have today been given a short-shrift by National members of Parliament's Education & Science Select Committee when they voted down a request to look into the academic benefits of Pacific Bilingual education. "We are a Pacific nation. The number of Pasifika ... "Labour's inquiry sought to establish the facts by looking to measures which could significantly raise Pacific academic achievement. "The Government's refusal to give this issue a fair ...
"Yet Pasifika children have today been given a short-shrift by National members of Parliament's Education & Science Select Committee when they voted down a request to look into the academic benefits of Pacific Bilingual education. "We are a Pacific nation. The number of Pasifika ... "Labour's inquiry sought to establish the facts by looking to measures which could significantly raise Pacific academic achievement. "The Government's refusal to give this issue a fair ...
Mai Chen: Student loan changes will impact on our culture - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Mai Chen: Student loan changes will impact on our culture New Zealand Herald By Mai Chen Steven Joyce has indicated the changes to student loans and allowances could see $60m to $70 million in annual savings for the Government to reinvest in tertiary education provision. Wherever the savings go, the Government will need to make ... |
Literacy classes open door to success - Northland Independent Community
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Northland Independent Community
He left school in Northland because of illiteracy, and stayed that way until he completed classes with Adult Literacy Tamaki Auckland. Neil now has two achievements under his belt – a Certificate in Applied Technology Welding and Fabrication and the ...
Northland Independent Community
He left school in Northland because of illiteracy, and stayed that way until he completed classes with Adult Literacy Tamaki Auckland. Neil now has two achievements under his belt – a Certificate in Applied Technology Welding and Fabrication and the ...
Principals told to keep opinions quiet - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
The Secondary Principals Association has accused the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) of acting in a "totalitarian" way after it warned principals about expressing political opinions in newsletters. The NZSTA told principals they were ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Secondary Principals Association has accused the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) of acting in a "totalitarian" way after it warned principals about expressing political opinions in newsletters. The NZSTA told principals they were ...
Principals asked to refrain from voicing opinions
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The School Trustees Association has asked school principals to stop using their newsletters to voice political opinions.
The School Trustees Association has asked school principals to stop using their newsletters to voice political opinions.
Education Intervention Stage Two Funding Announced
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Education Intervention Stage Two Funding Announced ASB Community Trust has announced more than $4 million in grants for five organisations working to overcome underachievement in education for Māori and Pacific youth in Auckland and Northland.
Education Intervention Stage Two Funding Announced ASB Community Trust has announced more than $4 million in grants for five organisations working to overcome underachievement in education for Māori and Pacific youth in Auckland and Northland.
Education Intervention Stage Two Funding Announced - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education Intervention Stage Two Funding Announced ASB Community Trust has announced more than $4 million in grants for five organisations working to overcome underachievement in education for Māori and Pacific youth in Auckland and Northland.
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education Intervention Stage Two Funding Announced ASB Community Trust has announced more than $4 million in grants for five organisations working to overcome underachievement in education for Māori and Pacific youth in Auckland and Northland.
Pasifika child caregivers trained - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
Struggling Pasifika families can now be trained, and eventually paid, to care for their pre-school aged children at home, after a new and free child care programme was launched in Porirua East. The Etu Ao programme provides access to 30 free hours of ...
Radio New Zealand
Struggling Pasifika families can now be trained, and eventually paid, to care for their pre-school aged children at home, after a new and free child care programme was launched in Porirua East. The Etu Ao programme provides access to 30 free hours of ...
Breaking a cycle of schoolyard torment - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Breaking a cycle of schoolyard torment New Zealand Herald It all started last term when someone in the kapa haka group at his school, Avondale Intermediate, started a rumour that he liked a girl in the group. He felt powerless and angry at the rumour-mongers. "Sometimes I almost walked out of school to calm ... |
Jealousy, abuse build life of violence
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"Jay" believes jealousy played a big part in turning him into a bully.When he was growing up in Northland, Jay (not his real name) lived mostly with his grandmother because his parents were not capable of looking after him."They...
"Jay" believes jealousy played a big part in turning him into a bully.When he was growing up in Northland, Jay (not his real name) lived mostly with his grandmother because his parents were not capable of looking after him."They...
Hapuku happy to go faster - Marlborough Express
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Marlborough Express
This is part of the government's commitment to provide 97.7 per cent of schools with UFB access by the end of 2015. Colin King, who visited the school two weeks ago, said ultra-fast broadband was an exciting tool for the future of education.
Marlborough Express
This is part of the government's commitment to provide 97.7 per cent of schools with UFB access by the end of 2015. Colin King, who visited the school two weeks ago, said ultra-fast broadband was an exciting tool for the future of education.
Minister acknowledges Sir Mason's contribution - Voxy
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Voxy
"While his retirement as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Maori and Pasifika) at Massey University will be a huge loss for not just that university, but organisations throughout the motu, his contribution to both the academy and to Maori development will always ...
Voxy
"While his retirement as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Maori and Pasifika) at Massey University will be a huge loss for not just that university, but organisations throughout the motu, his contribution to both the academy and to Maori development will always ...
Education grants spread benefits from whanau land - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
A Taranaki family who 12 years ago began putting some of the income from their dairy farm into a trust - to provide an education fund for their whanau - has won praise from the Maori Trustee. Owners of the 40-hectare Patiki D block in South Taranaki ...
Radio New Zealand
A Taranaki family who 12 years ago began putting some of the income from their dairy farm into a trust - to provide an education fund for their whanau - has won praise from the Maori Trustee. Owners of the 40-hectare Patiki D block in South Taranaki ...
Award for excellence - Bay Chronicle
 Bay Chronicle | URL: Award for excellence Bay Chronicle Cheryl Kingi was awarded a NEiTA Foundation regional award for Excellence in Teaching at Parliament this monthMs Kingi is head teacher at Kerikeri Kindergarten and runs a child-centred programme that encourages children to make their own discoveries ... |
Students selected to attend Youth ANZAAS
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Twenty two senior secondary school students from around New Zealand have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend the Youth ANZAAS (Australia New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science) event in Dunedin. They will be joined ...
Twenty two senior secondary school students from around New Zealand have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend the Youth ANZAAS (Australia New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science) event in Dunedin. They will be joined ...
$7.6m reprieve for Enviroschool scheme - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: $7.6m reprieve for Enviroschool scheme Stuff.co.nz The Government has had a change of heart on Enviroschools and announced a $7.6 million boost in funding for the education initiative. National announced cuts to the popular programme in 2009, but the Maori Party managed to negotiate an interim budget ... |
Analyst completes new tertiary education management degree - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Analyst completes new tertiary education management degree Massey News (press release) Kayrn Kee, a policy analyst from the University's Office of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori and Pasifika), has graduated from the second intake of a new University of Melbourne qualification, a Master of Tertiary Education Management. |
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