Korea, Australia and NZ to discuss digital futures

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Amy Adams | Communications and Information Technology

Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams tomorrow travels to Seoul for the 2012 Korea Australia and New Zealand (KANZ) Summit, and the World Information and Communications Summit. The summits, in Seoul from May 14-16, bring together Government, industry, research and policy representatives to share insights into their experiences in broadband and to explore joint ventures and research partnerships...

Govt to take stand on cyber-bullying

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Judith Collins | Justice

Justice Minister Judith Collins has asked the Law Commission to fast-track its recommendations for reducing the harm caused by cyber-bullying. Ms Collins says the Government is extremely concerned about the growing incidence of this abhorrent bullying and the devastating effects it can have on young people. “Young people’s lives are increasingly enmeshed in social media and they are particularly at risk from the significant harm that can be caused by cyber-bullying.”...

The great debate: National standards | BayBuzz

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Tom Belford is an agitator. Last issue he asked me to navigate the pit full of alligators that constitutes the current local government debate in Hawke's.

Ministry should acknowledge its role in unfair League Tables - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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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. Mr Leckie says the Ministry of Education should accept its share of responsibility for the way the ...

Network for Learning a step closer - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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The Ministry of Education will run a series of seminars during July to September for school leaders and teachers to discuss the Network for Learning. This is in addition to long-term Ministry programmes for professional learning and development (PLD), ...

Tapu Misa: Teacher pay rises will do what incentives won't

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I've been trying to "incentivise" my children to keep their rooms tidy. By which I mean nagging and general coercion. It isn't working. If the household finances were up to it, I'd consider a monetary bribe.That's what an economist...

A revolution in how we educate teachers - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Massey University is about to undertake a quiet revolution in the way we educate teachers. We are cutting our ties with the past and forging ahead with changes that will bring Massey's teacher education in line with some of the best education ...

Massey scraps teaching degrees - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Massey scraps teaching degrees Stuff.co.nz They're only rendered ineffective when the government thinks they know better, such as in the case of national standards. Peterkar #17, how relevant do you think a science degree is, or the fact that you can write a gramatically correct 3000 word essay ...

Massey Decision – a Case of the Tail Wagging the Dog

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Massey University is putting its own financial needs ahead of the needs of the education sector following its decision to scrap all undergraduate teacher education.

Fury over support changes - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Ministry special education group manager Brian Coffey said it was too early to say whether any teachers would lose their jobs. Both programmes targeted those struggling at school, but SLS Teachers' Association president Marie Treloar said combining ...

Playing Favourites with Thomas Wartenberg

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Professor of philosophy and visiting Fulbright US Senior Scholar, who has been implementing his Teaching Children Philosophy programme at Island Bay School.

Relax, he's not a pain in the neck... he's a scientist

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Your terrible two-year-old is on tantrum number three and it's not even lunchtime. Never fear, he is conducting experimental research.

Inequality, peace, and security: address to the Wellington ...

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Even children whose parents are highly educated but who live in unequal societies do worse at school than children in more equal counties whose parents have the same level of education. The same is true for a wide variety ...

1000 days to get it right for every child - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Dr Airini, Head of the School of Critical Studies in Education at The University of Auckland, will emphasise the particular needs of Pasifika children and the ways in which their education contributes to New Zealand 's social and economic development.

Pasifika Education Given Short-Shrift - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“Not many would argue that speaking another language isn't good for a child's education. “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 ...

'Tough' for pre-schools to adopt Maori culture - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board is commenting on an Education Review Office report which has found pre-schools needs to considerably improve the way they work with whanau. It states Maori are not acknowledged in a way that promotes their unique ...

Ministry fails to check out $1m building botch up - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Ministry officials believed $986926 had been used by Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe to build six new classrooms in 2005. But in 2009 a consultant found only three classrooms had been built, documents released to the Herald under the Official ...

School recognises pupils in leadership roles - Marlborough Express

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URL: School recognises pupils in leadership roles Marlborough Express Green room: Renwick School pupils, from left, Courtney Mathieson, Evan Shram, Jess Wilson and Emma Young test their leadership jackets out for size at a special school assembly on Friday. Year 7 and 8 pupils from Renwick school have been given green ...

DIY learning and childcare works for family - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: DIY learning and childcare works for family Stuff.co.nz HAPPY FAMILY: A Paremata family with 11 children have been given an Education Ministry grant to start Etu Ao, a Pasifika-focused home-based education and care programme. Natalie Mareko, 19, front centre, with brother Emilio, and Sharquille Fuimaono, ...

Schools demand powers to search cyber-bullies - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools demand powers to search cyber-bullies Stuff.co.nz SHOW AND TELL: Principals want to take a heavier hand to ensure student safety in the face of cyber-bullying. Principals want the power to search students' cellphones and laptops to combat cyber-bullying. The call comes as part of a change in the way ...

Principals call to search students' cellphones, laptops - TVNZ

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URL: Principals call to search students' cellphones, laptops TVNZ Secondary Principals' Association president Patrick Walsh said principals were being forced to take a heavier hand to ensure student safety, on the back of a backlash from parents, who say soft approaches don't work. The association is working with the ...

Mums losing sleep over school bullies - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
by Carly Gibbs | Sunday, May 13, 2012 17:59 A staggering 68 per cent of Kiwi mums are kept awake at night worrying about their child being bullied at school. The figure, one of many sourced from a New Zealand Woman's Weekly Colmar Brunton survey, ...

Ministry seeks unlimited internet access for schools

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New Zealand school children will have unlimited internet access under a new deal the government is trying to negotiate.

Beefing up child's play - Taranaki Daily News

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URL: Beefing up child's play Taranaki Daily News Banks has received funding from KiwiSport, an initiative launched by Prime Minister John Key in 2009 to encourage school age children to participate in organised sport. KiwiSport gave primary schools $13 for each child. High schools received $25 for ...

Schools bill could top $1b - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools bill could top $1b Stuff.co.nz Perhaps those children did 'survive' but why is 'surviving' to be considered good enough when it comes to education? I took a lot of time to research all the schools in the area in which I live, and chose a school which I feel gives the best education ...

Joy and grief of tiny survivors - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Figures obtained by the Herald on Sunday revealed more than 60 per cent of schools designated for children with severe, mild and complex learning difficulties and disabilities had increased enrolments during the past five years.

Hugging banned at Upper Hutt school - TVNZ

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TVNZ
ONE News understands the strict rule came into force at Maidstone Intermediate after two students were given detention for hugging a friend. "What we have said to the children is that as a day to day way of going about greeting and farewelling each ...

School for girls facing closure - Nelson Mail

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URL: School for girls facing closure Nelson Mail The school employs more than 70 staff and cares for 43 girls, and has been told by Education Minister Hekia Parata not to take on any more permanent staff and to keep spending "prudent". The school's board of trustees met yesterday and its chairwoman ...

School still likely to close - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
By John Lewis on Sat, 12 May 2012 After considering a commissioner's report on the state of Rotary Park School, Education Minister Hekia Parata has recommended the school continue its closure process. School commissioner Cleave Hay said the Minister's ...

Mother removing HIV boy, pre-school says - Radio New Zealand

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URL: Mother removing HIV boy, pre-school says Radio New Zealand Though a Whangarei pre-school says the little boy at the centre of a storm over his HIV infection was never expelled and is welcome back, his mother says she's removing him from the centre. The four-year old, who's HIV-positive, had been at the ...