URL: NZ to attend APEC education conference
Craig Foss | Education
Associate Education Minister, Craig Foss will attend the fifth APEC Education Ministers’ Meeting in Gyeongju, Korea next week. The Korean Ministry of Education Science and Technology and APEC’s Education Network are bringing together Education Ministers, academics and senior officials from the 21 APEC economies. The group will review progress on collaborative education projects and set the direction for a new four-year work programme...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Ultra-fast broadband comes to Invercargill and Hawera
URL: Ultra-fast broadband comes to Invercargill and Hawera
Amy Adams | Communications and Information Technology
The Government’s world-class ultra-fast broadband initiative continues to gather pace throughout New Zealand, with work starting in Invercargill and Hawera, Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams says. Work to build an Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) network got underway in Invercargill today, while deployment starts in Hawera on Monday. When work begins in Hawera, UFB deployment will have commenced in 20 towns or cities...
Amy Adams | Communications and Information Technology
The Government’s world-class ultra-fast broadband initiative continues to gather pace throughout New Zealand, with work starting in Invercargill and Hawera, Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams says. Work to build an Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) network got underway in Invercargill today, while deployment starts in Hawera on Monday. When work begins in Hawera, UFB deployment will have commenced in 20 towns or cities...
Government's education investment welcomed - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Government's education investment welcomed
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Everyone who graduates has a minimum of four years of tertiary education and that is followed up by two years of supervised in-school work and professional development before any teacher is registered. "We also support the Minister's plan to invest in ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Everyone who graduates has a minimum of four years of tertiary education and that is followed up by two years of supervised in-school work and professional development before any teacher is registered. "We also support the Minister's plan to invest in ...
$511m funding boost for education - Otago Daily Times
URL: $511m funding boost for education
Otago Daily Times
The spending would include an extra $60m over the next four years to boost new teacher recruitment and training. It comes in addition to the $304m the Government is spending on professional learning and development for teachers in primary and secondary ...
Otago Daily Times
The spending would include an extra $60m over the next four years to boost new teacher recruitment and training. It comes in addition to the $304m the Government is spending on professional learning and development for teachers in primary and secondary ...
Children need teachers to have report cards - Sunday Star Times
URL: Children need teachers to have report cards
Sunday Star Times
Tolley introduced the popular National Standards model and now Parata is introducing the first steps towards teacher accountability. Her pre-Budget announcement signalled that the emphasis will be on improving teacher quality, not teacher numbers.
Sunday Star Times
Tolley introduced the popular National Standards model and now Parata is introducing the first steps towards teacher accountability. Her pre-Budget announcement signalled that the emphasis will be on improving teacher quality, not teacher numbers.
Performance Pay Could Cut Teacher Salaries - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Performance Pay Could Cut Teacher Salaries
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“What teachers would support is working with the government to build a fair pay system that recognises expertise and skills, is based on good quality evidence and is not linked to dodgy National Standards data." Ms Parata has said the average teacher ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“What teachers would support is working with the government to build a fair pay system that recognises expertise and skills, is based on good quality evidence and is not linked to dodgy National Standards data." Ms Parata has said the average teacher ...
General Debate 20 May 2012 | Kiwiblog
URL: General Debate 20 May 2012 | Kiwiblog
Actually Bob, what teachers seem to be saying is that there does not seem to be any evidence that performance pay is linked to any improvements in educational achievement. But never mind that – if you are so keen on ...
Actually Bob, what teachers seem to be saying is that there does not seem to be any evidence that performance pay is linked to any improvements in educational achievement. But never mind that – if you are so keen on ...
I will teach my pupils to make me rich - Otago Daily Times
URL: I will teach my pupils to make me rich
Otago Daily Times
On the first day of my teacher training, over 20 years ago, the lecturer asked us why we wanted to teach. Many of my fellow students had noble ideals such as wanting to make a difference or share their passion for learning. But if my pay depended on my ...
Otago Daily Times
On the first day of my teacher training, over 20 years ago, the lecturer asked us why we wanted to teach. Many of my fellow students had noble ideals such as wanting to make a difference or share their passion for learning. But if my pay depended on my ...
Public to get say on charter schools plan - The Press
URL: Public to get say on charter schools plan
The Press
The New Zealand model of charter schools working group chairwoman Catherine Isaac said a public consultation process would begin within weeks. "We have had a lot of interest from people potentially interested in setting up charter schools," she said.
The Press
The New Zealand model of charter schools working group chairwoman Catherine Isaac said a public consultation process would begin within weeks. "We have had a lot of interest from people potentially interested in setting up charter schools," she said.
Breakfast: Monday May 21 - TVNZ
URL: Breakfast: Monday May 21
TVNZ
A meeting is being held in Auckland tonight to inform the public about the controversial charter schools. Breakfast speaks to Associate Professor at Auckland University Peter O'Connor. Alex Swney from Auckland's Heart of The City group reacts to the ...
TVNZ
A meeting is being held in Auckland tonight to inform the public about the controversial charter schools. Breakfast speaks to Associate Professor at Auckland University Peter O'Connor. Alex Swney from Auckland's Heart of The City group reacts to the ...
Derisory Budget wages war on working class - New Zealand Herald
URL: Derisory Budget wages war on working class
New Zealand Herald
The savings are going to charter schools before they are sold to prospective buyers. How cynical to cut a school's funding, lowering performance and thus encouraging frustrated parents to send their kid to a privatised charter school that got the money ...
New Zealand Herald
The savings are going to charter schools before they are sold to prospective buyers. How cynical to cut a school's funding, lowering performance and thus encouraging frustrated parents to send their kid to a privatised charter school that got the money ...
Forum on the government's Charter Schools proposal - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Forum on the government's Charter Schools proposal
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Senior education academics, representatives of the education sector and the Chair of the NZ Model of Charter Schools Working Group, Catherine Isaac will be speaking at a forum on charter schools in Auckland on Monday. The public forum is expected to ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Senior education academics, representatives of the education sector and the Chair of the NZ Model of Charter Schools Working Group, Catherine Isaac will be speaking at a forum on charter schools in Auckland on Monday. The public forum is expected to ...
Charter schools 'won't be blueprint of overseas' - Newstalk ZB
URL: Charter schools 'won't be blueprint of overseas'
Newstalk ZB
The steering committee for charter schools is promising it won't just be taking a blueprint of the programme from overseas and rolling it out in New Zealand. The New Zealand Model of Charter School Working Group has met with the teacher unions this ...
Newstalk ZB
The steering committee for charter schools is promising it won't just be taking a blueprint of the programme from overseas and rolling it out in New Zealand. The New Zealand Model of Charter School Working Group has met with the teacher unions this ...
Devil Lurks in the Educational Detail – NZ First - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Devil Lurks in the Educational Detail – NZ First
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“In all my interactions with parents not one of them has suggested that class size is not relevant to their child's learning. Teachers may have to learn crowd-control.” Mrs Martin says that she will await with interest the detail of how the Government ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“In all my interactions with parents not one of them has suggested that class size is not relevant to their child's learning. Teachers may have to learn crowd-control.” Mrs Martin says that she will await with interest the detail of how the Government ...
Teacher training changes raise queries - The Ashburton Guardian
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The Ashburton Guardian
By John Donnachie May 19, 2012 Trainee teachers say there are more questions than answers over the proposed changes to teacher training. A Ministry of Education announcement on Wednesday outlined changes to how teachers are trained in this country.
The Ashburton Guardian
By John Donnachie May 19, 2012 Trainee teachers say there are more questions than answers over the proposed changes to teacher training. A Ministry of Education announcement on Wednesday outlined changes to how teachers are trained in this country.
Doubts cast on minister's school plans - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Doubts cast on minister's school plans
Stuff.co.nz
However, intermediate schools would wind up taking students whose education had been adversely affected by larger class sizes at primary school, he said. The extra FTTE would only bring these students up to the learning level where they were meant to ...
Stuff.co.nz
However, intermediate schools would wind up taking students whose education had been adversely affected by larger class sizes at primary school, he said. The extra FTTE would only bring these students up to the learning level where they were meant to ...
Minister Buying a Cheaper Future with Class-Size Increases - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Minister Buying a Cheaper Future with Class-Size Increases Scoop.co.nz (press release) Young Labour spokesperson Benjamin Ross argues the Minister's goal of "improving quality teaching" is admirable, but should focus on expertise, skills and experience, not National Standards, performance pay and charter schools. |
Doubts cast on minister's school plans - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Doubts cast on minister's school plans
Stuff.co.nz
Bohally principal Andrew Read said: "Increasing class size is in direct conflict with the Government's aim to address under-achievement." Bohally would be slightly better off, with a 0.8 FTTE increase based on projected rolls, to be confirmed on March ...
Stuff.co.nz
Bohally principal Andrew Read said: "Increasing class size is in direct conflict with the Government's aim to address under-achievement." Bohally would be slightly better off, with a 0.8 FTTE increase based on projected rolls, to be confirmed on March ...
Breaking bad or breaking even? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Breaking bad or breaking even? Stuff.co.nz Ivan Snook and a bunch of education professors have argued that class size does affect quality. But Snook is an old ''troublemaker'' and governments have long spurned him. The point is: governments are not really interested in evidence. |
Pupils may miss out with new ratios, says principal - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Pupils may miss out with new ratios, says principal
Stuff.co.nz
During PPTA collective agreement negotiations last year class size was a key issue, and this week Southland PPTA chairman Terry McNamara said the announcement was concerning. "I don't believe [the Government] is interested in quality education, ...
Stuff.co.nz
During PPTA collective agreement negotiations last year class size was a key issue, and this week Southland PPTA chairman Terry McNamara said the announcement was concerning. "I don't believe [the Government] is interested in quality education, ...
NZ parents want tougher stance on class discipline - Stuff.co.nz
URL: NZ parents want tougher stance on class discipline
Stuff.co.nz
A recent international study ranked New Zealand students among the worst-behaved in the world, and Secondary Principals' Association president Patrick Walsh said there was a sea change in how discipline was perceived in schools.
Stuff.co.nz
A recent international study ranked New Zealand students among the worst-behaved in the world, and Secondary Principals' Association president Patrick Walsh said there was a sea change in how discipline was perceived in schools.
Special ceremony honours Maori graduates - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: Special ceremony honours Maori graduates Massey News (press release) Mrs Simpson has taught at the school for ten years and on Wednesday graduated with a Master of Education and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. She says the ceremony was very different from graduation. “It was very emotional, that's the best word ... |
Time to graduate - Manawatu Standard
Massey News (press release) | URL: Time to graduate Manawatu Standard The head of Awatapu College's Maori department had strong support when she graduated from Massey University yesterday. Robyn Matthews, a Palmerston North mother of three, graduated with a diploma in teaching secondary (education) in front of family, ... |
Mixed method research: Art or science?
URL: Mixed method research: Art or science?
Seminar with Associate Professor Carol Mutch, School of Critical Studies in Education.
Room N614, N block, Faculty of Education, Gate 4, 60 Epsom Ave, Epsom (View map)
23 May 2012
Seminar with Associate Professor Carol Mutch, School of Critical Studies in Education.
Room N614, N block, Faculty of Education, Gate 4, 60 Epsom Ave, Epsom (View map)
23 May 2012
Alarm over proposal to shut schools for disabled - New Zealand Herald
URL: Alarm over proposal to shut schools for disabled
New Zealand Herald
By Teuila Fuatai A proposal by the Ministry of Education to close schools catering to intellectually disabled students has been met with disapproval. The proposal outlines the possible closure of four schools - Westbridge Residential School in West ...
New Zealand Herald
By Teuila Fuatai A proposal by the Ministry of Education to close schools catering to intellectually disabled students has been met with disapproval. The proposal outlines the possible closure of four schools - Westbridge Residential School in West ...
Threat to special schools worries parents - Radio New Zealand
URL: Threat to special schools worries parents
Radio New Zealand
Parents of children with learning and behavioural difficulties say they're horrified to learn the Ministry of Education is considering closing the country's four residential care schools by the end of the year. Ministry officials are seeking feedback ...
Radio New Zealand
Parents of children with learning and behavioural difficulties say they're horrified to learn the Ministry of Education is considering closing the country's four residential care schools by the end of the year. Ministry officials are seeking feedback ...
Plea to retain residential schools - The Press
 The Press | URL: Plea to retain residential schools The Press CONCERNED: Greg Healy, the principal of McKenzie Residential School, which caters for boys with behavioural issues, is hoping the school will survive proposed government changes to the special education system. Government plans to close specialist ... |
School closure plan puts children at risk - Stuff.co.nz
URL: School closure plan puts children at risk
Stuff.co.nz
So, what do our 'best govt brains' do to our system - they create more pressure on our teachers by increasing the class size -and they have to 'perform' to get decent pay - clever eh? I would bet my last dollar that there are going to be so many ...
Stuff.co.nz
So, what do our 'best govt brains' do to our system - they create more pressure on our teachers by increasing the class size -and they have to 'perform' to get decent pay - clever eh? I would bet my last dollar that there are going to be so many ...
Danger in ignoring violence in girls
URL: Danger in ignoring violence in girls
New Zealand ignores the increasing violence among teenage girls at their peril – because these are the mothers of the next generation, says Dr Donna Swift.
New Zealand ignores the increasing violence among teenage girls at their peril – because these are the mothers of the next generation, says Dr Donna Swift.
Pasifika Tertiary Education Working Group ~ Tertiary Education ...
URL: Pasifika Tertiary Education Working Group ~ Tertiary Education ...
The TEC has established a Pasifika Tertiary Education Working Group to provide advice on the tertiary component of the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017.
The TEC has established a Pasifika Tertiary Education Working Group to provide advice on the tertiary component of the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017.
Can Maori learn from Hawaiians? - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: Can Maori learn from Hawaiians? The Dominion Post Maori King Tuheitia is in Honolulu for the next week for discussions with native Hawaiian leaders as head of a delegation of 22 Maori leaders. Three Wellington based Te Atiawa leaders - Kara Puketapu, Neville Baker and Kura Moeahu - are members of the ... |
Are ITOs Doing More Business Training? - ED
URL: Are ITOs Doing More Business Training? - ED
Are ITOs Doing More Business Training? May 17th 2012 at 2:53pm, By Dave Guerin. Have you noticed ITOs expanding into basic business administration quals? I saw the following two examples over the last week. The Communications and ...
Are ITOs Doing More Business Training? May 17th 2012 at 2:53pm, By Dave Guerin. Have you noticed ITOs expanding into basic business administration quals? I saw the following two examples over the last week. The Communications and ...
Ideas for 20 May 2012
URL: Ideas for 20 May 2012
Dame Iritana began her teaching career relieving for Sylvia Ashton-Warner and went on to help found the kohanga reo movement. Chris Laidlaw talks to Dame Iritana, who is of Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, Canadian and English descent, about her life, ideas and influences.
Dame Iritana began her teaching career relieving for Sylvia Ashton-Warner and went on to help found the kohanga reo movement. Chris Laidlaw talks to Dame Iritana, who is of Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu, Canadian and English descent, about her life, ideas and influences.
Chris Szekely - Rahui and libraries
URL: Chris Szekely - Rahui and libraries
Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library, whose book Rahui, with illustrations by the late Malcolm Ross, won the picture book category at the 2012 NZ Post Children's Book Awards.
Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library, whose book Rahui, with illustrations by the late Malcolm Ross, won the picture book category at the 2012 NZ Post Children's Book Awards.
Massey iPhone ad a first for New Zealand TV
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Massey University is taking a novel approach in its new television advertisement, to be screened for the first time on Sunday. The 30-second commercial was shot on an iPhone by the University’s Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey.
Massey University is taking a novel approach in its new television advertisement, to be screened for the first time on Sunday. The 30-second commercial was shot on an iPhone by the University’s Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey.
Educative rhymes for the schoolyard
URL: Educative rhymes for the schoolyard
His 2009 educational rap Regulatin' Genes parodied Jay-Z's Money Ain't a Thang and won him global media attention. Now Californian biology teacher Tom McFadden is unleashing a new set of educational rhymes aimed squarely at the schoolyard.
His 2009 educational rap Regulatin' Genes parodied Jay-Z's Money Ain't a Thang and won him global media attention. Now Californian biology teacher Tom McFadden is unleashing a new set of educational rhymes aimed squarely at the schoolyard.
Powers to search school bags may be incorporated in guidelines - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Powers to search school bags may be incorporated in guidelines Otago Daily Times By John Lewis on Mon, 21 May 2012 School pupils may be subject to searches of their school bags and seizures of property, if recommendations from the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand (Spanz) are adopted by the Ministry of Education. |
City principals blast minister over schools shake-up - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times | URL: City principals blast minister over schools shake-up Otago Daily Times In addition to the $304 million already being spent on professional learning and development, an extra $60 million will be invested over the next four years to boost new teacher recruitment and training. A post-graduate qualification will also be ... |
Photo ID cards for teachers mooted
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Schools are thinking of introducing photo IDs for teachers.It follows the sentencing of convicted sex offender Te Rito Miki yesterday to four years in jail.He managed to get jobs at six North Island schools, using a false CV and...
Schools are thinking of introducing photo IDs for teachers.It follows the sentencing of convicted sex offender Te Rito Miki yesterday to four years in jail.He managed to get jobs at six North Island schools, using a false CV and...
Playcentre upgrades Maori culture section - Southland Times
 Southland Times | URL: Playcentre upgrades Maori culture section Southland Times POISED: Tayla Annan and Ellen Doughty, both 4, of Waihopai Playcentre, show off their new Maori cultural outfits. Young children and parents at Waihopai Playcentre will benefit from a much-needed grant. The playcentre applied for and received a $1738 ... |
Statutory manager takes over top primary school - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Statutory manager takes over top primary school New Zealand Herald By Katasha McCullough Education authorities have parachuted in a statutory manager to sort out rifts at a top primary school. A damning Education Review Office report about Chelsea Primary in Chatswood on the North Shore listed "poor relationships" and ... |
Boost for eco-aware educators - Wanganui Chronicle
URL: Boost for eco-aware educators
Wanganui Chronicle
Aberfeldy School principal Fran Lambert welcomed the news. "It is wonderful news as budget cuts in education for sustainability over the last few years has seriously impacted on enviro and sustainability programmes in schools.
Wanganui Chronicle
Aberfeldy School principal Fran Lambert welcomed the news. "It is wonderful news as budget cuts in education for sustainability over the last few years has seriously impacted on enviro and sustainability programmes in schools.
Rai Valley School to get new principal - Marlborough Express
URL: Rai Valley School to get new principal
Marlborough Express
Rai Valley Area School has a new principal and is on track to be once again governed by a board next year, the school's commissioner, Janet Kelly, said. Angela Sloane, principal at South Westland Area School, will take over from interim head Tony ...
Marlborough Express
Rai Valley Area School has a new principal and is on track to be once again governed by a board next year, the school's commissioner, Janet Kelly, said. Angela Sloane, principal at South Westland Area School, will take over from interim head Tony ...
Pupils use power of pink to battle bullying - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Pupils use power of pink to battle bullying Otago Daily Times By Nigel Benson on Sat, 19 May 2012 Marking "Pink Shirt Day" yesterday are Otago Girls High School pupils (from left) Georgia Rhodes (13), Olivia Eustace (13), Faith Aldridge (14), Airi Hatanaka (16) and Samantha Whitty (13) holding Calla ... |
Are manners dead? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Are manners dead? Stuff.co.nz But no, says Harvey Rees-Thomas, who has studied youth and society from all angles over many years, 16 of them as Wellington College headmaster. Manners are dead, he thinks, but young people are not to blame - it is not they who have changed. |
Students flock to arts despite job conditions - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Students flock to arts despite job conditions
Stuff.co.nz
Tough times and a tight job market have failed to put students off arts degrees, and philosophy and religious studies are continuing to prove more popular than chemistry. Just 6 per cent of university students enrolled in engineering last year, ...
Stuff.co.nz
Tough times and a tight job market have failed to put students off arts degrees, and philosophy and religious studies are continuing to prove more popular than chemistry. Just 6 per cent of university students enrolled in engineering last year, ...
Family-reared literacy program - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Family-reared literacy program Stuff.co.nz TOP TEAM: Christchurch teacher Ros Lugg and her son David have signed a multi-million dollar deal for software designed for students with learning difficulties. David has dyslexia. A Christchurch family business has signed a multimillion-dollar ... |
More young people out of work in city - Stuff.co.nz
URL: More young people out of work in city
Stuff.co.nz
The draft Education Renewal document, issued by the ministry, stressed encouraging pupils to explore vocations at school to ease the transition between education and work. "The period has seen a fall in the youth population, increased disengagement ...
Stuff.co.nz
The draft Education Renewal document, issued by the ministry, stressed encouraging pupils to explore vocations at school to ease the transition between education and work. "The period has seen a fall in the youth population, increased disengagement ...
Fast-food study choice perplexes mum - New Zealand Herald
URL: Fast-food study choice perplexes mum
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Sarah Ivey An Auckland mum is baffled that her daughter's primary school is planning to take its 6- and 7-year-old students on a field trip to McDonald's. Pupils from West Auckland school Hobsonville Primary will this week be visiting the New ...
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Sarah Ivey An Auckland mum is baffled that her daughter's primary school is planning to take its 6- and 7-year-old students on a field trip to McDonald's. Pupils from West Auckland school Hobsonville Primary will this week be visiting the New ...
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