URL: Families Commission refocused
Paula Bennett | Social Development
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has announced a major restructure of the Families Commission. “The way the Families Commission works is going to change.” The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has identified a gap in monitoring, evaluation and research in the social sector. “This restructure will see the Families Commission take on a new role providing for independent monitoring, evaluation and research to measure the effectiveness of initiatives for families and society,” says Mrs Bennett...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Nats attack education at every level « The Standard
URL: Nats attack education at every level « The Standard
If you were a rightwinger, who believed the route to a prosperous society (for the elite, at least) was through private endeavor, wouldn't the way to help that along be to invest heavily in education? Then, people would be equipped to work out the rest themselves, without the State. ... They're a useless, binary measure of knowledge that tells us nothing that existing assessment didn't already. But, they produce metrics that can be used for performance pay, which is their ...
If you were a rightwinger, who believed the route to a prosperous society (for the elite, at least) was through private endeavor, wouldn't the way to help that along be to invest heavily in education? Then, people would be equipped to work out the rest themselves, without the State. ... They're a useless, binary measure of knowledge that tells us nothing that existing assessment didn't already. But, they produce metrics that can be used for performance pay, which is their ...
John Minto: Education policy forgets the heroes - New Zealand Herald
URL: John Minto: Education policy forgets the heroes
New Zealand Herald
By John Minto Crowded classrooms where the teacher barely moved from the front of the class were once the norm in New Zealand schools. Photo / Supplied Expanding class sizes will belittle the efforts of our teachers, writes John Minto, ...
New Zealand Herald
By John Minto Crowded classrooms where the teacher barely moved from the front of the class were once the norm in New Zealand schools. Photo / Supplied Expanding class sizes will belittle the efforts of our teachers, writes John Minto, ...
Government backtrack doesn't address education blunder
URL: Government backtrack doesn't address education blunder
The moves by the government to soften the effect its Budget policies will have on the country's intermediate schools do not appear to go far enough to reverse the damage threatening to undermine our public education system.
The moves by the government to soften the effect its Budget policies will have on the country's intermediate schools do not appear to go far enough to reverse the damage threatening to undermine our public education system.
Labour says Key's comment reveal rethink on class sizes
URL: Labour says Key's comment reveal rethink on class sizes
The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, says the government is starting to realise it has made a mistake by suggesting class sizes should increase.
The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, says the government is starting to realise it has made a mistake by suggesting class sizes should increase.
Government accused of trying to backtrack over class sizes
URL: Government accused of trying to backtrack over class sizes
The Labour party says the Prime Minister has been spooked by the public reaction to government moves to increase class sizes.
The Labour party says the Prime Minister has been spooked by the public reaction to government moves to increase class sizes.
Primary teachers say government trying to soften the blow
URL: Primary teachers say government trying to soften the blow
The Primary School Teachers Union says the government's trying to soften the blow on schools after it announced that those hit the hardest by plans to increase class sizes, will be helped through the process.
The Primary School Teachers Union says the government's trying to soften the blow on schools after it announced that those hit the hardest by plans to increase class sizes, will be helped through the process.
Reforms too far for some schools: PM - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Reforms too far for some schools: PM
Stuff.co.nz
Education funding reforms go too far for some intermediate schools, Prime Minister John Key admits. Changes announced in last week's Budget will see teacher numbers capped over the next four years. The cap is achieved by a series of changes to funding ...
Stuff.co.nz
Education funding reforms go too far for some intermediate schools, Prime Minister John Key admits. Changes announced in last week's Budget will see teacher numbers capped over the next four years. The cap is achieved by a series of changes to funding ...
Govt rethinks move to bigger class sizes - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Govt rethinks move to bigger class sizes New Zealand Herald By Audrey Young Education Minister Hekia Parata says it will be difficult for some intermediate and middle schools to absorb the changes. Photo / Brett Phibbs The Government has agreed to set up a working party to look at the effect of new class ratio ... |
Intermediate schools hit by higher ratios - The Bay of Plenty Times
 3News NZ | URL: Intermediate schools hit by higher ratios The Bay of Plenty Times by Carly Gibbs | Monday, May 28, 2012 15:30 Principals said intermediate schools would be particularly hard hit because of the impact on technology subjects. Intermediate schools in the Western Bay are reeling over the impact of new teacher-student ... |
NZ education system world-class, says AUT vice-chancellor - Stuff.co.nz
URL: NZ education system world-class, says AUT vice-chancellor
Stuff.co.nz
Auckland University of Technology vice-chancellor Derek McCormack has waded into the debate on open access education and university rankings. With Auckland University's world ranking falling from 46th to 82nd since 2006, some have questioned whether ...
Stuff.co.nz
Auckland University of Technology vice-chancellor Derek McCormack has waded into the debate on open access education and university rankings. With Auckland University's world ranking falling from 46th to 82nd since 2006, some have questioned whether ...
Fears kids will be the losers - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: Fears kids will be the losers Auckland stuff.co.nz Kids already struggling will have little hope of catching up if plans to rid schools of Supplementary Learning Support staff go ahead, principals say. Seven SLS teachers at Edmonton School in Henderson are reeling over a government proposal to ... |
School cuts appal principals - New Zealand Herald
URL: School cuts appal principals
New Zealand Herald
And some principals say the Government's working party to look at the effects of the policy is just a smokescreen that won't stop the changes they say will directly impact on students' learning. Prime Minister John Key yesterday gave an assurance the ...
New Zealand Herald
And some principals say the Government's working party to look at the effects of the policy is just a smokescreen that won't stop the changes they say will directly impact on students' learning. Prime Minister John Key yesterday gave an assurance the ...
Primary and Intermediate class ratios and subjects
URL: Primary and Intermediate class ratios and subjects
Principals at the country's more than 100 intermediate schools warn they'll have to cut staff and drop specialist subjects to meet the governments new funding and class ratio rules.
Principals at the country's more than 100 intermediate schools warn they'll have to cut staff and drop specialist subjects to meet the governments new funding and class ratio rules.
Technology centre under threat - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Technology centre under threat
Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry told Fairfax last week funding would now be more consistent across all year levels, and the changes had to be made in a "trade-off" between quantity and quality teachers. But Bluestone School principal Ian Poulter said schools ...
Stuff.co.nz
The Education Ministry told Fairfax last week funding would now be more consistent across all year levels, and the changes had to be made in a "trade-off" between quantity and quality teachers. But Bluestone School principal Ian Poulter said schools ...
Dunedin Tech Teaching Positions in Jeopardy
URL: Dunedin Tech Teaching Positions in Jeopardy
Dunedin Labour MPs Clare Curran and David Clark are throwing their weight behind Dunedin’s three intermediate schools which, between them, face losing nine technology teaching jobs under the Government’s plans to increase class sizes.
Dunedin Labour MPs Clare Curran and David Clark are throwing their weight behind Dunedin’s three intermediate schools which, between them, face losing nine technology teaching jobs under the Government’s plans to increase class sizes.
MP urges schools to teach Chinese - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: MP urges schools to teach Chinese Stuff.co.nz Nelson schools need to "look to the future" and offer courses in Chinese as a way of boosting trade with China, a National MP says. However, the headmaster of one Nelson school says providing teaching for the language would be difficult and would not ... |
Victim isolated while bullies prevail - Otago Daily Times
URL: Victim isolated while bullies prevail
Otago Daily Times
An Otago mother shares her experiences of school bullying and says the responses of schools and school principals are inadequate. I have been interested to read your recent articles on bullying and especially the comments made by the Secondary ...
Otago Daily Times
An Otago mother shares her experiences of school bullying and says the responses of schools and school principals are inadequate. I have been interested to read your recent articles on bullying and especially the comments made by the Secondary ...
NZHECEA Welcomes Recommendations to Improve Quality - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: NZHECEA Welcomes Recommendations to Improve Quality
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The New Zealand Home-Based Early Childhood Education Association welcomes the recommendations from Government about ways to improve the quality of ECE and in particular the recommended review of the home-based ECE sector. The Home-based Association ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The New Zealand Home-Based Early Childhood Education Association welcomes the recommendations from Government about ways to improve the quality of ECE and in particular the recommended review of the home-based ECE sector. The Home-based Association ...
John Parker: Quiet learning is banished from open-plan classrooms - New Zealand Herald
URL: John Parker: Quiet learning is banished from open-plan classrooms
New Zealand Herald
By John Parker Students need to be focused, mature and disciplined to make open-plan classrooms work. Photo / Thinkstock John Parker, a writer of children's books, worries about one of the downsides of charter schools. Charter schools are coming to New ...
New Zealand Herald
By John Parker Students need to be focused, mature and disciplined to make open-plan classrooms work. Photo / Thinkstock John Parker, a writer of children's books, worries about one of the downsides of charter schools. Charter schools are coming to New ...
Maori children need to be a budget priority - Waatea News
URL: Maori children need to be a budget priority
Waatea News
Anton Blank says there were some gains in education, with $19 million going to improve access to Maori immersion early childhood education, a housing, with another $11 million going onto home insulation. But he says overall the investment seems to be ...
Waatea News
Anton Blank says there were some gains in education, with $19 million going to improve access to Maori immersion early childhood education, a housing, with another $11 million going onto home insulation. But he says overall the investment seems to be ...
New principal glad to return to mainland - Timaru Herald
URL: New principal glad to return to mainland
Timaru Herald
A North Islander, she had spent time teaching at Gore High School and was happy to return to the mainland. She was not planning any major changes to the school. "I think the school functions very well. I'm really just [going to be] looking, ...
Timaru Herald
A North Islander, she had spent time teaching at Gore High School and was happy to return to the mainland. She was not planning any major changes to the school. "I think the school functions very well. I'm really just [going to be] looking, ...
Primary kids learn with iPads - Northland Independent Community
 Northland Independent Community | URL: Primary kids learn with iPads Northland Independent Community Glenbervie School's Koru 9 is one example of a Connected Classroom where students have greater access to the internet, tablet devices and computers. Teacher Lisa Ferris is the IT leader and is trialling the concept on her year 5 and 6 students. |
Statement of Intent 2012 - 2105
URL: Statement of Intent 2012 - 2105
The Statement of Intent is a high level document, which provides transparent information to Parliament and the New Zealand public about how Te Puni Kōkiri intends to manage for outcomes and outputs. It includes our strategic direction and operating intentions.
The Statement of Intent is a high level document, which provides transparent information to Parliament and the New Zealand public about how Te Puni Kōkiri intends to manage for outcomes and outputs. It includes our strategic direction and operating intentions.
Media release: Māori participation in the electricity supply industry gets a boost
URL: Media release: Māori participation in the electricity supply industry gets a boost
A new cadetship initiative between the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation (ESITO) and Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) will see 50 more Māori start full-time workplace training in the electricity supply industry by the end of October this year.
A new cadetship initiative between the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation (ESITO) and Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) will see 50 more Māori start full-time workplace training in the electricity supply industry by the end of October this year.
Allowance cut adds thousands to loan - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Allowance cut adds thousands to loan Stuff.co.nz Caitlin Davies has been forced to add thousands of dollars in student loan debt and take on extra hours of part-time work so that she can finish her masters degree. Ms Davies, 21, is among thousands of students part way through post-graduate study who ... |
Insurance costs for schools skyrocket - New Zealand Herald
URL: Insurance costs for schools skyrocket
New Zealand Herald
In Christchurch 86 schools were being repaired at a cost of $2.7m. Associate Minister of Education Craig Foss has called for an independent review of how school property is provided and managed and said a report would be delivered at the end of the ...
New Zealand Herald
In Christchurch 86 schools were being repaired at a cost of $2.7m. Associate Minister of Education Craig Foss has called for an independent review of how school property is provided and managed and said a report would be delivered at the end of the ...
Poverty-stricken kids resort to scavenging - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Poverty-stricken kids resort to scavenging
Stuff.co.nz
Children living in poverty are taking desperate measures to feed and clothe themselves at Waikato schools as families struggle to provide for their most basic needs. In one case, a young boy without a winter jersey was told to steal one from the lost ...
Stuff.co.nz
Children living in poverty are taking desperate measures to feed and clothe themselves at Waikato schools as families struggle to provide for their most basic needs. In one case, a young boy without a winter jersey was told to steal one from the lost ...
Otago Uni appoints new Maori Development Director - Voxy
URL: Otago Uni appoints new Maori Development Director
Voxy
"Tuari Potiki has an extensive background in health, education and social service development and has long-established and excellent working relationships with iwi and Maori communities throughout the country. He is very well placed to enhance Otago's ...
Voxy
"Tuari Potiki has an extensive background in health, education and social service development and has long-established and excellent working relationships with iwi and Maori communities throughout the country. He is very well placed to enhance Otago's ...
Chief Families Commissioner backs restructure of commission
URL: Chief Families Commissioner backs restructure of commission
The Chief Families Commissioner says the restructure of the agency will remove confusion about what it actually does.
The Chief Families Commissioner says the restructure of the agency will remove confusion about what it actually does.
Otago University worth $1.4 billion - New Zealand Herald
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Otago University worth $1.4 billion New Zealand Herald By Vaughan Elder of the Otago Daily Times With a total value of $1.4 billion, the University of Otago's assets are worth more than any other university in New Zealand, figures from the Tertiary Education Commission show. TEC figures comparing the ... |
Auckland college forges ahead with computer plans - Radio New Zealand
URL: Auckland college forges ahead with computer plans
Radio New Zealand
She says the college is serious about investing in computer technology. Janice Smith says recently Hato Petera formed a relationship with the Auckland University of Technology and only this month received 30 I Pads for use by senior students.
Radio New Zealand
She says the college is serious about investing in computer technology. Janice Smith says recently Hato Petera formed a relationship with the Auckland University of Technology and only this month received 30 I Pads for use by senior students.
Off the dole and into work with Malcam Trust scheme - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Off the dole and into work with Malcam Trust scheme Otago Daily Times By Ellie Constantine on Tue, 29 May 2012 Dan Rogers works at Road Materials Workgear as part of the Malcam Trust Altitude Employment-based Training programme in Dunedin. Photo by Jane Dawber. From living on the dole to working and studying full-time, ... |
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