 Sydney Morning Herald | URL: Ministers told to back up school autonomy claims Sydney Morning Herald New Zealand, which has the most decentralised education system in the West, does not provide ''system-wide gains in student performance or learning'', according to the head researcher for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. |
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Ministers told to back up school autonomy claims - Sydney Morning Herald
Focus on teacher salaries - Stuff.co.nz
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Focus on teacher salaries Stuff.co.nz As the dust settles in the wake of the Government's backdown on teacher-pupil ratios, attention has returned to the issue of paying teachers based on performance and Waikato principals fear the proposal could divide school staff and damage education. |
School groups fear league tables being compiled - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
School groups fear news organisations want schools' results in the national standards in reading, writing and maths so they can compile league tables. The Principals Federation and primary school union the Educational Institute say they believe the ...
Radio New Zealand
School groups fear news organisations want schools' results in the national standards in reading, writing and maths so they can compile league tables. The Principals Federation and primary school union the Educational Institute say they believe the ...
Finnish education no laughing matter - Wanganui Chronicle
URL: Finnish education no laughing matter
Wanganui Chronicle
Moreover, comparison research (even unfair comparisons due to pupil selection) between privatised charter schools, accessible through lottery and voucher programmes, demonstrated little improvement over public ones. Research by Margeret Raymond ...
Wanganui Chronicle
Moreover, comparison research (even unfair comparisons due to pupil selection) between privatised charter schools, accessible through lottery and voucher programmes, demonstrated little improvement over public ones. Research by Margeret Raymond ...
Charter schools may face same restrictions as state schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Charter schools may face same restrictions as state schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Minister of Education needs to clarify whether charter schools will face the same restrictions on class sizes that the state sector is facing, Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today. Charter schools are to receive ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Minister of Education needs to clarify whether charter schools will face the same restrictions on class sizes that the state sector is facing, Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today. Charter schools are to receive ...
Fees for charter school working group released - New Zealand Herald
URL: Fees for charter school working group released
New Zealand Herald
By Kate Shuttleworth Catherine Isaac is being paid more than $30000 plus expenses this year for chairing the working party looking at setting up charter schools, and her colleagues will receive $9000 plus expenses for their time.
New Zealand Herald
By Kate Shuttleworth Catherine Isaac is being paid more than $30000 plus expenses this year for chairing the working party looking at setting up charter schools, and her colleagues will receive $9000 plus expenses for their time.
Minister Needs to Spell out Achievement Agenda - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Minister Needs to Spell out Achievement Agenda
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Labour has always maintained that lifting the achievement outcomes for all learners and investing in the professional development, training and support for teachers are important investments not simply 'trade-offs'. “What we don't want to see is this ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Labour has always maintained that lifting the achievement outcomes for all learners and investing in the professional development, training and support for teachers are important investments not simply 'trade-offs'. “What we don't want to see is this ...
Call to give disused rural schools back to community - Voxy
URL: Call to give disused rural schools back to community
Voxy
Rural Women New Zealand is calling on the Minister of Education to gift or lease closed rural schools to local communities, and has requested a meeting with Minister Hekia Parata to discuss the proposal. "Over the years many rural schools have closed ...
Voxy
Rural Women New Zealand is calling on the Minister of Education to gift or lease closed rural schools to local communities, and has requested a meeting with Minister Hekia Parata to discuss the proposal. "Over the years many rural schools have closed ...
School support staff 'critical to student success' - Voxy
URL: School support staff 'critical to student success'
Voxy
School support staff are the unsung heroes of the education system and need to be better recognized. School Executive Officer, Gaye Parlane says increasing demands on teachers has meant more demands on support staff such as administration executives ...
Voxy
School support staff are the unsung heroes of the education system and need to be better recognized. School Executive Officer, Gaye Parlane says increasing demands on teachers has meant more demands on support staff such as administration executives ...
Life skills course cut short - Wairarapa Times-Age
URL: Life skills course cut short
Wairarapa Times-Age
By Amie Hickland | Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:03 A successful YMCA youth course is no longer eligible for funding from the Ministry of Youth Development. Te Whete gave youth practical skills and allowed them to work within the community, before helping ...
Wairarapa Times-Age
By Amie Hickland | Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:03 A successful YMCA youth course is no longer eligible for funding from the Ministry of Youth Development. Te Whete gave youth practical skills and allowed them to work within the community, before helping ...
All about eco education - The Ashburton Guardian
URL: All about eco education
The Ashburton Guardian
Last week the centre re-opened after a revamp, and is now called the Eco Education Centre. The centre, run by Mastagard, has new signs and additional educational displays have been added. St Joseph's School children were the first to visit and were ...
The Ashburton Guardian
Last week the centre re-opened after a revamp, and is now called the Eco Education Centre. The centre, run by Mastagard, has new signs and additional educational displays have been added. St Joseph's School children were the first to visit and were ...
More Canterbury Uni courses face chop - Stuff.co.nz
URL: More Canterbury Uni courses face chop
Stuff.co.nz
More course closures are likely at Canterbury University as it tries to balance its books. University vice-chancellor Rod Carr said he did not know which courses would be axed next or when decisions would be made. The five colleges within the ...
Stuff.co.nz
More course closures are likely at Canterbury University as it tries to balance its books. University vice-chancellor Rod Carr said he did not know which courses would be axed next or when decisions would be made. The five colleges within the ...
Scarfies' drinking worse than ever - uni boss - New Zealand Herald
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Scarfies' drinking worse than ever - uni boss New Zealand Herald By Vaughan Elder of the Otago Daily Times Otago University's Vice-Chancellor says former students would be 'rookies' compared to scarfies now when it comes to drinking. Photo / Thinkstock Changes to laws governing access to alcohol has led to a ... |
Students have a say - Marlborough Express
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Marlborough Express
Linkwater School pupils are telling their teachers what they want to learn and how they want to learn it. The school held its first student-led conferences on Thursday and Friday last week, where pupils show their parents the work they have done and ...
Marlborough Express
Linkwater School pupils are telling their teachers what they want to learn and how they want to learn it. The school held its first student-led conferences on Thursday and Friday last week, where pupils show their parents the work they have done and ...
Replacement mobile class on way - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: Replacement mobile class on way
The Bay of Plenty Times
The Life Education mobile classroom destroyed by fire will be permanently replaced and a temporary truck is being brought to Tauranga so teaching in local schools can continue in the meantime. One of the Life Education Trust's mobile classrooms, ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
The Life Education mobile classroom destroyed by fire will be permanently replaced and a temporary truck is being brought to Tauranga so teaching in local schools can continue in the meantime. One of the Life Education Trust's mobile classrooms, ...
Head bows out after 46 years in education - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Head bows out after 46 years in education Taranaki Daily News His first stint at Manukorihi Intermediate was in the 1980s where he was deputy principal before taking on the challenge of Maori education adviser for Massey University for 12 years. "The opportunity came up to work at Massey and I took it for career ... |
Maori tradesmen unite to help youth - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Maori tradesmen unite to help youth
Stuff.co.nz
A group of Maori tradesmen who got their start together under an old government-run Maori trades training scheme have banded together to help give another generation of Maori a hand up. About 15 Christchurch men have started Te Kaihanga Co-operative, ...
Stuff.co.nz
A group of Maori tradesmen who got their start together under an old government-run Maori trades training scheme have banded together to help give another generation of Maori a hand up. About 15 Christchurch men have started Te Kaihanga Co-operative, ...
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