Teachers in Gore reject proposed pay policy - Stuff.co.nz

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The NZEI said this week the class size backdown showed teachers and parents could unite to reverse "flawed" government policy. Another "flawed policy" was ...

Treasury's latest victim - The Press

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The Press
Education Minister Hekia Parata, like so many politicians before her, has taken ... school- leavers entering the New Zealand workforce as an educational failure ... Every pupil would be "tested", and every school's resourcing determined by the ...

Our strugglers benefit most from smaller class sizes

...There is enough local evidence now that the single policy that would make the greatest difference in lifting the achievement of Maori, Pasifika, and kids from low-income communities would be to decrease class sizes in our lowest decile schools and couple this with intensive professional development for teachers to adapt their teaching to the new learning environment...

REF: The Dominion Post, Friday June 15th 2012, B5.

Parenting with Rachel Hansen

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Rachel Hansen is an educator providing workshops for parents, teachers and students on body image, sexuality and gender. She has a background in education and psychology. She's also the New Zealand programme director for Enlighten Education.

Beyond charity: The business of philanthropy - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Beyond charity: The business of philanthropy New Zealand Herald Examples include communication student Josh Aislabie matched with Bill .... $20 million to improve the educational outcomes for Maori and Pacific students.

Students can 'shape the world' - Voxy

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Voxy
This was a comment from just one of the more than 200 secondary school students, school career advisors and school heads of department attending WelTec's School of Engineering Pathways to Engineering open day. A dozen secondary schools from across the ...

Maori tradesmen co-op to mentor apprenticeships to young Maori

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A group of Maori tradesmen in Christchurch have teamed up to provide mentoring and trade apprenticeships to young Maori.

Squabbles hamper swim lessons - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Squabbles hamper swim lessons New Zealand Herald Confusion among schools about available water safety education. ... There are two main programmes that provide educational resources and professional ...

Review of swim and survive programmes

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New Zealand's annual drowning toll is one of the worst in the developed world yet a new report finds that competition, tension, and disunity among key water safety organisations is hampering efforts to improve our drowning statistics.

Classroom Teachers get Technology-savvy in Central Otago

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Workshops to help Central Otago teachers successfully integrate ICT into teaching and learning are being brought to the province. Southern educational publisher, Essential Resources is hosting the professional development seminars/workshops in conjunction ...

Gates funds wrist sensors for students - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Gates funds wrist sensors for students Stuff.co.nz BRAIN TEASERS: Bracelets will be used to measure how engaged students are in a ... and how those techniques affected student test scores, Reuters reported.

School kids enjoy Matariki at one of Aotearoa's most contemporary ... - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

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URL: School kids enjoy Matariki at one of Aotearoa's most contemporary ... TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views (Kaikoura Suburban School Blog) A group of schoolchildren have enjoyed a night at ... of Education's drive to develop Maori and Western European culture in schools. ... and contemporary Maori art within the New Zealand educational system.