Robin Duff: Govt's class size debacle leaves a handful of options - New Zealand Herald

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... would be willing to oversee the dismantling of the public education system via charter schools, class-size increases, attacks on teachers and more user pays.

Mixed Ownership Model Speech: Harawira - Voxy

Voxy	URL: Mixed Ownership Model Speech: Harawira Voxy 3 EDUCATION continues to be privatised through the introduction of charter schools, and the continued funding of private schools, at the expense of public ...

National Standards, Quality Education, & Hekia Parata | Musings of ...

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I was talking to one of those teachers today, not a teacher, but one who would instantly lose their job under National's “What the Hekia” budget. Being a Learning Director is not pupil allocated. The first in line for the …

Teachers plan for pay talks - Wairarapa Times-Age

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... Harris attended the Masterton primary teachers' union meeting at Lakeview School. ... Wairarapa branch president of the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), ... become innovators and researchers in education and not just servants who ...

Calls for school decile system to be reviewed

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School principals are calling for the decile system to be reviewed, after the release of figures showing fewer Pakeha students are attending low decile schools.

Opening up opportunities through education - Stuff.co.nz

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Educational achievement also indicates a person's commitment to seeing through ... to further their education outside the mainstream school system, the Education ... with and engaging their pupils, perhaps most critically at low-decile schools.

Claim of 'white flight' from low decile schools

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The number of Pakeha attending low decile schools has halved in the past decade, figures show.Ministry of Education figures revealed 60,000 Pakeha were attending decile one, two and three schools in 2000, but now only half that...

Research Recommended Before Changes to Special Education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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On behalf of the Salisbury School Board of Trustees, Salisbury Principal Brenda ... and a number of school teachers and principals of New Zealand schools, and ... the complex educational needs of teenage girls with intellectual impairment.

Career and subject choices critical - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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... schools, and a good level of rapport with their teachers – all good bases for learning.” .... to foil crooks reselling their booty · AIDS foundation opens outreach clinic on K' Rd ... Astrid Gjerde; Scrap helmet laws for adult cyclists, says Aucklan.

Inviting blokes back to kindy - Stuff.co.nz

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Education. Schools 'hold their breath' on online bullies Expert to help parents ... violence, aggression and divorce, and raise the child's educational prospects.

Schools 'hold their breath' on online bullies - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools 'hold their breath' on online bullies Stuff.co.nz "The effects range from students losing sleep, to loss of appetite, through to self ... the head of a student onto pornographic images, or taking photos of students in ... Huntly College principal Tim Foy said cyber bullying was "replacing some of ...

Chch school rolls take a rollercoaster ride - Stuff.co.nz

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Banks Avenue School in Shirley has lost about 200 pupils since the February 2011 earthquake. Principal Murray Edlin may have to make some staff redundant ...

Party's over and the hangover's hard to cure - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Party's over and the hangover's hard to cure New Zealand Herald University students are clearly frustrated with the hopeless political .... The Government argues that bigger classes will deliver quality education and raise ...

'Easy path' for learners backfires - New Zealand Herald

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... students for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement were unit standards. ... that their children have passed NCEA Level 1, dreaming of future careers and study, not .... Should Victoria Park be used as a test cricket venue?

Further cuts for tertiary education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“We need to invest in learning and research to give New Zealand's economy a chance to ... Funding for adult and community education suffers further cuts, as does ... New Appointments To Breaast Cancer Foundation Committee · Ease Up On ...

3000 more Youth Guarantee places funded - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Budget 2012 continues the Government's support for foundation training for young people, with ... how much they enjoy learning in this different environment,” Mr Joyce says. .... Astrid Gjerde; Scrap helmet laws for adult cyclists, says Aucklan.

Parata's no-show at Salisbury: She 'won't have all the facts' - Stuff.co.nz

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Education Minister Hekia Parata's refusal to visit Salisbury School means her decision on its fate will be made without all the facts, the school's board says.

Minister looking at fate of school - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Minister looking at fate of school Stuff.co.nz The fate of a troubled South Taranaki Maori immersion school is being looked into by Education Minister Hekia Parata. Te Kura O Nga Ruahine Rangi, ...

Swim lessons a huge cost, say schools - Stuff.co.nz

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Schools could pay as little as 90c per student to swim at the new CBay ... "CBay charges to schools are to be based on a formula mixing pool space and pupil entry," he ... Mr Harper said the exact swim cost would depend on how many pupils ...