Govt to strengthen foundation-level learning

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce today announced the Government's next steps in improving the outcomes of foundation level tertiary education. Speaking at the Adult Literacy and Numeracy forum in Auckland this morning, Mr Joyce said the Government would accelerate the targeting of foundation education to those who need it most...

Speech to the National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Symposium

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Hello everyone, it’s a pleasure to be here at the Symposium again. Welcome to all the literacy and numeracy educators and managers here today. Kiwis without literacy and numeracy skills miss out on a whole world of life opportunities and the self-esteem and independence that comes from being literate and numerate.  And, as a nation we miss out on the social and economic benefit of seeing the full potential of those Kiwis...

NACEW moves to the Minister of Women’s Affairs

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Kate Wilkinson | Labour

The ministerial responsibility and funding for the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW) is being transferred from Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson to Women’s Affairs Minister Jo Goodhew, the two Ministers announced today. “NACEW is an important advocate for women in the workplace. Since its establishment in 1967, the council has had an instrumental role in influencing changes to legislation and policy to recognise and develop women’s employment in New Zealand,” Ms Wilkinson says...

Schools tell of league table negatives - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools tell of league table negatives Stuff.co.nz Bishop Viard College board chairwoman Marian Blackford told the minister she did not believe reporting based on national standards could help students' self-esteem. "Our students are over-represented in the tail, we have 6 per cent Pasifika and 20 per ...

Great time to praise teachers - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
Instead it continues to try and sway the public against teachers so they can promote their policies like National Standards, charter schools, league tables and performance pay. These policies do not, as claimed, lift student achievement. They have ...

Union angered as schools release standards figures - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Teacher unions have told schools to flout the law and refuse to release national standards data to the media.

Journalist looks to launch league tables - Voxy

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Voxy
School principals in the Wellington region have been asked to provide 'student performance data' to a Dominion Post journalist. 'We predicted four years ago that this was a likely outcome if national standards went ahead,' said Paul Drummond, President.

Teachers set for new fight - Stuff.co.nz

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However, a Hamilton MP has poured cold water on the notion, saying the Government has not proposed league tables, only indicated that a discussion about presenting national standards data needs to be had. More than 450 primary teachers in the region ...

School charters: Incorporating Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori

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Guidelines for boards of schools and kura, with learners in years 1-8 using Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, on incorporating Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori into school charters

Govt to strengthen foundation-level learning - Voxy

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Voxy
Speaking at the Adult Literacy and Numeracy forum in Auckland this morning, ... to study at levels 3 and 4, and to focus foundation learning on foundation levels.

Pick of the litter - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Pick of the litter New Zealand Herald We focus on school students, because young people often haven't decided whether they can be bothered disposing of rubbish correctly. If you can explain to them the effects it can have - polluting the places they love and poisoning our food chain - they ...

Allegations of zone fixing in Wellington schools - Stuff.co.nz

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With league tables in Primary schools, based on flawed and inaccurate National Standards, about to be published this same picture will be occurring in the primary sector within the next few years. Is that what we really want? G #7 09:29 pm Jun 26 2012 ...

Education Minister lacks solid action plan - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Her comments follow the Government's release of its 'to-do list' for the public sector, including the re-announcement of lifting secondary achievement to 85 per cent of NCEA level two and the target to raise participation in early childhood education ...

Polytechnics are the foundation for good vocational pathways | TEU ...

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New vocational pathways launched by Ministers Joyce and Parata yesterday need to account for the pivotal role that polytechnics play in helping.

New Technology with Sarah Putt

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The Telecommunications Users Association faces extinction; Parliamentary Inquiry into 21st Century Learning; and Microsoft's latest acquisition Yammer.

School 'magic bullet' for youth crime - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Comments from several speakers saying it should be harder for schools to exclude difficult students drew the loudest applause from 250 people from across youth justice agencies at yesterday's conference. Judge Becroft said between 2000-3000 young ...