Applications open for Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards

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Hekia Parata | Pacific Island Affairs
Applications for the 2012 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards open today giving young Pacific people the opportunity to have their talent and leadership potential recognised. Pacific Island Affairs Minister, Hekia Parata, says the programme, now in its third year, is a great opportunity for Pacific communities to encourage their future leaders to achieve their dreams. “There is a huge amount of talent and potential among New Zealand’s young people and this is a great opportunity to celebrate that,’’ Ms Parata says...

Government to review teachers' council | Epou

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Director of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (Robyn Baker);. Leader of the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative;. Board member of the Australian Council for Educational Research;. Chair of the Education Committee ...

Government to review teachers' council - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The Government has announced it will review the role and functions of the New Zealand Teachers' Council as part of its programme to lift student achievement.

Academics call for halt to league tables plan - New Zealand Herald

Fort Worth Star Telegram

URL: Academics call for halt to league tables plan New Zealand Herald More than 100 New Zealand education academics are calling on the Government to halt any plans to compile league tables of schools based on national standards reporting.

Our children are guinea pigs in bad experiment - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Our children are guinea pigs in bad experiment The Dominion Post We believe the true measure of a system's success is how well it meets the needs of the most vulnerable children, such as those with special needs, not simply how many children achieve National Standards or NCEA level 2. So will the ACT-National ...

100 education academics sign letter against league tables - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Over 100 education academics have signed a letter against primary school league tables based on National Standards. We are a group of New Zealand academics teaching and researching in universities. As a group we are very concerned about the ...

Academics unite to oppose school league tables

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More than a hundred education academics have signed a letter opposing the proposed publication of 'league tables' of primary school performance based on National Standards.

Big curriculum concepts in English

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Hamish Chalmers from Albany Senior High School discusses the construction of a course to provide students with access to a depth of learning. He explained how links were made across standards, and across units of work as well as links to the outside world and other authentic contexts.

One of strongest messages yet about unfair league tables

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More than a hundred of the country’s leading education academics have called on the Government to abandon its plans to introduce unfair and unreliable league tables.

Academics sign letter opposing league tables

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More than 100 education academics have signed a letter against the introduction of primary school league tables based on National Standards.

Don't expel, keep troubled kids in school - judge

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The principal Youth Court judge is asking school boards of trustees to try to keep every child actively involved in education, before resorting to expelling or excluding troubled students.Speaking at a board of trustees (BOT) conference...

It makes sense to make an effort to keep good staff - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
When more than 600 people were asked what aspects of a sustainable workplace their organisation possessed, most ticked flexible working options, learning and education, equal opportunities and a culturally sensitive environment. Bottom of the heap in ...

Literacy across the curriculum

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NZC Update 23 focuses on the languages, texts, and literacy practices of the different curriculum learning areas.

Keep an eye out for Cycle Safe Instructors and Students | Transport ...

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The children will wear hi-vis yellow vests and the Instructors high-vis orange vests. Christchurch's Cycle Safe Programme is considered one of the best in the country and is used as a leading delivery model. The programme ...

Tech too costly for deaf community - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Tech too costly for deaf community Stuff.co.nz She finished high school at Hagley College and was taking a year off before studying art. "High school was a lot easier for us because we had resources from Van Asch (Deaf Education Centre), but university and polytech are harder. We need professional ...

Accountants receive national institute endorsement

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CPIT can now train the highest levels of accountants following an important announcement from the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). From 2013 graduates of CPIT’s three-year Bachelor of Applied Management in Accounting can apply for ...

Sorry guys, women are smarter

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Kiwi women are winning the battle of the brains and achieving higher IQ scores than men for the first time in 100 years, new research reveals.