URL: here!!!! Our book "Crossing the border"
We are so excited - our Book "Crossing the Border" is in print and is available from NZCER Press. We will be celebrating with a launch on August 2nd. Email us if you would like an invitation. We are planning to celebrate with ...
Monday, July 23, 2012
Catherine Delahunty Questions the Minister of Education on League ...
URL: Catherine Delahunty Questions the Minister of Education on League ...
To the Minister of Education: Does she stand by her reported comments that the Government wanted to collect National Standards data to raise pupil achievement, not to rank schools?
To the Minister of Education: Does she stand by her reported comments that the Government wanted to collect National Standards data to raise pupil achievement, not to rank schools?
Wiggs on League Tables | Kiwiblog
URL: Wiggs on League Tables | Kiwiblog
It's a combination of measurement error based on inconsistent and low samples and the national standards only measuring numeracy and literacy and not more holistic skills. However to improve something we first need to ...
It's a combination of measurement error based on inconsistent and low samples and the national standards only measuring numeracy and literacy and not more holistic skills. However to improve something we first need to ...
South Mak School: National Standards - League Tables
URL: South Mak School: National Standards - League Tables
National Standards - League Tables. South Makirikiri is working hard to adopt the National Standards that have been recently introduced to the education sector. The National Standards provide sign posts for teachers to use ...
National Standards - League Tables. South Makirikiri is working hard to adopt the National Standards that have been recently introduced to the education sector. The National Standards provide sign posts for teachers to use ...
Oxymoronic Government Education
URL: Oxymoronic Government Education
When the present National led Government introduced national standards testing in government primary schools it was full of sound and fury. However, the Prime Minister (who had claimed that it was the most important ...
When the present National led Government introduced national standards testing in government primary schools it was full of sound and fury. However, the Prime Minister (who had claimed that it was the most important ...
Disadvantaged students at risk - The Press
URL: Disadvantaged students at risk
The Press
Funny old thing, but when I had a teacher trying to tell me how bad national standards would be for the kids, one of the things they said was that children who were already achieving highly as against the national standards would be ignored as the ...
The Press
Funny old thing, but when I had a teacher trying to tell me how bad national standards would be for the kids, one of the things they said was that children who were already achieving highly as against the national standards would be ignored as the ...
Our education system is not working - The Dominion Post
URL: Our education system is not working
The Dominion Post
Even more alarming is the recent research which shows that over the past six years more than 60 per cent of people learning at the lower levels of tertiary education, failed. ... We constantly hear complaints such as: too many of our schools are ...
The Dominion Post
Even more alarming is the recent research which shows that over the past six years more than 60 per cent of people learning at the lower levels of tertiary education, failed. ... We constantly hear complaints such as: too many of our schools are ...
Education targets to boost skills & employment - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Education targets to boost skills & employment Scoop.co.nz (press release) “Having 85 per cent of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA Level 2 in 2017 is an ambitious target but this Government is determined to see more of our young people reach their employment potential when they leave school,” Ms Parata says. “That means lifting up ... |
Incentives aid pupils - news - manawatu-standard | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Incentives aid pupils - news - manawatu-standard | Stuff.co.nz
"They see this and think 'I would like that', so they get working." Year 11 pupil Lincoln Ainsworth said it was a great idea, and gave extra motivation during National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 1. Ad Feedback ...
"They see this and think 'I would like that', so they get working." Year 11 pupil Lincoln Ainsworth said it was a great idea, and gave extra motivation during National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 1. Ad Feedback ...
Private school scholarships leave families out of pocket
URL: Private school scholarships leave families out of pocket
Most of the low-income families receiving government scholarships to attend private schools are being left out of pocket, often by thousands of dollars.
Most of the low-income families receiving government scholarships to attend private schools are being left out of pocket, often by thousands of dollars.
Cherishing Te Reo focus for this year's Maori Language week
URL: Cherishing Te Reo focus for this year's Maori Language week
Maori language week starts today.
Maori language week starts today.
Exclusions hit Maori, Pasifika boys | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Exclusions hit Maori, Pasifika boys | Stuff.co.nz
A Ministry of Education report on expulsion and suspension rates shows the group is the worst affected, despite student-removal numbers being the lowest in 12 years. The report found schools across the country expelled more Pasifika students than any other group, stood down more Maori students than any other group, and suspended a total 3748 students last year. It found the most prevalent reasons for expulsion and exclusion were drugs, continual disobedience ...
A Ministry of Education report on expulsion and suspension rates shows the group is the worst affected, despite student-removal numbers being the lowest in 12 years. The report found schools across the country expelled more Pasifika students than any other group, stood down more Maori students than any other group, and suspended a total 3748 students last year. It found the most prevalent reasons for expulsion and exclusion were drugs, continual disobedience ...
Events to support Māori trade training and employment
URL: Events to support Māori trade training and employment
Two special events will be held in Auckland next month to support Māori student training and employment in trade and industry.
Two special events will be held in Auckland next month to support Māori student training and employment in trade and industry.
Saving te reo one word at a time - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Saving te reo one word at a time Taranaki Daily News In younger education, children attended immersion schools. Back home, they spoke English to parents untrained in the lingo. ... His three children learn Maori phrases at mainstream West End School. His offspring are accepting and more open. "I think we ... |
Youngsters change shape of te reo Maori - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Youngsters change shape of te reo Maori New Zealand Herald "One you always hear, and I get annoyed with my students, is waahi which is said wahi, or timata is pretty much said timata nowadays. "The point here is that we don't have that short/long distinction in our English vowels. Some vowels are produced a ... |
Students protest education cuts - New Zealand Herald
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Students protest education cuts New Zealand Herald NZEI spokesman Frances Guy said that the changes were "about privatisation, charter schools, league tables and performance pay," and that "every child is entitled to the best teachers. Auckland University law student Tessa Baker, 22, said she would be ... |
Students set to hit streets again - Voxy
URL: Students set to hit streets again
Voxy
$114 million cut from Education budget as a result of failed class size policy. AUT student, Daniel Preston-Jones, called the National Government's plan "a short sighted vision for education in New Zealand." All four education sectors will rally ...
Voxy
$114 million cut from Education budget as a result of failed class size policy. AUT student, Daniel Preston-Jones, called the National Government's plan "a short sighted vision for education in New Zealand." All four education sectors will rally ...
Waikato shines at teaching awards: University of Waikato
URL: Waikato shines at teaching awards: University of Waikato
The Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards were established in 2002 to celebrate excellence in tertiary teaching at a national level. University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford says Waikato is always strongly ...
The Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards were established in 2002 to celebrate excellence in tertiary teaching at a national level. University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford says Waikato is always strongly ...
Black Grace a beckoning - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Black Grace a beckoning
Stuff.co.nz
Thomas Fonua is one of the youngest members of the company, and at 19, has had to juggle the pressures of growing up as well as being a professional dancer. "NCEA, touring, rugby - all the crazy, normal things a teenage boy would do. Barr the ballet ...
Stuff.co.nz
Thomas Fonua is one of the youngest members of the company, and at 19, has had to juggle the pressures of growing up as well as being a professional dancer. "NCEA, touring, rugby - all the crazy, normal things a teenage boy would do. Barr the ballet ...
Kids' weight a serious issue to be tackled - Timaru Herald
URL: Kids' weight a serious issue to be tackled
Timaru Herald
During recent years, schools have placed healthier food in their canteens and spent time on food and nutrition in their health and physical education programmes to encourage healthy eating choices. But at the same time food is more accessible to ...
Timaru Herald
During recent years, schools have placed healthier food in their canteens and spent time on food and nutrition in their health and physical education programmes to encourage healthy eating choices. But at the same time food is more accessible to ...
Six months training for $80k salary - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: Six months training for $80k salary The Dominion Post Adams congratulated the Institute of Information Technology Professionals for raising $300000 from 40 companies for a programme involving volunteers visiting schools to talk about opportunities in the industry. Institute chief executive Paul Mathews ... |
Small Business: Literacy pays off at Deane Apparel
URL: Small Business: Literacy pays off at Deane Apparel
Peter Mulligan, operations manager at corporate uniform manufacturer, Deane Apparel, on the benefits of using a Workbase literacy and numeracy programme. The company, based in Wiri, South Auckland has 300 staff. We use computer...
Peter Mulligan, operations manager at corporate uniform manufacturer, Deane Apparel, on the benefits of using a Workbase literacy and numeracy programme. The company, based in Wiri, South Auckland has 300 staff. We use computer...
Professor bows out on a high note - New Zealand Herald
URL: Professor bows out on a high note
New Zealand Herald
His ideas regarding Maori wellbeing, (that it comprises hinengaro, wairua, tinana and whanau; mind, spirit, physical and family in balance as opposed to health by itself) have influenced a generation of policymakers, politicians and, in turn, the ...
New Zealand Herald
His ideas regarding Maori wellbeing, (that it comprises hinengaro, wairua, tinana and whanau; mind, spirit, physical and family in balance as opposed to health by itself) have influenced a generation of policymakers, politicians and, in turn, the ...
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