Partnership Schools – another choice for parents

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John Banks | Education
Associate Minister of Education John Banks says that the addition of Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua creates another education option for parents to choose from. "Of course they won't be for everyone but parents should have the opportunity to choose what works for their family,” Mr Banks said. "This new model allows for a proportion of the staff not to be registered as a teacher. "This is not the same as not being qualified...

Today in politics: Monday, August 6 - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
ACT leader and sole MP John Banks left it up to party insider Catherine Isaac to defend charter schools on TVNZ's Q+A programme yesterday. She said she did not know why he couldn't front for the show but said he was excited and positive about the policy.

John Key – “do as I say, not as I do” - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
John Key made the assertion when defending the government's decision to allow charter schools to employ unregistered teachers. He claimed registered teachers were not a requirement for a good education but in practice he makes sure his own children ...

Untrained teachers' wider role 'alarming' - The Press

MSN NZ News

URL: Untrained teachers' wider role 'alarming' The Press Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Minister John Banks yesterday released details of new "charter schools" - rebranded as "partnership schools" - to be opened in 2014. The new schools will get some Government funding and be "sponsored" by ...

Charter schools plan crazy - union leader - Stuff.co.nz

3News NZ (blog)

URL: Charter schools plan crazy - union leader Stuff.co.nz Legislation will be introduced to Parliament this year and schools will open for the start of the 2014 school year. However, they must abide by the national standards and must offer National Certificate of Educational Achievement or equivalent ...

Unqualified teachers a mistake - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
Related. Editorial: Let parents decide which school is best · Principals against league tables · Relief at class size backdown. Local principals are slamming the Government's charter school model, which will allow unqualified or unregistered teachers ...

Charter schools 'motivated by profit' - education expert - TVNZ

Otago Daily Times

URL: Charter schools 'motivated by profit' - education expert TVNZ However, they will be able to determine whether they operate under the National standards programme and offer NCEA qualifications or adopt an "alternative curriculum framework". Yesterday's announcement comes less than a year after the Act Party and ...

Incoherent education policy « The Standard

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However, they will be able to determine whether they operate under the National standards programme and offer NCEA qualifications or adopt an “alternative curriculum framework”. So – ahhhh – WTF? The right hand of .... Also, as far as I can see, the measures used by the CREDO study are tests on reading etc. The problem I have with the US school education system as they are focused too strongly on testing and teaching to tests. This to me is not an in-depth ...

National jeopardising our children's learning - Voxy

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Voxy
"It's incredible that in May the Education Minister was proudly outlining plans for investing $60 million in teacher quality and professional development. She was also planning a move to require new teachers to have post-graduate qualifications. "Yet ...

Partnership Schools Initiative - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“Our students don't only meet, but in most cases well exceed, National Standards”, added Mr Kennedy. He puts this down to the high quality of teaching at Manukau Christian School. “The government's Partnership programme will make our high quality ...

Key gives the right answer, but gets it wrong - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
But the Prime Minister should have emphasised that charter schools will not be filling their rolls with the offspring of well-heeled residents of Parnell. He should have stressed "partnership schools" - to give them their new official and sanitised ...

Charter schools 'not anti-teacher' - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Charter schools 'not anti-teacher' The Dominion Post The pilot, one of several government measures focused on lifting educational achievement, is designed to provide more parents with local state school options that might be more effective in enabling their children to achieve their potential. ... Mr O ...

Key: Don't worry about unqualified teachers - TVNZ

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TVNZ
However, they will be able to determine whether they operate under the National standards programme and offer NCEA qualifications or adopt an "alternative curriculum framework". Today's announcement comes less than a year after the Act Party and ...

Teachers discouraged from charter schools - NZ City

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NZ City
NZEI president Ian Leckie has concerns about unqualified teachers being employed by charter schools, but says the union will support its members if they work in the schools. "Unqualified teachers certainly have no place in education," he told TVNZ's ...

Uunions will 'discourage' members from teaching in charter schools - Voxy

3News NZ

URL: Unions will 'discourage' members from teaching in charter schools Voxy What is different about these charter schools than I guess the private schools, the alternative schools that we already have in the system that already cater for different students? And I'm thinking Montessoris or whatever. CATHERINE ISAAC - Charter ...

Schools ready for UFB - except for the cost

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Some schools are concerned they won't be able to meet the costs of accessing the Government's ultrafast broadband network.

Cost bar keeps fibre dream out of classrooms - Stuff.co.nz

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Manurewa MP Louisa Wall said she was more concerned that although broadband was considered an essential educational tool, schools in poor areas were passed over. Figures show there was a relatively ... networks and ease of deployment. “This has ...

Education and poverty « The Standard

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Few people are aware, for example, that in 2009 U.S. schools with fewer than 10 percent of student in poverty ranked first among all nations on the Programme for International Achievement tests in reading, while those ...

Rewiring the brain - it's child's play - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Rewiring the brain - it's child's play The Dominion Post The digital world is leading to different ways in which the brain develops, different environments in which we learn . . . and it does seem to be having impacts on cognitive, social and emotional development." The Post Primary Teachers' Association ...

New Zealand adults lack literacy and numeracy skills

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It is somewhat ironic that many people, including teachers, complained about the introduction of national standards (national testing and comparison) in numeracy and literacy some years back. The teaching focus for primary ...

The secret to being a good teacher - Manawatu Standard

Manawatu Standard

URL: The secret to being a good teacher Manawatu Standard Mrs Hunkin, a Wairoa principal, was honoured with an Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in a kaupapa Maori context at a parliamentary ceremony last night. She was nominated by staff at Te Kura Motuhake o Te Ataarangi, the private training ...

Kuranui College ERO report 2011 » Kuranui College

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Aspects of student achievement have improved markedly in recent years. Improvements to the achievement of students at Levell in National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) and in gaining literacy and ...

This big brother knows best - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: This big brother knows best Waikato Times Michael Walmsley, 27, has developed the online Javascript and HTML/CSS courses to follow recently released NCEA standards which will have the discipline taught in New Zealand schools. He has had 40000 students sign up since he launched the website, ...