URL: School `league tables' inevitable: Greens
NZ City
07 Aug: Unions band together to fight charter schools. 05 Aug: Teachers discouraged from charter schools. 04 Aug: Education policy `shambolic' Labour says. 03 Aug: PM would send own children to a charter school. 03 Aug: Majority against Charter schools ...
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Ropey figures used to 'inform' parents - Voxy
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Voxy
"First there was the push to increase class sizes. Then there were charter schools and their unqualified teachers. "Today we have Hekia Parata telling schools they must 'show and tell' using National Standards data, despite massive variability in ...
Voxy
"First there was the push to increase class sizes. Then there were charter schools and their unqualified teachers. "Today we have Hekia Parata telling schools they must 'show and tell' using National Standards data, despite massive variability in ...
Minister for looking silly carries day - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Minister for looking silly carries day New Zealand Herald The press conference had been called to outline the Government's decision to publish information and data on the internet showing how individual schools are performing in relation to national standards. The Prime Minister later described the decision ... |
No to league tables - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: No to league tables
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Student's success at school may be at risk under a plan to introduce national standards, educators fear. Waikato University professor of education Martin Thrupp is backing the message from West Auckland principals to the Government. "League tables have ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Student's success at school may be at risk under a plan to introduce national standards, educators fear. Waikato University professor of education Martin Thrupp is backing the message from West Auckland principals to the Government. "League tables have ...
Political round-up: August 8 - New Zealand Herald
 3News NZ | URL: Political round-up: August 8 New Zealand Herald Coming to a website near you - National Standards. Reports will be accessible through the Government's 'Education Counts' website - see: Govt unveils school 'league tables' plan. * All parties support the plans to expand the war memorial for the ... |
National Standards website a 'good compromise' - PM - New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald | URL: National Standards website a 'good compromise' - PM New Zealand Herald A university professor fears schools will use tricks to paint themselves in the best possible light, when National Standards results are published on a Government website from September this year. The Ministry of Education will add National Standards ... |
New era of unfair education league tables a step closer
URL: New era of unfair education league tables a step closer
The move to publish untested National Standards information through a new website is a step towards unfair league tables and a big step backwards for quality public education.
The move to publish untested National Standards information through a new website is a step towards unfair league tables and a big step backwards for quality public education.
School performance data good step forward
URL: School performance data good step forward
Media release 8 August 2012 School performance data good step forward The availability of school performance information on the Ministry of Education’s website ( www.educationcounts.govt.nz ) has been welcomed by BusinessNZ. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly says ...
Media release 8 August 2012 School performance data good step forward The availability of school performance information on the Ministry of Education’s website ( www.educationcounts.govt.nz ) has been welcomed by BusinessNZ. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly says ...
Education policy `shambolic' says Labour - 3News NZ
 3News NZ | URL: Education policy `shambolic' says Labour 3News NZ "It's incredible that in May the education minister was proudly outlining plans for investing $60 million in teacher quality and professional development," he said. "A couple of months later they're happy to stick children in a classroom led by a ... |
Education in Crisis?
URL: Education in Crisis?
What should school and university students learn in the 21st century? Will performance pay improve teacher quality, or are class sizes a more important factor in making a difference to student success? What do we know about how young people and university ...
What should school and university students learn in the 21st century? Will performance pay improve teacher quality, or are class sizes a more important factor in making a difference to student success? What do we know about how young people and university ...
Vertical curriculum planning
URL: Vertical curriculum planning
Sarah Hynds explains how her whole school plans together across the levels of the curriculum to increase the level of collegiality. They also wanted to ensure that the transitions between the levels of the curriculum were smooth and that teachers understood what came before and after individual student's curriculum levels.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Media-gallery/School-curriculum-design-and-review/Vertical-curriculum-planning
Sarah Hynds explains how her whole school plans together across the levels of the curriculum to increase the level of collegiality. They also wanted to ensure that the transitions between the levels of the curriculum were smooth and that teachers understood what came before and after individual student's curriculum levels.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Media-gallery/School-curriculum-design-and-review/Vertical-curriculum-planning
Teachers query new Correspondence School system - Computerworld New Zealand
URL: Teachers query new Correspondence School system
Computerworld New Zealand
The SMS is used to hold information about students from enrolment through to completion of their studies, as well as details of every learning resource available to students. ... The Post-Primary Teachers' Association has complained that the system was ...
Computerworld New Zealand
The SMS is used to hold information about students from enrolment through to completion of their studies, as well as details of every learning resource available to students. ... The Post-Primary Teachers' Association has complained that the system was ...
Govt's 3 Year Scorecard on Rights for Indigenous Peoples - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Govt's 3 Year Scorecard on Rights for Indigenous Peoples
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Government has invested no new money to grow and develop Māori immersion education across the board, and enrolments in kōhanga, kura, and wānanga are declining as a result – but they will invest in setting up charter schools with unregistered teachers ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Government has invested no new money to grow and develop Māori immersion education across the board, and enrolments in kōhanga, kura, and wānanga are declining as a result – but they will invest in setting up charter schools with unregistered teachers ...
When schooling's not so simple - Stuff.co.nz
URL: When schooling's not so simple
Stuff.co.nz
Then it seems like we are going to throw into the mix the option of charter schools. Why anyone imagines any parent wants cut-price education for their child from a profit-seeking organisation employing staff who are not teachers, I do not know. I have ...
Stuff.co.nz
Then it seems like we are going to throw into the mix the option of charter schools. Why anyone imagines any parent wants cut-price education for their child from a profit-seeking organisation employing staff who are not teachers, I do not know. I have ...
Charter school plan 'flawed' - The Ashburton Guardian
URL: Charter school plan 'flawed'
The Ashburton Guardian
Last week, Act MP John Banks and Education Minister Hekia Parata announced the proposed policy, which would allow charter schools to shape their own curriculum, employ untrained teachers and operate within their own chosen hours. The policy has ...
The Ashburton Guardian
Last week, Act MP John Banks and Education Minister Hekia Parata announced the proposed policy, which would allow charter schools to shape their own curriculum, employ untrained teachers and operate within their own chosen hours. The policy has ...
Low demand to learn Mandarin in schools - Waikato Times
URL: Low demand to learn Mandarin in schools
Waikato Times
A lack of demand and a shortage of teachers is blamed for "concerning" low numbers of secondary students learning Mandarin at Waikato schools, and across the country. A prominent China-based, Kiwi businessman says the "neglect" of the Chinese ...
Waikato Times
A lack of demand and a shortage of teachers is blamed for "concerning" low numbers of secondary students learning Mandarin at Waikato schools, and across the country. A prominent China-based, Kiwi businessman says the "neglect" of the Chinese ...
New resource helps principals plan their professional learning
URL: New resource helps principals plan their professional learning
Professional Learning and Development Planning (PLDP) is a new on-line resource designed to help principals and boards of trustees identify the kind of professional learning that will enable the principal to be most effective as a school leader.
The material provides a planning process for principals and boards to follow in developing a mutually agreeable professional learning and development plan.
PLDP is intended to complement other available resources to support principals and boards as they plan the professional learning and development component of the performance agreement.
Go to this link to work through the planning process online, or download an interactive PDF of the resource
Professional Learning and Development Planning (PLDP) is a new on-line resource designed to help principals and boards of trustees identify the kind of professional learning that will enable the principal to be most effective as a school leader.
The material provides a planning process for principals and boards to follow in developing a mutually agreeable professional learning and development plan.
PLDP is intended to complement other available resources to support principals and boards as they plan the professional learning and development component of the performance agreement.
Go to this link to work through the planning process online, or download an interactive PDF of the resource
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