URL: Cyber-bullying must stop, says Collins
Judith Collins | Justice
Justice Minister Judith Collins has today welcomed a Law Commission report with recommendations for reducing the harm caused by cyber-bullying. Earlier this year, Ms Collins asked the Law Commission to fast-track its recommendations as part of the report on new media: The News Media meets ‘New Media’: Rights, responsibilities and regulation in the digital age. “Bullying has long been a problem, but its reach and impact has increased considerably in our digital age,” Ms Collins said...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Green Paper submissions released
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Paula Bennett | Social Development
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has released a summary of submissions to the Green Paper for Vulnerable Children and over 600 full submissions from various organisations. “When I began this process in July last year it was the first time in 14 years that a Government had brought a Green Paper to the New Zealand public,” says Mrs Bennett. “The Green Paper itself was written to spark debate among the public and professionals and was followed up by unique and truly open consultation,” she said...
Paula Bennett | Social Development
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has released a summary of submissions to the Green Paper for Vulnerable Children and over 600 full submissions from various organisations. “When I began this process in July last year it was the first time in 14 years that a Government had brought a Green Paper to the New Zealand public,” says Mrs Bennett. “The Green Paper itself was written to spark debate among the public and professionals and was followed up by unique and truly open consultation,” she said...
Comparing students 'meaningless' - Northern Advocate
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Northern Advocate
Maori students to the fore in NCEA · Secondary school students get NCEA results · Moerewa students in protest over Ministry order. Uploading student achievement data so schools can be compared is a big mistake, Northland principals say. Minister of ...
Northern Advocate
Maori students to the fore in NCEA · Secondary school students get NCEA results · Moerewa students in protest over Ministry order. Uploading student achievement data so schools can be compared is a big mistake, Northland principals say. Minister of ...
When schooling's not so simple - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Each teacher will receive a professional competency assessment each year by their principal. Because it is an employment thing it is not ... NZ parents are unusual for the large amount of volunteering they do in schools, yet when schools don't do their ...
Stuff.co.nz
Each teacher will receive a professional competency assessment each year by their principal. Because it is an employment thing it is not ... NZ parents are unusual for the large amount of volunteering they do in schools, yet when schools don't do their ...
Answer the question - Marlborough Express
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Marlborough Express
Such is the reaction of far too many schools to the requirement that they provide national standards information to a central database that know-nothings like parents might then seek to consult. So bravo to chief ombudsman Dame Beverley Wakem, who's ...
Marlborough Express
Such is the reaction of far too many schools to the requirement that they provide national standards information to a central database that know-nothings like parents might then seek to consult. So bravo to chief ombudsman Dame Beverley Wakem, who's ...
Pirates and eagles playground ahoy - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Pirates and eagles playground ahoy Taranaki Daily News Education is a lot more than national standards," she said. Mrs Ormrod said the funds for the project had been raised by the school's home and school committee, which had run galas and international lunches to help raise the money. "We hope to have the ... |
Old-school arts and crafts resurrected - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Old-school arts and crafts resurrected New Zealand Herald Her services are used by several schools as well as parents worried that their precious offspring won't meet the national standards for six-year-olds. And they are often right. De Witt is finding more and more children have little or no ability when it ... |
Education for Māori: Context for our proposed audit work until 2017
URL: Education for Māori: Context for our proposed audit work until 2017
This report describes the history of education policy and developments for Māori, sets out some leading research and statistics, and describes the role of the various government agencies involved in education...
This report describes the history of education policy and developments for Māori, sets out some leading research and statistics, and describes the role of the various government agencies involved in education...
Did you get our August e-newsletter?
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Whanau Ora: Children put first with help of family plan - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Ms Tamaki takes her youngest son Hoturoa out to Ngaruawahia every day to attend a kohanga reo, which she chairs. The whanau plan also helped her set goals for her own learning. After her parents separated and her father died when she was young, she ...
New Zealand Herald
Ms Tamaki takes her youngest son Hoturoa out to Ngaruawahia every day to attend a kohanga reo, which she chairs. The whanau plan also helped her set goals for her own learning. After her parents separated and her father died when she was young, she ...
Closer watch on progress of Maori pupils - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
The state education sector is to be more closely monitored to ensure young Maori are being given every opportunity to succeed. The Auditor-General is to do an annual performance report over the next five years, saying it's well known that Maori ...
Radio New Zealand
The state education sector is to be more closely monitored to ensure young Maori are being given every opportunity to succeed. The Auditor-General is to do an annual performance report over the next five years, saying it's well known that Maori ...
Call for everyone to help reverse education underachievement - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
She says people already know Maori underachieve at school, but it's time to find why the pupils are not getting the support they need. Part of the work will look at how well the Ministry of Education is delivering its Maori education strategy, Ka ...
Radio New Zealand
She says people already know Maori underachieve at school, but it's time to find why the pupils are not getting the support they need. Part of the work will look at how well the Ministry of Education is delivering its Maori education strategy, Ka ...
Parents must get more involved with children's education - Voxy
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Voxy
It was a real concern that many parents were not helping with their children's education at home, or becoming involved in their education at school, which was why schools and teachers needed to be more aware of the importance of the ongoing need for ...
Voxy
It was a real concern that many parents were not helping with their children's education at home, or becoming involved in their education at school, which was why schools and teachers needed to be more aware of the importance of the ongoing need for ...
Parents must get more involved for effective education
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Children whose parents read to them in their early years were likely to achieve much more than children whose parents had less involvement, a University of Canterbury (UC) professor said today. Garry Hornby, from UC’s College of Education, said the ...
Children whose parents read to them in their early years were likely to achieve much more than children whose parents had less involvement, a University of Canterbury (UC) professor said today. Garry Hornby, from UC’s College of Education, said the ...
Update on rules and definitions for Youth Guarantee 2012 ~ Tertiary ...
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In our last update on Youth Guarantee, we advised the rules and definitions document for Youth Guarantee in 2012 would be finalised in the coming weeks. We would like to update you now on the progress of the document ...
In our last update on Youth Guarantee, we advised the rules and definitions document for Youth Guarantee in 2012 would be finalised in the coming weeks. We would like to update you now on the progress of the document ...
Teachers victims of Facebook attacks - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Teachers victims of Facebook attacks Stuff.co.nz Schools are struggling to have the content taken off the web. "There are a large number of students in schools now creating Facebook pages and competing with one another to defame and harass teachers in schools," he said. "I've had a number of calls ... |
Name, shame cyber-bullies - report (+video) - New Zealand Herald
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Name, shame cyber-bullies - report (+video) New Zealand Herald The commission has also recommended that schools be legally required to implement policies on cyber-bullying, including guidelines on dealing with incidents and educational programmes for students. It received about 60 submissions, including one from ... |
NZ nurses battling 'moral distress' - study - New Zealand Herald
 Massey News | URL: NZ nurses battling 'moral distress' - study New Zealand Herald Martin Woods, a nursing ethics and education expert, said the New Zealand-first survey revealed the widespread impact of moral distress in the profession. "It's very disturbing; half the nursing workforce at some stage have had such moral disquiet that ... |
InfraTrain and SCIRT formalise training partnership - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: InfraTrain and SCIRT formalise training partnership
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Infrastructure industry training organisation, InfraTrain, and SCIRT (the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the delivery of training services for the increasing number of workers required ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Infrastructure industry training organisation, InfraTrain, and SCIRT (the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the delivery of training services for the increasing number of workers required ...
$85000 spent on school show - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: $85000 spent on school show Stuff.co.nz ''We have a lot of students who have gone on to acting and theatre careers but we have just as many who have gone into the technical aspects.'' The school's dedication paid off last year when it ... I went to and later taught at entirely state schools ... |
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