ATI to be named after Sir Paul Callaghan

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Steven Joyce | Science and Innovation

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce today announced that the Government’s new Advanced Technology Institute will be named after Sir Paul Callaghan. “The late Sir Paul Callaghan championed the idea that science could make New Zealand a better place,” Mr Joyce says. “He believed that science was not only about great ideas, but about getting value from those ideas through innovation and commercialisation. Those views exactly reflect the ambition of the Institute, so there can be few more appropriate names.”...

Prime Minister welcomes focus on innovation

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John Key | Prime Minister

Prime Minister John Key has welcomed the release of the Building Innovation report – the second of six progress reports to be released under the Government’s Business Growth Agenda. Mr Key launched the new report at a business breakfast in Wellington this morning with Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce and Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams...

Building Innovation Report launched

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Steven Joyce | Science and Innovation
Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce today joined the Prime Minister in launching the Building Innovation progress report, the second in a series of six progress reports released under the Government’s Business Growth Agenda...

Principal posts data in open bid for support - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
But the New Zealand Educational Institute has urged others to question the ethics around releasing what it says is "unfair and inconsistent" information. Rhode Street School principal Shane Ngatai posted on the school's Facebook page, and in a ...

ERO drops decile ratings from reports

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The decile rating of schools has been scrapped from Education Review Office reports.

School decile rankings to be dropped from reports - 3News NZ

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URL: School decile rankings to be dropped from reports 3News NZ The decision follows the government's announcement earlier this month that new school achievement data will be published online but there won't be "league tables" that allow comparisons to be made. From September 30, information including data from the ...

Schools react to the removal of decile ratings by ERO

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School principals say the Education Review Office's decision to drop decile ratings from their reports is a step in the right direction.

ERO drops decile ratings from reports - TVNZ

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URL: ERO drops decile ratings from reports TVNZ Schools are given a decile rating of one to 10, reflecting the proportion of students from low socio-economic communities. About 10% of schools are in decile one and have the highest proportion of pupils from low socio-economic communities. Lower ...

ERO reports won't show school decile ratings - New Zealand Herald

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URL: ERO reports won't show school decile ratings New Zealand Herald He said parents must be provided with clear information about the social and economic contexts in which schools operate so they can make a fair assessment of the effectiveness of schools. "Decile ratings are clearly crude tools, but if ERO is to remove ...

Are you New Zealand’s most inspiring teacher?

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The search begins today to find New Zealand’s most inspiring teacher and recognise the thousands of teachers who go above and beyond the call of duty. To reward the astounding contribution of our nation’s teachers, Warehouse Stationery is calling ...

Questions over youth scheme's effectiveness - NZ City

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URL: Questions over youth scheme's effectiveness NZ City "But this kind of training is difficult, it requires a lot of focus and we need to know whether or not all of the polytechs have given the focus it needs." Mr Robertson ... But Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says Mr Robertson is jumping the ...

What's so wrong with NZ fiction? - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: What's so wrong with NZ fiction? Stuff.co.nz Blame NZ schools forceing children to read Mansfeild, Frame, Grace, etc at school. SM #54 11:45 am Aug 20 2012. I love NZ fiction! I just have a lot of ...