National Standards will give parents misleading information

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NZEI Te Riu Roa says parents need accurate and fair assessments of their children’s progress and school effectiveness and that’s why the release of National Standards information later this month will be a big step backwards.

Research Shows Parents Want More Information On Learning

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20 September 2012 Media release Research Shows Parents Want More Information On Their Children’s Learning

School heads unappeased at meeting - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: School heads unappeased at meeting Stuff.co.nz The Education Ministry has been given its second fail mark in a week at a behind-closed-doors meeting with Christchurch primary and intermediate school representatives. Schools across the city were thrown into turmoil last week when Education Minister ...

Primary school principals 'confused and angry'

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Primary school principals in Christchurch came out of a meeting with the Ministry of Education last night describing the situation as clear as mud.

Principals question Education Ministry's data - Stuff.co.nz

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Schools across the city were thrown into turmoil last week when Education Minister Hekia Parata announced proposals to close 13 schools, merge 18 into nine, relocate seven schools and close another five and make them part of a single campus in Aranui ...

Education Ministry speaks on consulation with schools

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Listening to that was the Ministry of Education's earthquake recovery manager, Coral Anne Child.

Sympathy, but Key won't back down on school closures - TVNZ

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URL: Sympathy, but Key won't back down on school closures TVNZ Each school "cluster" was being encouraged to "develop a plan for how they see themselves operating" and would be meeting with the Education Ministry over the next three weeks, she said. The proposals give certainty to 173 of the 215 Canterbury schools ...

Minister's handling of school shake-up defended

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Prime Minister John Key has defended Minister of Education Hekia Parata's handling of a sensitive proposal that involves closing and merging some Christchurch schools.Confusion unfolded over last week's announcement that 13 Canterbury...

Leading US education innovator to visit New Zealand - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Partnership Schools are one of a number of the New Zealand Government's initiatives aimed at addressing the long tail of student underachievement in New Zealand, in which Māori and Pasifika students are over-represented. Common in the UK, US and ...

More Maori needed in health and sciences

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There is a dire need to encourage more Maori into health and science fields, says Massey School of Public Health head Associate Professor Cindy Kiro (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine).

Innovative Pilot May Provide Youth Unemployment Solution

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The Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) is launching the pilot of their new Career Navigator programme at Manurewa High School tomorrow. Career Navigator, a school-based ready-for-work programme, is designed to provide secondary school students with the ...

Dyslexics denied exam aid

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Pupils with learning disabilities have been told by the Government that they will have to go it alone come exam time in November.

Children go hungry amid plenty

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A quarter of primary and intermediate pupils in poorer Waikato areas go to school hungry, researchers have found.Poverty Action Waikato said the region was one of New Zealand's main food producers but about 25 per cent of students...

Teacher fired for supporting pro-gay protest

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A Northland teacher who was suspended last month after he supported a pro-gay protest at the Catholic College he taught at has lost his job.Pompallier Catholic College science teacher Nigel Studdart was formally dismissed from his...

New Private Co-educational School for Manawatu

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Choice and quality of education have been the hallmarks of Carncot School since 1903. The School’s founder, Constance Stanford, established the school to meet the need for private education for the sons and daughters of the Manawatu. These demands by ...