First National Standards data sets baseline of learner achievement

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Education Minister Hekia Parata says National Standards data reported for the first time has set a baseline of Years 1-8 learner achievement.
The data shows that 76 per cent reached or exceeded the national standard for reading, 72 per cent of learners for mathematics, and 68 per cent for writing. “Of particular interest is the consistency of the achievement trends in writing, reading, mathematics by ethnicity and gender with other system ‘health check’ studies such as the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)...

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Education Minister says national standards are important

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Education Minister, Hekia Parata.

Minister says school results just part of the story - Radio New Zealand

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URL: Minister says school results just part of the story Radio New Zealand Minister says school results just part of the story. Updated at 6:33 am today. The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, says national standards results published on Saturday don't tell the full story on individual schools. Fairfax newspapers, including ...

Key backs publishing of National Standards - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Key backs publishing of National Standards Stuff.co.nz Prime Minister John Key has welcomed the publishing of National Standards data as a "very positive" step. Stuff recently published results from more than 1000 schools nationwide. Despite criticism that releasing the information would create unfair ...

Report or else, schools told | Stuff.co.nz

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Dozens of schools refusing to implement national standards after almost three years face "consequences" from the Government. The Sunday Star-Times has obtained an official list of 25 schools that have failed to produce any ...

Innovative thinking brings bright ideas to life - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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The system was tested at the Rotorua National Testing Programme and complies with standards set in the regional plan. Mr Weiss has been working with a manufacturing company to cost out manufacture and installation, estimated to be about $11,000.

Auckland National Standards put spotlight on schools... | Stuff.co.nz

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Children in Auckland's top decile schools are doing better than those in less well-off areas, as measured by the Education Ministry's controversial National Standards.

Not PC: National Standards publication won't fix cognitive child abuse

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National Standards will do nothing to fix this problem. It will do nothing to fix the poor teaching methods producing this horde of illiterates. But it might at least embarrass the poorest performers to find better methods.

“..National Standards | Rich Vs. Poor – The Gulf Revealed..” | whoar ...

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National standards from primary and intermediate schools from across the country shows pupils at lowest-decile schools are more likely to perform below national standards than those at the highest-decile schools.

Stuff publishes the National Standards data | Kiwiblog

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First the criticism by the NZEI: So, what will National Standards league tables actually tell you? Not much. In fact, they will be very misleading if you.

National Standards Data | Kiwiblog

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National Standards Data · Add this story to Scoopit!. Hekia Parata has announced: Education Minister Hekia Parata says National Standards data reported for the first time has set a baseline of Years 1-8 learner achievement.

Results of national standards online | Stuff.co.nz

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Controversial national standards results from more than 1000 New Zealand schools have today been revealed.

National Standards: Government begins to drip-feed... | Stuff.co.nz

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The first overall results of National Standards have been released by the Government.

Standards not working in Taranaki, principals say | Stuff.co.nz

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A group of five school principals spoke out about national standards - a national primary and intermediate level assessment measuring literacy and numeracy introduced in 2010. The principals say it needs a complete ...

Third failing Govt writing standards | Otago Daily Times Online News ...

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The first round of national standards figures show 76% of children are at or above the national standard for reading, and 72% are achieving in mathematics. But in writing, only 68% of pupils are achieving at or above the set ...

Conspiracy theory of the day, cockup or conspiracy edition? « The ...

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So the release of the National Standards data makes it easy to do all sorts of incredibly dubious analysis on the incredibly dubious dataset of National Standards results (check out Arahunga School's results – just one of many ...

Chart of the day, almost as if there's some sort of relationship edition ...

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(Quick and shoddy because it's a Saturday morning) I took the Dom-Post's National Standards data, calculated the average above standards for each school across the three categories, and then compared this to the decile ...

National standards allow parents to compare children - TVNZ

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TVNZ
But with national standards information now available, she can find out how her 11-year-old daughter, Sarah, is faring compared with other year 6 pupils. Fairfax released nationwide results from more than 1000 schools at the weekend, revealing how ...

Principals angry over National Standards report - TVNZ

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TVNZ
Breakfast asks the Principals' Federation about its disappointment that the Ministry of Education is releasing national standards results. U.S. tries to calm Islamic anger over film U.S Correspondent Jack Tame on America's attempts to calm public anger ...

Designed to support teaching - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Designed to support teaching Stuff.co.nz National Standards are part of the growing suite of tools designed to support better teaching and learning. As with any tool their impact on student achievement depends on their application. Much debate on National Standards has centred on making ...

Understanding National Standards results - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Understanding National Standards results Stuff.co.nz There is a unanimous expert opinion - even among those championing the potential of the National Standards - that it would be very foolish indeed to make judgments about any school on the basis of their results. Not yet, anyway. The standards, which ...

Parents warned damage could be done - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
Controversy erupted after the national standards results of more than 1000 schools from across the country were revealed by Fairfax Media, publishers of the Sunday Star-Times, as part of yesterday's launch of the "School Report" site. It was the first ...

National Standards: Which Children and Schools will be Hurt? - Scoop.co.nz

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URL: National Standards: Which Children and Schools will be Hurt? Scoop.co.nz Publicly releasing National Standards data (whether by the media or by Government) gives another dimension to the National Standards and should by now be changing the way everyone understands them. In particular, the public release of National ...

National Standards shock - New Zealand Herald

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URL: National Standards shock New Zealand Herald At schools with fewer pupils for each teacher, around 70 per cent of children are achieving national standards in reading, writing and arithmetic. But at schools with more pupils for each teacher - in effect, bigger classes - the pass rates rise to ...

Principal criticises 'inconsistent' National Standards data - TVNZ

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Principal criticises 'inconsistent' National Standards data TVNZ This morning, Fairfax published National Standards results from more than 1000 schools across New Zealand, using tables to show the percentage of children who may or may not be meeting the expected National Standards for reading, writing and ...

Results of national standards online - Stuff.co.nz

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This is the first time national standards results have been made public - a move that has infuriated teachers' union the New Zealand Educational Institute, which says it will hurt the self-confidence of schools considered “not up to standard”. Many ...

School sets its own standards - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: School sets its own standards Stuff.co.nz The school's National Standards results show 92 per cent achieving at or above standards for reading, writing and maths. ''To be honest, we don't actually focus on National Standards,'' principal Willie Rosendaal said. ''At the end it is an outcome ...

Principal a fan of publishing National Standards - Stuff.co.nz

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''I love National Standards to bits, we have always had assessment data in the school and have always known where our children are at,'' she says. ''We've got progressions in reading and are working on progressions for writing and maths so we have that ...

How New Zealand schools rate - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: How New Zealand schools rate Stuff.co.nz After months of resistance, obstruction and stalling tactics from unions and hundreds of schools, Fairfax Media has obtained and analysed nationwide results and published them on a new section of its Stuff.co.nz website, School Report. This is the ...

Rich schools excel in National Standards - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Rich schools excel in National Standards Stuff.co.nz Stuff.co.nz's School Report website, which reveals National Standards results from more than 1000 schools nationwide, shows a lower percentage of students at decile one primary and intermediate schools in Auckland are reaching the standards compared to ...

Poor children do worse, national standards show - Stuff.co.nz

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Principal Pip Newton said poverty was a problem among the school's pupils, but that did not mean they could not achieve in the same way as their peers at higher-decile schools. However, getting to the same level might take longer. At the decile 10 ...

Bigger schools producing better results - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
But at schools with more pupils for each teacher - in effect, bigger classes - the pass rates rise to about 80 per cent. So too with school rolls: the highest proportions of children achieving or exceeding national standards are at big schools ...

National Standards Data | Kiwiblog

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Education Minister Hekia Parata says National Standards data reported for the first time has set a baseline of Years 1-8 learner achievement. .... I hate that about NCEA. The modules also discourage students from drawing connections between different topics, but instead rewards those who memorize specific facts and regurgitate them, before immediately forgetting them to ..... I'd suggest this says more about teacher interest in the tests than the children tested.

Maori and Pasifika students behind in national standards - TVNZ

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URL: Maori and Pasifika students behind in national standards TVNZ "We've still got to focus much more on having a focus on Maori and Pasifika, on children that come from poorer homes, children with special education needs," Radio New Zealand quoted Parata as saying. Parata defended the release, for the first time, of ...

Why teachers are furious (and parents are curious) - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Why teachers are furious (and parents are curious) New Zealand Herald The first comparisons between different subjects and groups of pupils - boys and girls, Maori and Pacific Islanders - are meaningful and important. These are the issues that New Zealand and its education community should be talking about, if they weren ...

National standards data released - New Zealand Herald

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Education Minister Hekia Parata. File photo / Joel Ford. A snapshot of national standards results released today by Education Minister Hekia Parata suggests Maori and Pasifika students are failing in the education system. The figures show among ...

National Standards don't show whole picture - NZEI

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Primary schools say they're frustrated by the partial release of national standards data by Fairfax Media at the weekend.

Anger at paper's decision to publish standards data online

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Principals say the media giant Fairfax has a lot to answer for after it published the results of national standards information from a thousand primary and intermediate schools.

Government drip-feeds National Standards data - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Government drip-feeds National Standards data Stuff.co.nz The overall results were consistent with other studies of achievement by primary school aged children, such as the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), she said. Teacher's union the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) said ...

National Standards shock: Big classes work

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Primary schools have disclosed controversial data about pupil achievement, with the surprise revelation that children in bigger classes and bigger schools get better grades.The Herald on Sunday has conducted a comprehensive survey...

Boys struggle with schoolwork while girls get on with the job

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She's only 7, but already Rose Williams has a pretty clear view of what she'd like to do with her life. She would love to be a doctor, or perhaps a scientist like her mother. If she can fit in a bit of fashion design on the side so...

Herald on Sunday editorial: Won't someone please think of the children?

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If you're trying to decide on a school for your children, send them to Marian Catholic School in Hamilton East.Not because its pupils are the highest achievers in our comprehensive national standards survey - they're not. Not because...

Why children fail in writing

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More than a third of primary school children are failing writing standards because they don't read enough and are confused by texting language and slang, say experts.Figures made public by the Ministry of Education yesterday show...

National standards data confirms boys are lagging behind

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Massey University education professor Michael Irwin is the author of the book 'Educating Boys: Helping kiwi boys succeed at school' and the organiser of two National Conferences on Boys' Education.

The publication of controversial national standards data

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Lorraine Kerr, President of the School Trustees Association and Geoff Lovegrove, Principal of the decile 3 Lytton Street School in Manawatu.

Bad National Standards data will damage kids' learning

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The pre-release of some national standards data today by the government ahead of next week's official release is a further blow to schools and kids learning.

National Standards will give parents misleading and poor quality 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.

National Standards: Which Children and Schools will be Hurt? - Scoop.co.nz

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The children from poor families will include many who are Maori or Pasifika and who are 'English Language Learners'. They too will include many children with specific learning difficulties (around 25% of children with a disability live in benefit ...

Principal warns against rankings - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
Launched ahead of the Ministry of Education's own release next week, this is the first time national standards results have been made public. Talia Shadwell takes an in-depth look at the Government's controversial policy, and what is happening behind ...

National Standards data released - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
The first overall results of National Standards have been released by the Government. Education Minister Hekia Parata said the figures for last year, to be released in full by the Government next week, showed 76 percent of children in years 1 to 8 were ...

The titillating presentation of misleading information

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www.qpec.org.nz 23 September 2012 Media Release: League table: the titillating presentation of misleading information QPEC joins the chorus of school principals and educators to condemn the government-sanctioned release of school league tables based on national ...

Comment on release of National Standards

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"There is an 80 percent glass ceiling for reading achievement in all English-speaking countries, and the figures released by Education Minister Hekia Parata confirm this is still in place in New Zealand," said Allan Campbell, a Christchurch member of ...

Bad National Standards data will damage kids’ learning

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The pre-release of some national standards data today by the government ahead of next week’s official release is a further blow to schools and kids learning. "We reiterate that the best way to get quality information is to visit your child's school ...

Booklet to help parents ask questions of schools

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A new publication from the Education Review Office aims to help parents ask schools about how their child is doing at school.

At least 20pc of pupils lagging | Stuff.co.nz

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At least one in five Canterbury and West Coast pupils is failing reading, writing and maths under the Government's national standards scheme.

National Standards based on 'shonky figures'

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I recently paid a visit to my old school, Papatoetoe Central Primary, in South Auckland.

Motivation, learning can be undermined - Professor

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When National Party leaders introduced National Standards for children's achievement in reading, writing and mathematics, their main argument was that this would greatly improve the achievement of the lowest performing 20 per cent of children.

Parents warned damage could be done

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Parents are being urged to look beyond the "very immature" information published as part of Fairfax Media's "School Report" website launch on Stuff.co.nz.

How New Zealand schools rate

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Controversial National Standards results from more than 1000 New Zealand schools have today been revealed.

Understanding National Standards results

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Is the publication of results:

Our standards for School Report

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Many people told us not to publish the information you see on this site.

Standards 'not the best measure'

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By Lorraine Kerr, New Zealand School Trustees Association president.

Data can prove misleading - NZEI

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By Ian Leckie, national president of NZEI Te Riu Roa.

School Report: Have your say

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Are National Standards the best way to measure student achievement in New Zealand schools? Should school results be made public? Join the conversation in the comments section below and tell us what you think.

Government drip-feeds National Standards data

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The first overall results of National Standards have been released by the Government.

Children bearing brunt of school closure stress

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Bed-wetting and anxiety levels could increase among young children because of the Christchurch schools shake-up, experts say.

Circular 2012/08 - State funding for 2013

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Funding circular about operational funding grant and staffing entitlement for 2013

Circular 2012/07 - Private school subsidy funding 2013

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Funding circular about private school subsidy funding for 2013.

What kindies think parents should know

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Parental warning: When your toddler gets home from daycare and tells you about their day, they've probably also been talking about what happened at home the night before.That advice comes from an anonymous early childhood educator...

School closures premature: professor - New Zealand Herald

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URL: School closures premature: professor New Zealand Herald Closing two of the country's residential schools for children with severe behavioural difficulties is premature and would leave vulnerable children putting pressure on the mainstream system, an education professor says. The Ministry of ... "This will ...

Thousands vent fury at school closures - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Thousands vent fury at school closures New Zealand Herald Upset children, parents and principals rallied against "abusive" school closures in quake-ravaged Christchurch yesterday. Thousands gathered at Hagley Park to vent their fury at Government proposals to shut 13 Canterbury schools; merge 18 into nine ...

Thousands vent fury at school closures

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Christchurch promises more protest action Upset children, parents and principals rallied against "abusive" school closures in quake-ravaged Christchurch yesterday.Thousands gathered at Hagley Park to vent their fury at Government...

Cantabrians speak out against education reforms

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More than 2000 Cantabrians have gathered in Christchurch to rally against proposed changes to the region's education system.The thousands, who gathered across four netball courts at Hagley Park, urged Education Minister Hekia Parata...

Real consultation needed in Christchurch

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NZEI says a proper process is needed in the plan for education in Christchurch with genuine consultation and community involvement.

Children bearing brunt of school closure stress

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Bed-wetting and anxiety levels could increase among young children because of the Christchurch schools shake-up, experts say.

How to recognise a good school

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Professor John Hattie suggests 10 indicators for parents when it comes to recognising a good school:

Why I teach: To change one life

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I teach in the hope I can change the life of just one person. That one person that might one day become prime minister, or a public personality; that one person that might make a difference in someone else's life.

Why I teach: Embracing individuality

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I teach because I love the energy and variety of my day.

Pupils' letters put case to keep school | Stuff.co.nz

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"Please save our school" was the plea from Christchurch school pupils who sent letters to Prime Minister John Key and Cabinet ministers. ... Year 6 pupil Dominick Budd was "angry and confused" about the proposal.

Schools Reforms: Pupils March For Survival | Stuff.co.nz

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It was an unusual demographic of protesters, including education leaders, MPs, parents, hundreds of primary school pupils and toddlers waving signs from prams. ... I want to stay where I am," an 11-year-old pupil said.

Otago study reveals persistent deprivation for NZ children

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A sizeable and “difficult to ignore” proportion of New Zealand children have experienced persistent low income and deprivation in recent years, according to a new University of Otago study using seven years of longitudinal survey data.

Hall of Fame for Pacific educator

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A senior lecturer in Education at Waikato University is the first Pacific to be nominated and accepted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame based at the University of Oklahama.

Research does not support closure of two special schools

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Research evidence does not support the proposed closure of two of New Zealand’s residential schools for children with severe behavioural difficulties, University of Canterbury Professor Garry Hornby said today.

Should preschool be compulsory? - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Should preschool be compulsory? New Zealand Herald Two views on the Government's decision to require social welfare beneficiaries with little children to arrange for them to attend preschool education centres from July next year. Join the debate and leave your comments at the end. Digital image / P.K ...

Should preschool be compulsory? - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Should preschool be compulsory? New Zealand Herald Two views on the Government's decision to require social welfare beneficiaries with little children to arrange for them to attend preschool education centres from July next year. Join the debate and leave your comments at the end. Digital image / P.K ...

Feature Guest Liz Hunkin - teaching te reo Maori

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Liz Hunkin teaches te reo Maori in Wairoa and she is a 2012 a winner of an Ako Aotearoa - the national centre for tertiary teaching excellence in Kaupapa Maori context. She is a founder of Te Kura Motuhake o Te Ataarangi, a national private training organisation that delivers level 1 to 7 Maori language courses.

Youth unemployment pilot

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CEO of the Foundation for Youth Development, which has just launched a pilot of their new Career Navigator programme at a high school in Manurewa in Auckland.

Poverty hurting our kids' education - Mahuta - Voxy

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Voxy
"The sad reality is that far too many Maori and Pasifika children are affected by poverty and a sure sign in our schools is kids not having lunch or unable to concentrate because they are hungry. "Labour will work alongside community groups to tackle ...

Paula Bennett: Not all kids need pre-school - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Parents on benefits will have to enrol their children in early childhood education from the age of three until they attend school under a bill that passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday. The move is part of the Government's second wave of ...

Parents keen on ordering their children's school lunches online - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Parents keen on ordering their children's school lunches online New Zealand Herald With volunteers to staff the tills thin on the ground and no time to deal with the administration hassles of tuck shops, more schools are choosing to outsource their students' bought lunches. Online lunch-ordering businesses are springing up across the ...

Student life made easier with note-sharing app - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Student life made easier with note-sharing app New Zealand Herald A new internet application created by two University of Auckland software engineers allows students to share and compare lecture notes in real time from anywhere in the country. Students Hengjie Wang and Jordan Thoms have teamed up to create Notable, ...

Dyslexic students denied exam aid - TVNZ

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TVNZ
Source: Photos.com. A growing number of pupils with learning disabilities have been told by the government that they will have to go it alone come exam time in November, says an educational psychologist. ... Adele Campbell, teacher of dyslexic students ...

Knox College seeks new master despite issues - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
University of Otago | News: Dunedin | Knox College. Knox College has advertised for a new leader, despite warnings the tertiary residential facility may be closed unless millions of dollars can be raised urgently for earthquake-strengthening and more beds.

Case study: Monrad Intermediate - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Meetings with parents and the board of trustees elucidated a strong interest in their childrens' Tikanga Maori, Kapa Haka and Te Reo education, and the school won this year's regional Kapa Haka championships, bolstered by a three-classroom Te Reo Maori ...