Changes needed to way we teach children - Parata - Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)

Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)

URL: Changes needed to way we teach children - Parata Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog) Maori and Pasifika students are well below that, while boys are also over-represented in not meeting the reading and writing bottom lines. Education Minister Hekia Parata says it shows doing things the way they have always been done, doesn't work.

Deep doubts persisting on national standards - Manawatu Standard

URL: Deep doubts persisting on national standards
Manawatu Standard
Such projects are part of a school-wide effort to keep the curriculum broad, despite national standards that emphasise literacy and numeracy. Last year Nelson Central School, a decile seven school of 428 pupils, reported 91 per cent of its students at ...

National Standards publication dangerous to children's learning - NZEI - Voxy

URL: National Standards publication dangerous to children's learning - NZEI
Voxy
Children from poorer backgrounds will be the biggest losers following the publication of "ropey" National Standards data. NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Ian Leckie says the data is dangerous because it is misleading and does not provide any useful ...

Motivation, learning can be undermined - Professor - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Motivation, learning can be undermined - Professor
Stuff.co.nz
OPINION: 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.

National Standards Solve Nothing « The Standard

URL: National Standards Solve Nothing « The Standard
Reprinted with permission from Dave Kennedy (bsprout) at Local Bodies. "While National Standards has cost around $60 million to force onto schools many programmes designed to address the causes of underachievement ...

Standards 'may aid rating of teachers' - Stuff.co.nz

Voxy

URL: Standards 'may aid rating of teachers' Stuff.co.nz Stuff published the national standards results of more than 1000 primary and intermediate schools at the weekend in a new section called School Report. Yesterday, Prime Minister John Key welcomed the publication of results as a "very positive" step.

Editorial: Govt could do better over school reports

URL: Editorial: Govt could do better over school reports
From Friday, parents of primary school pupils can visit a government website to see how their school is faring in meeting national standards for reading, writing and mathematics. They will not see their school ranked against others...

PM welcomes national standards debate - New Zealand Herald

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URL: PM welcomes national standards debate New Zealand Herald "It is the great thing about national standards that for three days our newspapers have been full of debate about what's happening in our classrooms, the level of performance and under-performance and maybe what some of the causes are," Mr Key told ...

Turia backs release of standards data - Waatea News

Voxy

URL: Turia backs release of standards data Waatea News Data released last week by Education Minister Hekia Parata showed only 66 percent of Maori children reached the national standard for reading, 62 percent for maths and 58 percent for writing. Education unions slammed the tests as inaccurate and taking ...

The fantasy and reality of national standards « The Dim-Post

URL: The fantasy and reality of national standards « The Dim-Post
Via the Herald: The majority of people polled think schools should publicly release their national standards performance data. Results from a Herald-Digipoll survey showed 60.3 per cent of people agreed that schools should ...

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

Bay Chronicle

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 ...

'Don't judge schools on national standards' - The Ashburton Guardian

URL: 'Don't judge schools on national standards'
The Ashburton Guardian
Earlier this year, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced a major shake-up of the education sector, asking schools to produce their national standards results, in time for them to be published on a national website. That information has now been ...

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.

Third failing Govt writing standards - Otago Daily Times

URL: Third failing Govt writing standards
Otago Daily Times
Figures made public by the Ministry of Education yesterday show more than 30% of pupils are not meeting the writing standards set by the Government. The first ... In writing, 58% of Maori and 54% of Pasifika pupils achieved at or above the national ...

National standards data confirms boys are lagging behind

URL: National standards data confirms boys are lagging behind
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.

TUMEKE!: Fairfax and the art of National Standards

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Sigh - remember when National Standards were first raised and everyone (Tumeke included) immediately criticized them as a first step towards league tables and the Government denied that was their intent? Yeah, well lo ...

School trustees not fussed by national standards release - TVNZ

URL: School trustees not fussed by national standards release
TVNZ
Parents use a whole range of criteria to pick a primary school for their children, not just the national standards results released this week, claims the New Zealand School Trustees Association. The Government is about to release the figures that ...

No change for us - principal - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
National standards has not helped staff at St Mary's School in Blenheim identify pupils' needs in the areas of reading, writing and maths, says school principal Alister Bridgman. The standards had simply formalised pupils' assessment, he said. He ...

Public wants school data: poll - New Zealand Herald

The Dominion Post

URL: Public wants school data: poll New Zealand Herald The Ministry of Education is working with about 25 schools that did not send in data for last year. Hikurangi Primary School principal Bruce Crawford said the school had long been against the implementation of national standards and had chosen to send ...

The School Report project: a balanced view - Stuff.co.nz (blog)

New Zealand Herald

URL: The School Report project: a balanced view Stuff.co.nz (blog) People are worried - even though we haven't done it - that ranking will happen anyway and that those schools with lower proportions of kids above the standards and higher proportions below will be unfairly viewed in a dim light. ... Second, the ...

New era in primary sector training - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“What customers will notice over time are improvements and efficiencies in the training system we deliver.” The Primary ITO will be officially launched on 10 October by Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education. A comprehensive transition plan will ...

Special school is 'failure' under national standards - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Hamilton North School is a learning centre for children with intellectual disabilities of varying degrees yet is still graded by the National Standards. Principal Tony Kane explains the situation and how hard the staff work under extraordinary ...

Class numbers matter... maybe - TheChronicleHerald.ca

TheChronicleHerald.ca

URL: Class numbers matter... maybe TheChronicleHerald.ca “When you have reduced class size, you end up with a system where rich kids are ending up with the same result as poor kids, where kids that are facing systemic forms of discrimination are able to overcome the barriers that they face. And that's not a ...

American critic sees dangers in alternative schools - New Zealand Herald

3News NZ

URL: American critic sees dangers in alternative schools New Zealand Herald An American critic of charter schools has warned of the dangers of setting up the schools here, saying lessons can be learned from failed education reforms in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Karran Harper Royal, an education activist, has drawn a ...

Charter guru opposes free for all - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Charter guru opposes free for all New Zealand Herald Charter schools have had mixed success in the US, but Kipp schools have a good record in getting underprivileged children into university. Some of Kipp's initiatives are believed to have influenced the Partnership Schools in New Zealand, which would be ...

In favour of all-girls education - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
I've long been a fan of single-sex education for girls. My nine-year-old has enjoyed nearly five years at an all-girl school so I welcomed the findings reported in the article All-girl schools show edge. It supported my suspicion that girls educated ...

Halswell School rebuild hoped to be ready for 150th - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Halswell School rebuild hoped to be ready for 150th
Stuff.co.nz
The redevelopment has been one of the few positive announcements to come out of the Government's shake-up of education in Canterbury. But the school's celebrations have been muted, given the 13 school closures and 18 mergers proposed across the ...

Maori keyboard puts designer in finals - The Daily Post

TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

URL: Maori keyboard puts designer in finals The Daily Post Finalists for the awards have been announced, with businesses, education institutes, government departments, organisations and community groups nominated for their input into promoting and preserving te reo Maori. There are 30 finalists in 15 categories.

Poverty hurting our kids' education – Mahuta - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

URL: Poverty hurting our kids' education – Mahuta TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views “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 ...

Digital 'app' in running for Maori language award - Radio New Zealand

URL: Digital 'app' in running for Maori language award
Radio New Zealand
... the 30 contenders shortlisted as finalists in this year's Maori Language Award. A series of 15 categories of awards acknowledge the efforts of people promoting Te Reo Rangatira, including contributions by communities, in education and local government.