URL: Govt to enlist public on NZ Science Challenge
Steven Joyce | Science and Innovation
New Zealanders are being asked to assist the Government identify the key scientific questions New Zealand needs to answer as part of developing the new $60 million National Science Challenges, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says. Announcing the challenges today on board NIWA’s marine research vessel the Tangaroa, Mr Joyce says the National Science Challenges will over time focus much of New Zealand’s contracted public science investment on core science questions that are important to New Zealand...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Usual snake versus mongoose - Sunday Star Times
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Sunday Star Times
Which is why, with all its flaws, we have embraced national standards. We love the idea of knowing how our children are really doing. And national standards forces teachers to tell us that. Of course the revolution has taken place in the primary sector ...
Sunday Star Times
Which is why, with all its flaws, we have embraced national standards. We love the idea of knowing how our children are really doing. And national standards forces teachers to tell us that. Of course the revolution has taken place in the primary sector ...
Our hectoring school mistresses won't learn - The Press
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The Press
In certain respects the data thus far accumulated on national standards in writing and maths - which gauges pupils' achievements in relation to certain national benchmarks - is a lottery. Children who have met the standards are evidently routinely ...
The Press
In certain respects the data thus far accumulated on national standards in writing and maths - which gauges pupils' achievements in relation to certain national benchmarks - is a lottery. Children who have met the standards are evidently routinely ...
What drives Hekia Parata? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: What drives Hekia Parata? Stuff.co.nz This was seen as a serious blow against Parata as a minister. Political commentator Gordon Campbell wrote that despite her alleged competence, Parata was failing to get runs on the board. Even the 'widely derided' Tolley got national standards through. |
New Research Shows Charter Schools Have Potential
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New research produced by Maxim Institute shows that charter schools have potential to increase learning outcomes for some disadvantagedstudents, given certain conditions. Senior Researcher Steve Thomas carried out a survey of high quality studies on the ...
New research produced by Maxim Institute shows that charter schools have potential to increase learning outcomes for some disadvantagedstudents, given certain conditions. Senior Researcher Steve Thomas carried out a survey of high quality studies on the ...
Big roll sign where students' needs met - Wanganui Chronicle
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Wanganui Chronicle
To the extent that these complaints are legitimate, we should seek to adopt policies such as charter schools or school choice which enable students from less wealthy areas to attend the best schools, rather than seek to create an artificial and ...
Wanganui Chronicle
To the extent that these complaints are legitimate, we should seek to adopt policies such as charter schools or school choice which enable students from less wealthy areas to attend the best schools, rather than seek to create an artificial and ...
Close Up: Monday October 8 - TVNZ
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TVNZ
There has been so much hype surrounding charter schools. For the next three nights Close Up will take you inside three very different types of charter schools. In the first instalment in the series Gill Higgins investigates the first charter school in ...
TVNZ
There has been so much hype surrounding charter schools. For the next three nights Close Up will take you inside three very different types of charter schools. In the first instalment in the series Gill Higgins investigates the first charter school in ...
Government is accused of not addressing child poverty
URL: Government is accused of not addressing child poverty
The Health Minister has vetoed an extension to the fruit in schools programme, saying there's not enough money to go round.
The Health Minister has vetoed an extension to the fruit in schools programme, saying there's not enough money to go round.
Push for cultural learning as part of curriculum - Newstalk ZB
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Newstalk ZB
"All schools that I'm aware of have Kapa Haka groups, they have Maori as part of their social studies curriculum and I'm sure those can be embedded within those traditions and teaching subjects." He says if it was added to the curriculum, a core ...
Newstalk ZB
"All schools that I'm aware of have Kapa Haka groups, they have Maori as part of their social studies curriculum and I'm sure those can be embedded within those traditions and teaching subjects." He says if it was added to the curriculum, a core ...
Quakes a smokescreen for school closures: Shearer - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
"It's increasingly clear the earthquake is a smokescreen to institute a wider agenda of closure and consolidation of schools ... My fear is Christchurch is a guinea pig and we'll soon be seeing school mergers and closures nationwide. The ministry didn ...
New Zealand Herald
"It's increasingly clear the earthquake is a smokescreen to institute a wider agenda of closure and consolidation of schools ... My fear is Christchurch is a guinea pig and we'll soon be seeing school mergers and closures nationwide. The ministry didn ...
School to meet minister over closure plan - The Nelson Mail
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The Nelson Mail
Education Minister Hekia Parata has agreed to meet with representatives of Salisbury School next week to discuss the school's future. The school's board of trustees chairwoman says she is thrilled that the minister will finally meet face-to-face after ...
The Nelson Mail
Education Minister Hekia Parata has agreed to meet with representatives of Salisbury School next week to discuss the school's future. The school's board of trustees chairwoman says she is thrilled that the minister will finally meet face-to-face after ...
Science funding up for grabs - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
School pupils, scientists and everyone in between will be able to have their say on what projects deserve to get a share of $60 million in new funding. The public has been invited to nominate a research topic of choice for the National Science ...
Stuff.co.nz
School pupils, scientists and everyone in between will be able to have their say on what projects deserve to get a share of $60 million in new funding. The public has been invited to nominate a research topic of choice for the National Science ...
Strengthening Secondary/Tertiary Collaboration | Molecular Matters
URL: Strengthening Secondary/Tertiary Collaboration | Molecular Matters
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Secondary-Tertiary meeting, organised by Sabina Cleary of UC Ed Plus with the support of the Canterbury Science Teachers.
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Secondary-Tertiary meeting, organised by Sabina Cleary of UC Ed Plus with the support of the Canterbury Science Teachers.
Support for teachers on social media and ethics
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Media Release – 8 October 2012 Support for teachers on social media and ethics The New Zealand Teachers Council has launched a website featuring guidelines and resources to help teachers identify and manage ethical dilemmas while using social ...
Media Release – 8 October 2012 Support for teachers on social media and ethics The New Zealand Teachers Council has launched a website featuring guidelines and resources to help teachers identify and manage ethical dilemmas while using social ...
Govt Guarded On Free Meals In Poor Schools | Stuff.co.nz
URL: Govt Guarded On Free Meals In Poor Schools | Stuff.co.nz
However, Waikato Principals' Association chair John Coulam welcomed any government-led initiative that helped to lift the achievement of children living in poverty. "Household income and poverty do in fact affect student performance, so, from an educational point of view, if that is one of the barriers to a child succeeding in learning then I would applaud it being addressed," he said. "I just hope that the Government's developing a social conscience. That would be ...
However, Waikato Principals' Association chair John Coulam welcomed any government-led initiative that helped to lift the achievement of children living in poverty. "Household income and poverty do in fact affect student performance, so, from an educational point of view, if that is one of the barriers to a child succeeding in learning then I would applaud it being addressed," he said. "I just hope that the Government's developing a social conscience. That would be ...
Iwi authority head calls for school 'culturalcy' - Voxy
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Voxy
In the wake of the controversy surrounding Minister Hekia Parata's comments about the mispronounciation of Maori pupils names and the neglect of Aotearoa history in the schools of the nation, Dr Toby Curtis of Te Maru o Nga Kura o Aotearoa has called ...
Voxy
In the wake of the controversy surrounding Minister Hekia Parata's comments about the mispronounciation of Maori pupils names and the neglect of Aotearoa history in the schools of the nation, Dr Toby Curtis of Te Maru o Nga Kura o Aotearoa has called ...
KidsCan 'thrilled' school food scheme may get Govt boost - TVNZ
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TVNZ
English said he would not rule out a national food strategy for low-decile schools and the Government needs to address it in the context of the education budget. Chapman told Breakfast KidsCan is currently feeding 4,500 children a day in New Zealand ...
TVNZ
English said he would not rule out a national food strategy for low-decile schools and the Government needs to address it in the context of the education budget. Chapman told Breakfast KidsCan is currently feeding 4,500 children a day in New Zealand ...
Names a top priority, says head - Wanganui Chronicle
URL: Names a top priority, says head
Wanganui Chronicle
Mr Hodgkinson's comments follow Education Minister Hekia Parata's rebuke for teachers who mispronounce names of Maori and Pasifika pupils. Mrs Parata spoke out as she addressed more than 100 educators at the Post Primary Teachers' Association ...
Wanganui Chronicle
Mr Hodgkinson's comments follow Education Minister Hekia Parata's rebuke for teachers who mispronounce names of Maori and Pasifika pupils. Mrs Parata spoke out as she addressed more than 100 educators at the Post Primary Teachers' Association ...
AUT leads growth in New Zealand university enrolments
URL: AUT leads growth in New Zealand university enrolments
Analysis of the latest data from the Ministry of Education’s Tertiary Data Warehouse shows AUT University has delivered the greatest growth in equivalent full time students (EFTS) in both bachelors and postgraduate degrees from 2003 to 2011 in New Zealand. ...
Analysis of the latest data from the Ministry of Education’s Tertiary Data Warehouse shows AUT University has delivered the greatest growth in equivalent full time students (EFTS) in both bachelors and postgraduate degrees from 2003 to 2011 in New Zealand. ...
School dealing with 'hard accents and lack of understanding' - Radio New Zealand
URL: School dealing with 'hard accents and lack of understanding'
Radio New Zealand
A school principal believes schools are not getting adequate support to help them cope with problems in the new payroll system. Nevan Bridge from the Nelson Park School in Napier is rejecting the Ministry of Education's assertion that the Novopay ...
Radio New Zealand
A school principal believes schools are not getting adequate support to help them cope with problems in the new payroll system. Nevan Bridge from the Nelson Park School in Napier is rejecting the Ministry of Education's assertion that the Novopay ...
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