White Paper for Vulnerable Children

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Paula Bennett | Social Development

The White Paper for Vulnerable Children is bigger than politics. It is bigger than any one individual. It is not only for this generation of children, but also for their children and their grandchildren. We are all responsible for the welfare and wellbeing of our children. Too many children are seriously abused and neglected. In many cases of extreme abuse a range of people held some information but no one put all the pieces together. It is time for fundamental change...

EDTalkNZ » Blog Archive » Pathways-ED: Accentuate the positive!

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Don't have a national testing regime, don't consider differential pay for performance and so on. They constituted a list that fitted neatly into the predilection of those who argue for no change. What would have been instructive ...

Why do you love teaching? - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Why do you love teaching? Stuff.co.nz As the Government prepares to release the first batch of (controversial) national standards data next month, we want to put the focus back into the classroom and to the dedicated men and women who hold our children's futures in their hands. What ...

Principals yet to see data used - Stuff.co.nz

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Ouruhia Model School principal Mark Ashmore-Smith still does not know why his school is slated to close almost a month since Education Minister Hekia Parata announced a major shakeup of Christchurch schools. He said he had been given only rough ...

Anger over Christchurch Maori school closures - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Anger over Christchurch Maori school closures 3News NZ Opposition is hardening among Maori education schools in Christchurch that are earmarked for closure or merger. They're puzzled why at the same time, an application for a new character school is being considered by the Ministry of Education, with ...

Industry Training for the Primary Industries | infonews.co.nz New ...

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Federated Farmers welcomes the new Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO), following the formal merger launch yesterday of the AgITO and Horticulture ITO. This follows July's merger of the Seafood ITO and ...

Pacific communities in NZ keen to set up school to revive languages - Radio New Zealand International

Radio New Zealand International

URL: Pacific communities in NZ keen to set up school to revive languages Radio New Zealand International One of the Niuean members, Mele Nemaia, says her language is now classed as dying and charter schools are a chance to save it. She says it's urgent because most of the 20-thousand New Zealanders of Niuean descent don't speak the language, and there ...

It's not the money Gen Y is after

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Generation Ys are more interested in chasing jobs which are personally fulfilling than the hefty pay cheque, according to a new survey.The 20 to 30 age group, which has gained a reputation as being "Generation Me" and all about...

Parenting with Rose Blackett

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The thorny issue of homework - how much is too much?

UCOL BLOG » Minister welcomes new UCOL trades training centre.

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Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce, hand sawed his way through a thick wooden plaque to open UCOL's new Trades and Technology Training Centre. The carved plaque, in two joined pieces, ...