URL: Minister sends best wishes to NCEA students
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata wishes all NCEA students in New Zealand the best during their examinations.
"As NCEA examinations begin on 9 November, it is a critical time for our students and I wish them the very best during their examinations. Our Government's education plan aims for five out of five students getting the qualifications they need to reach their potential. We want the best for all our students...
Monday, November 5, 2012
School calls for action on boilers - New Zealand Herald
URL: School calls for action on boilers
New Zealand Herald
Shevland said the Ministry of Education had national standards for inspections of lifts and fire alarm systems and the same strict regulations should apply to boilers. "We suggested that boilers in schools should be considered hazardous therefore there ...
New Zealand Herald
Shevland said the Ministry of Education had national standards for inspections of lifts and fire alarm systems and the same strict regulations should apply to boilers. "We suggested that boilers in schools should be considered hazardous therefore there ...
Shearer shares education fears - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Shearer shares education fears Stuff.co.nz All the changes the Government was proposing for the education system - ranging from charter schools, increasing class sizes and closing schools - just worked against improving the system, he said. "There's a real worry within the education area in New ... |
New Orleans' charter schools | Kiwiblog
URL: New Orleans' charter schools | Kiwiblog
“Those of us who are trying to close the [education] achievement gap nationally, we share practices all the time.” Competition doesn't preclude co-operation and sharing. No TweetBacks yet. (Be the first to Tweet this post) ...
“Those of us who are trying to close the [education] achievement gap nationally, we share practices all the time.” Competition doesn't preclude co-operation and sharing. No TweetBacks yet. (Be the first to Tweet this post) ...
Bailout of Wanganui Collegiate 'a sign of things to come' - TVNZ
 3News NZ | URL: Bailout of Wanganui Collegiate 'a sign of things to come' TVNZ The announcement has prompted a warning from the New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) which says taxpayers will be left in a similar position when charter schools fail to perform financially. NZEI national secretary Paul Goulter says the Minister has ... |
Parata robbing from the poor to give to the rich
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The government is so short of cash it can’t afford to keep special schools open or provide extra staffing for low decile schools – yet it seems to have a spare $3 million to prop up ailing private school Wanganui Collegiate.
The government is so short of cash it can’t afford to keep special schools open or provide extra staffing for low decile schools – yet it seems to have a spare $3 million to prop up ailing private school Wanganui Collegiate.
Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT)
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A progress and consistency tool is being developed to support teachers’ professional judgments in relation to the National Standards, and to improve the measurement of learner progress over time.
A progress and consistency tool is being developed to support teachers’ professional judgments in relation to the National Standards, and to improve the measurement of learner progress over time.
Long serving educationalist Marie Bell dies
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One of New Zealand's most respected feminists and educationalists, Marie Bell, has died from cancer at the age of 90.
One of New Zealand's most respected feminists and educationalists, Marie Bell, has died from cancer at the age of 90.
A lesson for the Secretary of Education « The Standard
URL: A lesson for the Secretary of Education « The Standard
'It is unarguable from the evidence presented to us that poverty is the biggest single indicator of low educational achievement.' UK House of Commons Education and Skills Committee, 2003. The relationship between ...
'It is unarguable from the evidence presented to us that poverty is the biggest single indicator of low educational achievement.' UK House of Commons Education and Skills Committee, 2003. The relationship between ...
education comments backed - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: education comments backed Stuff.co.nz Controversial comments by Education Ministry head Lesley Longstone that New Zealand's system isn't world class because Maori and Pasifika children are under-performing have found a surprising alliance of support from the ACT and Maori parties. |
Paul Little: Benefits rare in short term solutions
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Teachers' representatives got their dusters in a twist when the Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone, said in her first annual report that our system was not "world class" because it was failing Maori and Pasifika children who...
Teachers' representatives got their dusters in a twist when the Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone, said in her first annual report that our system was not "world class" because it was failing Maori and Pasifika children who...
Study: NZ has best education system
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New Zealand has the best education system in the world, according to a new study. The annual Legatum Prosperity Index has ranked New Zealand as the fifth most prosperous country in the world overall, and first in the education category.It...
New Zealand has the best education system in the world, according to a new study. The annual Legatum Prosperity Index has ranked New Zealand as the fifth most prosperous country in the world overall, and first in the education category.It...
World class education « The Standard
URL: World class education « The Standard
Poverty and educational under-achievement go hand in hand the world over (much as the Nats would like to deny it). Here in NZ report after report after report – not from educators but from those concerned with child welfare ...
Poverty and educational under-achievement go hand in hand the world over (much as the Nats would like to deny it). Here in NZ report after report after report – not from educators but from those concerned with child welfare ...
Questioning, challenge critical to our progress - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
Terms such as core competencies and key performance indicators litter the documentation of modern education. Recently, I sat in a staff meeting as we debated strategies to develop critical thinking in our students. The skill of critical thinking is ...
Otago Daily Times
Terms such as core competencies and key performance indicators litter the documentation of modern education. Recently, I sat in a staff meeting as we debated strategies to develop critical thinking in our students. The skill of critical thinking is ...
Trent Mankelow: usability
URL: Trent Mankelow: usability
Director and co-founder of Optimal Usability, who is involved with New Zealand's participation in World Usability Day on 8 November.
Director and co-founder of Optimal Usability, who is involved with New Zealand's participation in World Usability Day on 8 November.
Three schools to get special education rooms - Waikato Times
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Waikato Times
Special education classrooms are to be built at three Hamilton primary schools to create space for the growing number of students with serious disabilities. The Education Ministry is funding the construction of special education units at Horotiu School ...
Waikato Times
Special education classrooms are to be built at three Hamilton primary schools to create space for the growing number of students with serious disabilities. The Education Ministry is funding the construction of special education units at Horotiu School ...
Salisbury weighs legal action - nelson-mail | Stuff.co.nz
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Salisbury School may mount a legal challenge against Education Minister Hekia Parata's decision to close it at the end of the year. ... Lawyer Mai Chen, who provided legal advice to the school when it made its final submission on the plan, said there were questions around whether the legislative tests had been met. The school had been told it would be closed from January, but to do so the students would need to be shifted to Halswell. But section 146(A) 2 of the ...
Salisbury School may mount a legal challenge against Education Minister Hekia Parata's decision to close it at the end of the year. ... Lawyer Mai Chen, who provided legal advice to the school when it made its final submission on the plan, said there were questions around whether the legislative tests had been met. The school had been told it would be closed from January, but to do so the students would need to be shifted to Halswell. But section 146(A) 2 of the ...
Two new jobs for schools shake-up work
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The Education Ministry has created two new jobs to cope with the Christchurch schools shake-up workload.
The Education Ministry has created two new jobs to cope with the Christchurch schools shake-up workload.
Novopay school staff shambles goes on
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There have been hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mispayments to school staff under the Novopay system and Waikato principals say the problems are ongoing.
There have been hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mispayments to school staff under the Novopay system and Waikato principals say the problems are ongoing.
Wanganui Collegiate to be integrated
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Wanganui Collegiate School has gained integration into the state network of schools, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today."This has been a difficult and drawn out process,'' Ms Parata said."Wanganui Collegiate has been...
Wanganui Collegiate School has gained integration into the state network of schools, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today."This has been a difficult and drawn out process,'' Ms Parata said."Wanganui Collegiate has been...
900 quake trainees 'guaranteed' horizontal jobs – Brownlee - National Business Review
 3News NZ | URL: 900 quake trainees 'guaranteed' horizontal jobs – Brownlee National Business Review Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced a training and employment programme to attract workers for the “horizontal rebuild” of greater Christchurch. Mr Brownlee's public relations teams had arranged to announce the ... |
Maori Enterprise Internships to grow future leaders - Voxy
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Maori Enterprise Internships to grow future leaders Voxy Three students working as a team will be hosted by Industrial Research where they will work with science and commercialisation teams before heading out to work in several of our Federation member trusts and incorporations to experience the day to day ... |
Wyndham school board resigns - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
"The change is essentially to protect student achievement, in a positive school environment," the letter says. Wyndham Primary School principal Paul Williamson said there was an ongoing review of the problems that had caused the board to leave but ...
Stuff.co.nz
"The change is essentially to protect student achievement, in a positive school environment," the letter says. Wyndham Primary School principal Paul Williamson said there was an ongoing review of the problems that had caused the board to leave but ...
Secondary school science talent rewarded at prestigious event ...
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Twenty of New Zealand's most talented science students have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand for the Genesis Energy's Realise the Dream. This prestigious event rewards and celebrates secondary school ...
Twenty of New Zealand's most talented science students have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand for the Genesis Energy's Realise the Dream. This prestigious event rewards and celebrates secondary school ...
Chch Girls' board shows 'lack of good faith' - lawyer
URL: Chch Girls' board shows 'lack of good faith' - lawyer
Sacked Christchurch Girls' High School principal Prue Taylor is in a good position to get compensation for damages, humiliation and distress, a Christchurch lawyer says.
Sacked Christchurch Girls' High School principal Prue Taylor is in a good position to get compensation for damages, humiliation and distress, a Christchurch lawyer says.
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