Friday, December 7, 2012

Auckland Uni researchers recognised for Success for All project - Voxy

URL: Auckland Uni researchers recognised for Success for All project
Voxy
Building on their strong publication record, the Success for All project will be shared through a forthcoming publication with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research entitled Uni teaching: MÄ ori and Pasifika stories of uni teaching and ...

Ensuring success for all - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Ensuring success for all
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Building on their strong publication record, the Success for All project will be shared through a forthcoming publication with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research entitled Uni teaching: Māori and Pasifika stories of uni teaching and ...

NZ First: school boards not volunteers - SunLive

URL: NZ First: school boards not volunteers
SunLive
Dr Cathy Wylie, of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, has recently released a book titled Vital Connections which looks at the effects of the Tomorrow's Schools model since its introduction in 1989. Education spokesperson Tracey Martin ...

Questions and Answers – December 6 - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Questions and Answers – December 6
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
So one of the changes of the level 1 and 2 provision is to focus it on second-chance learners who can most benefit from it. So, yes, again, we do need to fund providers that are able to get people in the door and deliver to those most at need of ...

Teachers plan strike to support kids - NZEI - Voxy



The Press
URL: Teachers plan strike to support kids - NZEI
Voxy
"Why is Christchurch being earmarked for mega-sized schools, double-bunking and charter schools?" "It seems clear that this is the beginning of major changes that the Government would eventually like to roll out in the rest of the country. Mr Leckie ...

Parata's plan pits schools against each other - The Press


The Press
URL: Parata's plan pits schools against each other
The Press
OPINION: The Government is jumping the gun with its Christchurch education plan based on unreliable population data while the city is in flux. Is there a sinister agenda in which Canterbury is the guinea pig in a supersizing plan for the entire ...

Schools play vital role in children’s recovery and health

URL: Schools play vital role in children’s recovery and health
Schools play a vital role in children’s wellbeing and recovery after a disaster, according to evidence from Canterbury District Health Board studies on the impact of disasters on children’s education and health.

strike proposal may go to court - Stuff.co.nz



Newstalk ZB
URL: strike proposal may go to court
Stuff.co.nz
The New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) says it "would not be surprised" if the Ministry of Education sought an injunction to stop the proposed teachers strike. More than 500 members of NZEI, the largest education union in the country, voted on ...

Future projections for tertiary students released - Voxy

URL: Future projections for tertiary students released
Voxy
The future for the generation of young New Zealanders who enter tertiary education in the next five years has become clearer from several sets of official information released by the Government this week. Incoming student presidents who are part of the ...

The NZ iSchool - New Zealand Herald

URL: The NZ iSchool
New Zealand Herald
Not that long ago, schools which went with either Mac or PC would have a Ministry of Education-prescribed list of software they could buy at special prices in bulk lots for staff and students. Now the Ministry is largely hands off, letting schools make ...

New Te Reo Maori Website for Children Launched - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: New Te Reo Maori Website for Children Launched
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Miharo website can provide hours of fun and learning at home, and because it maintains a total immersion te reo Maori environment, it will also be a welcome online activity for Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa and Rumaki Reo. Those who choose to register ...

Student to trace teens' te reo - Manawatu Standard



Manawatu Standard
URL: Student to trace teens' te reo
Manawatu Standard
Mrs Poutu teaches at Palmerston North's Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki, and has also worked as a presenter, Maori language consultant, and media producer. "My parents instilled my passion for the language, it started at home. It is my first language ...