New property funding rules help children attending selected special programmes

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata confirmed today that schools with out-of-zone children attending selected special programmes may now be entitled to the Ministry of Education’s roll growth funding. “There are eligibility conditions that will be applied and not all special programmes will generate funding for additional classrooms,” says Ms Parata...

Government contribution to Samoan Language Week online

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Hekia Parata | Education

Talofa lava. Malo le soifua maua. Malo le lagi e mama. Education Minister Hekia Parata announced that an online directory, which lists information produced by a range of government agencies in the Samoan language, will go live today. “I am absolutely delighted that this resource – part of a broader Pacific Languages Compendium – will become available in Samoan Language Week,” says Ms Parata...

Who wants to run charter schools? - 3News NZ

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URL: Who wants to run charter schools? 3News NZ The evidence about whether charter schools work is strongly disputed, and boy, have the critics lined up. In our story a few weeks ago, the experts told us they will lack oversight, leaving children exposed to corporate agendas, and designer ...

Charter schools bill passes another stage - 3News NZ

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URL: Charter schools bill passes another stage 3News NZ The bill that allows charter schools to be set up has passed another stage in parliament and is expected to become law next week. The Education Amendment Bill, fiercely fought by opposition parties, went through its committee stage today and is ...

Gordon Campbell on social experiments on education - Scoop.co.nz

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Charter schools are a social experiment in education into which the government is choosing to pour money, even while it cries poor about its ability to keep open the state schools it is closing and merging in Christchurch. Ironically, the charter ...

Intermediate students miss out again

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The Education Minister’s announcement regarding Christchurch school closures has now revealed what we always knew - Intermediate closures go ahead and students are used to support roll numbers at local secondary schools.

Next steps for 19 greater Christchurch schools

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced final decisions for 16 greater Christchurch schools affected by the Government’s Education Renewal Plans and two new proposals for three other schools.
“The Government is absolutely committed to rebuilding Christchurch – that’s why we are investing $1 billion into restoring and renewing the education sector in Canterbury over the next 10 years,” Ms Parata says...

Opening speech Australasian Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) Conference

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Nikki Kaye | Education

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.
Thank you for inviting me to speak at the opening of the 13th Australasian CEFPI conference.
I want to acknowledge that this is the first occasion that New Zealand has hosted the conference.
I would also like to acknowledge Conference Chair, Helen Anderson; CEFPI Australasia Chair Mark Trotter; CEFPI International President Irene Nigaglioni; and you the delegates...

Debate On Charter Schools - Scoop.co.nz

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the Education Amendment Bill reforms a number of aspects of the education system, but most notably introduced the concept of partnership schools, formerly and more widely known as charter schools. Labour and other opposition parties strongly oppose the ...

Maori Party backs charter schools bill - 3News NZ

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URL: Maori Party backs charter schools bill 3News NZ The Maori Party has confirmed its support for charter schools legislation, dashing Labour's hopes that the bill can be defeated. Labour's education spokesman, Chris Hipkins, has been lobbying the Maori Party because its three votes are crucial.

Minister defends Christchurch schools plan

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The principals of three Christchurch intermediate schools that will close at the end of the year say the schools that have to take their students next year will struggle to be ready.

Christchurch decision will bring more stress to school communities

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NZEI Te Riu Roa says today's final decision on school closures and mergers in Christchurch will bring more hurt to school communities already stressed by the Government’s botched process over the past year.

19 schools hearing their fate - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: 19 schools hearing their fate Stuff.co.nz NEW CLASSROOMS TO BE BUILT: Windsor School will merge with Burwood in 2014, but both sites will remain in use until building work is completed on the Windsor School site. BURWOOD: Burwood School will merge with Windsor, initially on a split site.

Chch school closure decision worse than expected - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“For a Government big on claiming they stand for choice this is an odd decision. “Instead of investing in charter schools, National should have been pulling out all the stops to keep good state schools going and keeping Christchurch communities ...

Tears flow as school axe falls - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Tears flow as school axe falls Stuff.co.nz Hekia Parata. DON SCOTT/Fairfax NZ. SIGN OF THINGS TO COME: Education Minister Hekia Parata speaks at Air Force World at Wigram while an interpreter does sign language yesterday. Taijih Toopi-Edwards. IAIN MCGREGOR/Fairfax NZ ... New Zealand ...

All kids deserve qualified teachers - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“If the Maori Party is genuine in its concern about underachievement in our education system, it could listen to all the evidence and research that points out quality teaching is the biggest in-school influencer of student success and vote for Labour's ...

Maori Party says charter schools worth a go - Radio New Zealand

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URL: Maori Party says charter schools worth a go Radio New Zealand Sixty-five people including prominent Maori, Pasifika and education academics and children's advocates have signed an open letter urging MPs not to experiment on children by introducing the publicly-funded private schools. Pita Sharples. MAORI PARTY ...

Threatened schools give up the fight - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Threatened schools give up the fight Stuff.co.nz Most schools fought hard for their survival, providing comprehensive submissions, but when their arguments were dismissed by Education Minister Hekia Parata and the proposals became interim decisions in February, many decided to concede defeat.

Chch schools will find out if they are to close or merge

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Seventeen Christchurch schools will today find out the final decisions on whether they are to close or merge.

Government accused of ignoring issue of child poverty

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Hone Harawira has accused the Government's of spitting on the poor and ignoring child poverty with its food in schools programme.

Mana party ridicules govt food in schools policy

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The Mana Party says the less than 2 million dollars the government plans to spend on hungry school children is a pitance compared to what it's spending on bailing out failed finance companies and clawing back in welfare reforms.

scheme 'plays politics with poor' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: scheme 'plays politics with poor' Stuff.co.nz And the research and evidence is clear that providing food in schools, done well, can improve both health and education outcomes," he said. The Government also announced it would stump up $500,000 a year over three years to help charity KidsCan ...

School breakfasts the right call, whatever the reason - Stuff.co.nz (blog)

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And we keep getting told that education is the most important thing we can do to increase this nation's productivity. Even if none of the above were true, we should be feeding our kids breakfast for no other reason than it's inhumane not to. Even ...

School food 'a start' in poverty battle - NZ City

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NZ City
However, she said less than $2m a year was a small cost compared to the $6 billion which child poverty cost the country in health, remedial education and reduced productivity. "We need policies that acknowledge that many kids are unfairly failing at ...

Food in schools – good start in fight against educational underachievement

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NZEI Te Riu Roa says the much-needed initiative to provide food for children in schools is an acknowledgement by the Government that poverty and educational achievement are inextricably linked.

Government Eats Humble Pie over Kids' Kai - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says “I recall sitting in one of the National Standards information days with Auckland principals listening to a decile one principal tell the then Minister of Education Anne Tolley that before he could begin to ...

Colombian Vice Minister of Education visits NZ

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Colombia’s Vice Minister of Education is visiting New Zealand with a delegation of senior government and business representatives for talks to build education connections between the two countries. Vice Minister of Education, Patrizia Martinez Barrios’ visit, which began yesterday, is a significant extension of the relationship between New Zealand and Colombia, strengthened during Prime Minister John Key’s recent trip to Latin America...

Talk-ED: Eating the Pudding: The Sweet Taste of Success - EDTalkNZ

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NCEA Results 2012 (NZQA Data). Secondary School, L1 %, L2 %, L3 %. School 1, 86, 89, 66. School 2 *, 8, 77, 65. School 3, 91, 92, 80. School 4, 99, 97, 94. School 5 **, 98, 99, 93. School 6, 75, 80, 74. School 7 *, 81, 96, 79 ... that meets the requirements of the NZ Curriculum through achievement standards but which integrates the secondary elements with the tertiary elements;; the capacity to generate credits to both NCEA and other qualifications;; the opportunity ...

Food in schools programme imminent - PM - Stuff.co.nz

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Mr Key said that to get people out of poverty, it was necessary to provide work and education. Children needed to study properly. "Some people will say, you shouldn't do it because parents should look after the children and feed them," Mr Key told ...

Horahora principal on upcoming food in schools announcement

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A Northland principal says the food in schools initiative due to be announced by the government today won't answer wider questions about why such a programme is necessary.

PM on child hunger plan: 'It's not just food'

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The Government's plan to ensure children don't go hungry at school will go beyond providing them with food, Prime Minister John Key says.Details of a new food-in-schools programme will be revealed during an announcement on vulnerable...

Food in schools 'to stay for a long time'

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A food-in-schools programme is likely to last for years, Prime Minister John Key says, despite acknowledging warnings it could foster dependency.

Breakfast plans 'sadly necessary'

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A national scheme to provide children's breakfast in schools is a sad but necessary policy, Christchurch principals say.

Bullying: A mother's pain - Stuff.co.nz

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I could get assistance and understanding. Boy, was I wrong. Help, yes, we got some, but it was of little use. It was more directed at him and how he should control his behaviour. So they still saw him as a naughty boy. His bullying continued through ...

Minister welcomes Rotorua education initiative

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata and Rotorua MP Todd McClay have announced a major initiative aimed at improving the educational success of Rotorua’s children and young people. Ms Parata says the new education-focused initiative is all about growing healthy, safe, well-educated children and young people in Rotorua...

Speech to the Early Childhood Council’s Annual Conference, Rotorua

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Hekia Parata | Education

Tēnā koutou katoa and greetings to you all. I’m really pleased to be able to join you all again at your annual conference. I’d like to thank your President Maria Johnson, and Chief Executive Peter Reynolds for their welcome. I would like to start by thanking you all for the work you do. Children are our most important investment.  The work you do in nurturing their development represents an invaluable contribution to New Zealand’s future wealth, health and happiness...

Govt releases PwC report on Pay Period 4

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Steven Joyce | Education

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 4 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 4, which was paid on the morning of 15 May, paid 84,577 people a total of $162.29 million. The PwC report shows that complaints and notifications were received regarding 0.42 per cent of staff across the country, 36 staff were notified as not paid, 122 were overpaid, and 195 underpaid. Affected staff were from 247 schools or 10.1 per cent of schools in the payroll system...

Education Aotearoa - All stories - Obituary - Elwyn S Richardson QSO

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Richardson is best known for his book In The Early World, published by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in 1964. The book, an account of his experience developing his child-centred educational ...

National standards data not comparable enough to release - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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With last year's national standards data due to be published as soon as next week, new research shows that the introduction of National Standards into primary schools shows extreme variability in the processes underlying judgments against the standards ...

Parata: Early Childhood Council Annual Conference - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
We have also set a target at the critical bridge of National Standards. We want to see 98 per cent of all school entrants having participated in quality ECE in 2016, and 85 per cent of all 18 year-olds having achieved NCEA Level 2 or an equivalent ...

NZEI supports independent Teachers Council elected "by teachers, for teachers"

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NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed recommendations that the Teachers Council be beefed up to become an independent organisation that can better provide leadership for the profession and support for high quality teaching.

Editorial: New body for teachers key to change

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School teaching ought to rank among the most respected of professions. Those who educate our children are every bit as important to us as, say, doctors or lawyers, arguably more important. Education is essential to everyone's chances...

Govt eyes school board mergers - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Govt eyes school board mergers New Zealand Herald School Trustees Association general manager Ray Newport said 1,056 of New Zealand's 2,384 state and state-integrated schools - not including 80 Maori schools - had already declared results because no vote was needed. - Herald on Sunday. By Chloe ...

Homework club to boost Pasifika learning - The Press

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So they tackled the problems at the root, establishing a homework club to encourage Pasifika youth to take pride in learning. "There are so many reports from the Ministry of Education to show that Pasifika always underachieve at NCEA," Jeff Magele said.

PPTA assumptions unfounded - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
The same was said about the establishment of the kohanga reo movement, the iwi authorities movement, iwi Treaty claims etc, and yet the evidence is that all these have been successful models. The same can be said about wananga when established, and ...

Call for schools to use Whanau Ora approach - Radio New Zealand

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The former heard of the Kohanga Reo movement, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, says schools should use the Whanau Ora welfare scheme approach to health and social development. Speaking on Friday at a symposium in Wellington on the impact of poverty ...

State schools reviewing place of religious classes - Stuff.co.nz

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God has been pulled from the classrooms of dozens of state schools in the past two years, as experts call for children to be taught about a wider range of faiths and values. More than 50 state schools have cancelled Bible-based education in school ...

Education Ministry to replace 2700 relocatable classrooms

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The Ministry of Education is preparing for a multi-million-dollar revamp of nearly half of the country's stock of prefabricated school classrooms.

Interim decisions for five Aranui schools

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the interim decisions for the five Aranui schools in greater Christchurch affected by the Government’s Education Renewal Plans...

Forum: Increasing inequality – Causes, consequences and responses

URL: Forum: Increasing inequality – Causes, consequences and responses: Dr Michael Forster (OECD); Professor Robert Wade (London School of Economics); Dr Cathy Wylie (New Zealand Council for Educational Research); Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman (University of Otago); Dr Tracey ...

Creative and Integrated Learning in the Classroom - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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... research fund, the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) to support two further research projects on the arts and integration. More recently the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) agreed to publish a book on the topic.

Coupon system suggested to tackle child hunger - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The principal of a Maori School north of Wellington says children going without kai (food) is a growing problem. Te Kura Maori o Porirua already provides breakfast to its pupils and tumuaki (principal) Sophie Tukukino says she supports any initiative ...

school could work, says principal - Stuff.co.nz

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Much like what Education Minister Hekia Parata has planned for Aranui, Southern Cross Campus is the result of a schooling restructure in South Auckland about 10 years ago. A decile 1 school, it has a roll of 1500 with 90 per cent of its pupils of Maori ...

Primary teachers reach pay agreement - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
In March, talks looked to come to a head when Primary Teachers around the country threatened strike action amid a backdrop of education reforms, including National Standards and charter schools, and school mergers and closures in quake-hit Christchurch.

“QPEC Doesn't Buy the Rhetoric Behind Charter Schools” - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, has again attempted to defend the ideology behind the introduction of the charter school concept into New Zealand. In today's NZ Herald, (Tuesday 21 May) Minister Parata makes the well-worn claim that Partnership ...

PPTA outs charter school hopefuls - Stuff.co.nz

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A list of organisations that have expressed interest in running charter schools has been outed, revealing a high proportion of religious groups, including a Manawatu church arguing it has the right to teach creationism using taxpayer money because ...

Teachers' Council 'ineffective' - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Teachers' Council 'ineffective' Stuff.co.nz Education Minister Hekia Parata said the council in its current structure, governance and position "can't effectively set and enforce standards for entry, progression and professional accountability with the full support of the profession". "It lacks a ...

NZEI supports independent Teachers Council elected "by teachers, for teachers"

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NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed recommendations that the Teachers Council be beefed up to become an independent organisation that can better provide leadership for the profession and support for high quality teaching.

`Year of hell' for Salisbury School - NZ City

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URL: `Year of hell' for Salisbury School NZ City Education Minister Hekia Parata put Nelson's Salisbury School through a year of needless strife and anxiety, opposition parties say. Ms Parata on Monday confirmed the school for special needs girls would stay open, after initially deciding it should close.

Expert teachers to be recognised in new initiative

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The Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement which covers 27,000 teachers has been settled after 10 months of negotiation between the Ministry of Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Should we let wunderkinds drop out? - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Should we let wunderkinds drop out? Stuff.co.nz Karp's mother gave him the option of home-schooling when he was 14, after he completed his freshman year at the Bronx High School of Science, an elite New York City public school that only admits students who score well on a difficult entrance exam.

Strengthening teaching and leading for the 21st Century

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the next phase of consultation on transforming the New Zealand Teachers Council into a professional body fit for the 21st Century...

Govt has not addressed the big issues - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
While there was small reprioritisation of industry training funding to help young Maori and Pasifika trainees, it's the Government's job to do more to encourage many more young people into tertiary education and training. Other initiatives such as more ...

New schools will help NZ to pass mark, says Parata

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The Government has promised to lift the achievement of school students as results show national pass rates for most NCEA levels improving slightly.Minister of Education Hekia Parata told the Herald that measures in the latest...

Teachers' Council 'ineffective' - Stuff.co.nz

The Dominion Post

URL: Teachers' Council 'ineffective' Stuff.co.nz Education Minister Hekia Parata said the council in its current structure, governance and position "can't effectively set and enforce standards for entry, progression and professional accountability with the full support of the profession". "It lacks a ...

School trustees to benefit from $14.5m training... | Stuff.co.nz

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Dr Cathy Wylie, of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, in 2011 wrote about the effects of the Tomorrow's Schools model since its introduction in 1989. She found that schools spent a "mucky decade" trying to ...

Educational initiative to inspire young Maori people - Channel 9

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URL: Educational initiative to inspire young Maori people Channel 9 An initiative designed to inspire young Maori people to pursue higher levels of education was introduced to local high school students today. They got the opportunity to listen to entertainer Moana Maniopoto talk about the project. She told the ...

Time to Nominate Outstanding Teachers and Leaders - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Nominate online at www.neita.co.nz or download a nomination form. Forms are also available at ... From these, ten will receive National Awards and professional development grants of up to $5000 at their schools or centres later in the year. ASG ...

'Right to success' belief can cause students to struggle

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Students who have an exaggerated belief they have "a right to success" are more likely to struggle come exam time, a University of Otago study shows.The study, which examined the entitlement beliefs of almost 300 students sitting...

A zap away from better maths?

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Battling with fractions? A short jolt to the brain might do the trick.

$136 million investment fast tracks school network upgrades

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced the Government will invest $136 million over the next four years to complete the School Network Upgrade Project (SNUP) by 2016 - two years ahead of schedule. Of this funding, $50 million is new money and comes from the Future Investment Fund to pay for new public assets...

Budget Strips Education Funding - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says John Banks 'cup of tea' charter schools will strip $19 million out of education with no requirement to provide even a decent sized classroom let alone a library or playground. “As Dr Pita Sharples celebrates ...

Government throws more money at failed experiment - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Government's announcement in the budget that it will spend $19 million on contingency funding for charter schools over four years is funding a failed experiment that will not benefit New Zealand children, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. “Charter schools have ...

Charter schools a step closer - 3News NZ

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3News NZ
The bill that allows charter schools to be set up has just two more stages to pass in Parliament before it is law. The Education Amendment Bill today passed its second reading, against strong opposition from Labour, the Greens and NZ First, by 63 votes ...

A fresh budget blast from the opposition - NZ City

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NZ City
NZ First's education spokeswoman, Tracey Martin, is accusing the government of stripping $19m from mainstream schools so it can pay for ACT's pet project - charter schools. "There are no requirements for them to provide even a decent-sized classroom, ...

Maori language resources to get funding increase - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Budget also focuses on attracting more competent Maori language teachers with $12 million being allocated over the next four years to support and retain new teachers in Maori immersion education. Dr Sharples says there is a concern that 70% of new ...

Struggling with maths? Plug in to improve - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The researcher said that if future experiments with TRNS continue to show positive results, the technique could be used in clinics, classrooms and even at home to help people who struggle with particular cognitive tasks. "This could include anyone from ...

Teacher Registered? They Must be Safe - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today voiced his support for the prospect of charter schools competing with their state counterparts, and said concerns by Labour MP Chris Hipkins about registration of teachers deserve to be explored further in the ...

Council slams Parata's school revamp - Stuff.co.nz

Newstalk ZB

URL: Council slams Parata's school revamp Stuff.co.nz In a strongly worded letter (published below), unaminously endorsed by the full council yesterday, it demands Education Minister Hekia Parata push back the timing of the mergers and closures. "If these changes go through in the time frame that is ...

Novopay knock-on effects plague teachers - 3News NZ

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URL: Novopay knock-on effects plague teachers 3News NZ "It's typical of Novopay," New Zealand Education Institute (NZEI) national secretary Paul Goulter says. "Tax is one of the series of third ... IRD says they are working closely with the Ministry of Education to minimise delays for customers. "We have ...

School trustees to receive $14.5m training boost - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
... School board of trustees chairwoman Helen MacKay said it was important to have boards with diverse skills, but each member also had to learn how the education system and schools worked, about property planning, and issues like national standards.

Education Aotearoa - All stories - Obituary - Elwyn Richardson

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Richardson is best known for his book In The Early World, published by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in 1964. The book, an account of his experience developing his child-centred educational ...

Investment in education increases to over $9.7b

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Hekia Parata | Budget 2013

Budget 2013 delivers $901 million in the current year and over the next four years for operating initiatives to lift educational achievement at every level of the system – from early childhood, to primary, to secondary, and into training for work, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. “We are increasing spending on education – for the fifth Budget in a row. The Government’s total investment increases to over $9.7 billion for the 2013/14 financial year...

Early childhood education: $172.5m extra

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Hekia Parata | Budget 2013

Budget 2013 will deliver $172.5 million over four years in new operating investment for early childhood education, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. The Government’s total investment in early childhood education in 2013/14 will be $1.5 billion, up from $860 million in 2007/08. The $172.5 million includes $56.5 million in contingencies, to be drawn down as required...

Schools: $215m more for student achievement

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Hekia Parata | Budget 2013

Budget 2013 reinforces the Government’s commitment to schools with an extra $215 million over four years to further lift student achievement, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. As a result of the extra funding, the Government’s total investment in schools (excluding early childhood education) will increase to $6.3 billion in 2013/14. The $215 million includes $16.2 million in contingency, pending further decisions later in the year...

Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua: funding focuses on raising achievement

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John Banks | Budget 2013

Budget 2013 will provide $19 million in contingency funding to establish the first Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua with a focus on accountability and high educational outcomes for New Zealand children. The initiative will see a small number of schools established, with greater freedom and flexibility to innovate and engage their students in return for stronger accountability for delivering educational results, Associate Education Minister John Banks says...

Budget Strips Education Funding - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“As Dr Pita Sharples celebrates the Māori Party's philosophical focus on Māori immersion education, they are denying support for the majority of Māori students who attend mainstream schools. “Where is the money to support these students? Many need ...

Budget 2013: Education allocated $901m per year - TVNZ

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URL: Budget 2013: Education allocated $901m per year TVNZ In addition, a new $12 million programme will help to support and retain teachers in a Maori immersion programme. The Government is also set to commit $1 billion to rebuilding the education sector in greater Christchurch over the next 10 years. Parata ...

Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua: funding - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Achievement and other performance expectations specified in the contract, and monitored through a combination of the Education Review Office and the specially appointed Authorisation Board, will use National Standards and other recognised measures set ...

Principals say four new schools unnecessary - Stuff.co.nz

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Despite the classroom space available, the ministry has plans to build a primary school in Endeavour Ave, Flagstaff, to cater for up to 500 pupils. It has also proposed building a second primary school in the Sylvester area for up to 700 pupils, and a ...

Boost for young learners welcomed - The Bay of Plenty Times

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Mrs Tinetti was pleased with the $12 million boost to support and retain teachers in Maori immersion education but was disappointed the poverty issue was not adequately addressed. "The Budget sounds like what I expected. There are always going to be ...

Budget doesn't go far enough to address child poverty

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Welfare advocates are disappointed that the budget was not bolder in addressing poverty.

More early childhood education in places of highest need

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Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced that nearly 700 more children will have access to quality early childhood education thanks to the Targeted Assistance for Participation Fund. The Fund has allocated $9.3 million to early childhood education in communities of high-need in this financial year...

Learning Media Ltd Board Appointments

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Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced the appointment of Jenn Bestwick as Chair of Learning Media Ltd, and the reappointment of Taria Tahana as a director. Ms Bestwick is a Christchurch-based consultant with in-depth knowledge of the education sector, strategy, and business development. “Ms Bestwick will bring to the role strong governance and leadership experience, as Chair of the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) and a member of Tourism New Zealand and Southern Response Earthquake Services,’’ says Ms Parata...

Tertiary sector continues strong financial performance

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New Zealand’s tertiary sector continued to sustain a strong financial performance in 2012 reflecting the increasing size of the Government’s investment, latest figures from the Tertiary Education Commission show. Indicative financial results show that the publicly-owned tertiary institutions collectively recorded a net surplus (before unusual and non-recurring items) of $157.9 million in 2012, an increase of 43 per cent since 2008...

Top scholars recognised

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Hekia Parata | Education

Wellington College students Thomas Leggat and Nicholas On have been jointly awarded this year’s Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence. Education Minister Hekia Parata attended an event where Prime Minister John Key presented the award at the Top Scholar Award ceremony at Government House today.
“This Award recognises the top-achieving student in the annual New Zealand Scholarship awards and is the highest academic accolade students can aim for at secondary school,” says Ms Parata...

'Hoha with the hot-air' says Turia - Voxy

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Their hapu education group, Karanga Manaia, stated clearly "partnership schools are an opportunity to serve our Maori learners betters - they offer greater hope and opportunities for our parents, community, hapu and iwi". "It's ridiculous to suggest ...

Harawira: General Debate Speech – Charter Schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Mr Speaker yesterday the house debated ACTs charter schools bill that the Maori Party voted for. They didnt speak to it heck no, they were too embarrassed to do that. Hell, they werent even in the house for it and they must have cringed …CHARTER ...

Unions worried about private school boost - News - MSN New Zealand - MSN NZ News

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The NZ Educational Institute, which also represents teachers, agrees private schools should not get any more public money. But Independent Schools of New Zealand, which represents ... Protesters were rallying against a host of changes to the education ...

NCEA level 2 toolbox

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The toolbox contains support for NCEA achievement in the secondary environment, school-initiated supports, online resources and key websites.

How much sleep do schoolchildren have?

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Almost four in ten high-school students have reported sleeping for fewer than eight hours at night – less than the nine to 10 hours generally recommended for 13 to 18-year-olds.

West Coast primary schools technology savvy - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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They don't even realise they are learning,” she says. “Teachers have been given days for professional development around e-blended learning and even though it is unchartered territory they are enjoying using the new technology, especially as the iPads ...

Education Amendment Bill provides further opportunities for the New Zealand education system

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The Education Amendment Bill has passed its second reading in Parliament today. Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Bill will help more young New Zealanders to thrive in the education system. “We have an education system that is among the best in the world. On average, four out of five of our kids are successfully getting the qualifications they need from school and going on to lead the lives they want to...

Government irresponsible and reckless in backing Act party’s discredited Charter schools

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The Government is being reckless with New Zealand children's education by allowing John Banks' discredited charter schools to get a foothold into our quality the public education system, says NZEI National President Judith Nowotarski.

Govt must take heed of public concern over charter schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Ahead of the second reading of the Education Amendment Bill creating charter schools the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) released results of a poll showing huge concern from the New Zealand public about charter schools. The overwhelming ...

Unfortunate experiment to be unleashed on NZ children - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Unfortunate experiment to be unleashed on NZ children. Teachers are warning against allowing New Zealand students to become part of the Government's charter school experiment. The legislation allowing for the setting up of charter schools is going ...

Charter Schools a Direct Attack on Kura Kaupapa Maori - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“Charter schools will have no accountability to whanau, no commitment to Maori language, no requirement for kaupapa Maori, no commitment to the Maori or NZ curriculum, no commitment to put registered teachers in front of kids, no accountability or ...

Education Reform Bill Progresses - Scoop.co.nz

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The bill setting up partnerships schools or charter schools as they are commonly known has progressed in Parliament. Hekia Parata said changes to the Education Amendment Bill in select committee would ensure partnerships councils worked with families, ...

ACT Leader John Banks interview on TVNZ's Q+A programme - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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John Banks says there will be three to five charter schools to begin with, but he expects that to grow over the next decade. “The original plan was about dealing with poor ... Streamed live at www.tvnz.co.nz. Thanks to the support from NZ On Air. Q+A ...

Education the way forward for Maori - Gisborne Herald

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EDUCATION and international partnerships are key to Maori “getting their mojo back”, Maori business leaders said at a forum in Wairoa yesterday. Wairoa Business Week was launched with a Maori business focus at the Wairoa War Memorial Hall yesterday.

Why did you become a teacher? - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Why did you become a teacher? Stuff.co.nz As Novopay issues plague the education community, debate rages over class sizes and the Government faces controversy over national standards data, we want to put the focus back in to the classroom and to the dedicated men and women who hold our ...

Government urged to save the School Journal and Learning Media - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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... up reading stories by Margaret Mahy and others, in the School Journal. “Learning Media is an institutional home for some of the world's best talent in the production of educational resources which our public education system has relied on for decades.

$63m boost for kids' behaviour project - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: $63m boost for kids' behaviour project Stuff.co.nz Labour education spokesman Chris Hipkins said the $114m hole left in the education budget after the backdown on bigger classroom sizes needed to be looked at first. "While I'm sure additional support for students with behavioural needs will be welcomed ...

Education leaders hope for more from Budget

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Education groups are hoping for an end to austerity when the Budget is announced on Thursday.

Mixed reaction to early-learning reviews - The Bay of Plenty Times

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Kohanga reo has a separate review process. This would make it difficult for parents to accurately compare education providers, he said. He said home-based services did not have to have qualified teachers and were "much more lightly regulated than ...

Tech divide in schools feared - Southland Times

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The pair penned a joint letter to Education Aotearoa warning of the creation of "educational myths" around information communications technology in the classroom. Prof Howard Lee said the pair had become concerned at the prospect of a digital divide in ...

Minister invites Australia to International Summit on the Teaching Profession in 2014

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Education Minister Hekia Parata profiled New Zealand’s educational achievement at the Australian Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood Education in Sydney today. “New Zealand has much to be proud of in our education system including year on year improvements in achievement. We also have a number of challenges,” says Ms Parata. “Given the close relationship with Australia it is very helpful to have these opportunities to share information and thinking and learn from each other.’’...

Creative and Integrated Learning in the Classroom - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Dr Fraser says before she and her colleagues researched and wrote the book, there'd been plenty of stories, but very little empirical research on integrated learning. “We were onto this before national standards were even on the agenda. Our research ...

Funding for Positive Behaviour programme welcome - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“Unfortunately we are also seeing too much money and effort being wasted on misguided policies like National Standards that do nothing except label children that teachers already know need support. “And sadly Charter schools are another costly and ...

One size does not fit all . . . - Gisborne Herald

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Initiatives such as kohanga reo, te aatarangi, bi-lingual units, kura kaupapa Maori then kura a iwi and other character schools grew around the country. Wananga were also set up to offer choices for Maori learners. They have proven they are all ...

Dozens of charter schools on horizon - NZ City

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As many as 60 charter schools could be opened within a decade, and the minister responsible, John Banks, is painting them as the solution to crime. Parliament is still considering legislation to establish the schools, which the government calls ...

Charter schools on track - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Charter schools on track New Zealand Herald The Education Amendment Bill, which would establish charter schools, known as partnership schools, was expected to pass in Parliament with the support of National, Act and the Maori Party. Mr Banks told TVNZ's Q+A programme today it was not ...

National/Act's battle lines drawn over public education - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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The National/Act Government has revealed plans for a wholesale privatisation of state education with Act leader John Banks outlining his vision for 50 or 60 charter schools and a Government commitment to the "private provision of education", the Green ...

Creative and Integrated Learning in the Classroom - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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More recently the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) agreed to publish a book on the topic. The academics worked in five primary schools of varying deciles in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, covering a range of year levels.

Lessons from Chile's troubled education system - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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“We've recently seen teachers protesting against the proposals to further privatise New Zealand's education system, which could see the introduction of charter schools, performance-based pay for teachers, national league tables for primary schools and ...

Politics With Paul – Scrapping National Standards? - Salient

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... culture of teaching and learning and assessment within schools”, leading to a limited and far less stimulating primary experience, as evidenced by the international experience of the public reporting of national testing; and ...

Mixed reception for Budget's education provisions - Otago Daily Times

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Principal associations are divided over the Ministry of Education's plans to invest $80.5 million into lifting the educational achievement of young people.

Education programmes to take cut - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Education programmes to take cut Stuff.co.nz Underperforming Ministry of Education programmes will be cut as Government makes way for an extra $60 million spend over four years to improve the behaviour and education of young people. Education Minister Hekia Parata made the pre-Budget ...

Bringing community into school life - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Bringing community into school life Auckland stuff.co.nz The report identified a "lack of sense of purpose and direction for the school", unsound teaching practises in some classrooms and a curriculum that was not personalised to Rongomai students or the community. "The principal's leadership of the school ...

ECE budget cuts would push up charges, close centres - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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They had lost funding for having 80 per cent or more teachers qualified. They had lost funding for the professional development of teachers. They had lost funding to maintain pay parity between teachers in early childhood centres and their colleagues ...

Tech divide in schools feared

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Education historians want teachers to question whether iPads and tablets are the way of the future for today's schools - but they don't wish for learners to live in the past.

Push to teach pupils about suicide | Otago Daily Times Online News ...

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Last month the family started a petition urging the Queensland state Government to introduce education programmes on bullying and suicide to the school curriculum similar to the way students learn sexual education. So far it ...

Will.i.am's $100k donation surprise - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Will.i.am's $100k donation surprise Stuff.co.nz My family taught hard work pays off, they stressed the importance of a good education and work ethic, and gave me the best chance to achieve my dreams," he said. "Even if just one person from New Zealand can go on to do well then this will be worth it.

Budget 2013: Supporting parents and communities to lift educational achievement

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Hekia Parata | Budget 2013

Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced the Government is investing $80.5 million of operating funding over four years in Budget 2013 to help support parents and communities play their role in lifting the educational achievement of young people...

Budget 2013 | Ministry Of Education Programmes To... | Stuff.co.nz

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Underperforming Ministry of Education programmes will be cut as Government makes way for an extra $60 million spend over four years to improve the behaviour and education of young people. ... The Positive Behaviour for Learning programme aimed to improve behaviour in children and young people, increase ''educational engagement and achievement'', and cut long-term costs of difficult behaviour. "When we address the behaviour of children it helps families, ...

Education programmes to take cut - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Education programmes to take cut Stuff.co.nz Underperforming Ministry of Education programmes will be cut as Government makes way for an extra $60 million spend over four years to improve the behaviour and education of young people. Education Minister Hekia Parata made the pre-Budget ...

Education gets $80m funding boost

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The Government has announced it will pour extra funding into a school-wide behaviour programme in a bid to raise educational achievement.Education Minister Hekia Parata announced at Porirua College this morning that $80.5 million...

Partnership Schools Opportunity Attracts Strong Response - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi has been deeply involved in Māori education, including 13 years as the Chief Executive Officer of the Te Kohanga Reo Trust Board. Dame Iritana has served on a number of Government advisory groups and working parties. ends ...

Budget 2013: supporting parents and communities to improve ...

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Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced $80.5 million of funding in Budget 2013 will support parents and communities and their role in educational achievement. Positive Behaviour for Learning will receive $63.6 ...

Funding for Positive Behaviour programme welcome - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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... National Standards that do nothing except label children that teachers already know need support. “And sadly Charter schools are another costly and wasteful diversion of time and resourcing away from addressing real issues of underachievement ...

Funding for Positive Behaviour programme welcome but no silver bullet

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NZEI Te Riu Roa says the increased funding for a programme aimed at addressing problem behaviour in children and young people is welcome recognition that out-of-school factors are key influencers of educational achievement.

Minister needs to keep to Novopay timetable promise

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The Minister for Novopay Steven Joyce’s decision to stick to the beleaguered payroll system pending the outcome of the Ministerial Review provides a degree of certainty for school staff but he needs remember his promise to have the problems fixed by

No need for secrecy around charter schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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The Government should lift its veil of secrecy surrounding the establishment of charter schools and be up-front with the public about who has applied to set them up, says Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins. “Parliament hasn't even passed the ...

Ditch classroom streaming, researcher says - Stuff.co.nz

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Separating schoolchildren into classes based on their ability is ineffective and detrimental to pupils' education, research has found. Most intermediate and secondary schools in Canterbury and across New Zealand put children in classes based on their ...

Govt to write off small Novopay overpayments

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Steven Joyce | Education

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today announced the Ministry of Education will not be seeking to recover small overpayments to school staff that are uneconomic to recover. “In order to assist the recovery of the system and clearance of the overpayment backlog, I have taken the pragmatic decision that the Ministry should not seek to recover a number of smaller overpayments that would take up a lot of time for little benefit to any party,” Mr Joyce says...

Novopay to stay in the meantime

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Steven Joyce | Education

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today announced that Talent2 will continue to administer the school payroll – but that the long-term future of the system will stay under review. “The decision to stay with Novopay at this point was made very carefully after a great deal of consideration and weighing up of all the risks,” Mr Joyce says...

Govt releases PwC report on Pay Period 3

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Steven Joyce | Education

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 3 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 3 of the new financial year, which was paid on the morning of 1 May, paid 87,812 people a total of $164.55 million...

New ERO reports to show quality of ECE services - Voxy

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Children up to the age of two are also a priority for ERO. -ERO has separate review procedures for kohanga reo. Home-based education and care services and hospital-based education and care services will still be reviewed under the 2002 procedures.

Quality of early childhood service review - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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ERO also wants to be sure that early childhood services are helping priority learners – Māori, Pacific and children with special learning needs. Children up to the age of two are also a priority for ERO. *ERO has separate review procedures for kōhanga reo.

School bus rules relaxed - Stuff.co.nz

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Classrooms are chugging back into action as some Manawatu children return from their school holidays with a free ride to begin term two. Some Ashhurst School pupils were yesterday among 4000 students nationwide to benefit from a new school bus rule ...

Novopay getting 'remarkably' better

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Schools are stuck with the Novopay payroll software, bugs and all.

Food in schools

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The Children's Commissioner is calling for an enhanced Food in Schools programme but it is not endorsing a Bill that's currently before Parliament.

Govt sticking with Novopay, says Minister

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The Government's point man on sorting out the bugs in the national school payroll system - the Minister Responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce - has decided to stick with it for the time being.

Last chance for Maori Party to listen its voters – PPTA - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Submissions by the very groups the government says it wants to help with its Education Amendment Bill – including Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu – have made it very clear they do not want charter schools, PPTA president Angela Roberts said. Roberts urged the ...

'A' is for Average - Scoop.co.nz

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In some classes, at all educational levels, we don't even require students to know anything more than hand signals, preparation of crib sheets, and techniques of paraphrasing five different articles and calling the result a research paper—assuming the ...

More school trustees needed

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Nominations close for the 2013 School Trustee Elections at noon on Thursday 16 May, and trustees are still required for schools across New Zealand. Considering we need 15,000 school trustees, compared with 120 candidates for parliament, the huge scale ...

Students warned against 'distracting social culture' - Otago Daily Times

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He said he smiled when students near graduation became worried ''that everything of significance has already been discovered''. In fact, ''we do not yet have cures for most diseases'' or did not even yet know ''what dark ...

School costs keep pressure on all year round - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: School costs keep pressure on all year round Stuff.co.nz The uniform at state secondary school for boys Wellington College requires students to be kitted out with the school T-shirt, shorts, jersey, and belt, and in the winter months black shoes ($76) and socks ($12). Like most schools Wellington College has ...

Gore trial cuts school absence rates - Stuff.co.nz

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Since 2010 the Gore trial has noted a drop in unjustified absence rates at one Gore school of about 43 per cent and a survey done on a breakfast club at another school showed the 30 students on average taking part reported having 77 per cent more energy.

Last-ditch bid to alter charter school rules - Stuff.co.nz

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A last-ditch bid to modify the rules for charter schools will take place this week, with pressure expected to go on the Maori Party whose votes will decide whether legislation passes. Labour has effectively conceded defeat in its battle against ...

Labour seeks charter school change - NZ City

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NZ City
Labour is looking for Maori Party support to force through a key change to charter school legislation. Education spokesman Chris Hipkins is going to put up an amendment which would ensure charter schools employ only registered teachers, the same law ...

Labour SOPS Challenge Charter Schools Bill - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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But in a bid to lessen the damage this will do to our education system, Chris Hipkins has tabled a series of Supplementary Order papers (SOPs) to the Education Amendment Bill. “The amendments I propose would address some of the major flaws in the ...

National Standards – a Debacle Like Novopay? - Scoop.co.nz

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There is increasing concern National Standards results are flawed and the Government is using flawed data to make educational achievements look better than they actually are says New Zealand First. Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says the Ministry ...

School costs keep pressure on all year round - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: School costs keep pressure on all year round Stuff.co.nz The uniform at state secondary school for boys Wellington College requires students to be kitted out with the school T-shirt, shorts, jersey, and belt, and in the winter months black shoes ($76) and socks ($12). Like most schools Wellington College has ...

Extra costs add $1.7m to Novopay bill - Stuff.co.nz

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The Education Ministry shelled out $1.7 million in eight months on consultants to help the beleaguered Novopay system. That's on top of the millions paid out to fix and review the payroll system. Since its introduction last year hundreds of teachers ...