Quality public education 'under threat from charter schools' - Voxy

URL: Quality public education 'under threat from charter schools'
Voxy
Education professionals will tomorrow tell the Education and Science Select Committee that the Government's plans to introduce charter schools into our education system would be severely damaging for public education in this country. NZEI Te Riu Roa is ...

Bulk funding proposal seen as “nail in coffin” by local school trustees - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Bulk funding proposal seen as “nail in coffin” by local school trustees
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Education Amendment Bill, currently being considered, would take the next step of taxpayers funding Charter Schools who may act without the constraints, measures and legislation present in the public system. It may suit a National government (and ...

School Trustees Question Treasury's Motives - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: School Trustees Question Treasury's Motives
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Education Amendment Bill, currently being considered, would take the next step of taxpayers funding Charter Schools who may act without the constraints, measures and legislation present in the public system. It may suit a National government (and ...

Children need to talk more to each other - expert - Voxy

URL: Children need to talk more to each other - expert
Voxy
The study found that analysis of conversations in classrooms indicated that students gained and used information not only in the classroom but knowledge and skills from their families and cultural practices at home. They also gained and used knowledge ...

Schools thrilled with new social workers - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Schools thrilled with new social workers Auckland stuff.co.nz "My aim is to take a little bit of the load off teachers because we know social issues can directly impact on what's happening in the classroom." Ms Avery says Miss Bern is a "wonderful support". Ad Feedback. "It makes an enormous difference just ...

A pleasure, merci - The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail

URL: A pleasure, merci The Nelson Mail Her remedy for the tail: Performance pay and National Standards. She didn't draw the obvious conclusions: Raise the socio-economic level of the tail [jobs]. Pay all teachers a professional salary. Don't bash them. Put money into ongoing teacher ...

NZEI looks forward to consultation over Novopay debacle

URL: NZEI looks forward to consultation over Novopay debacle
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the Government's announcement that it will consult with the education sector over the terms of reference for its review into the beleagured Novopay payroll system.

Forget Novopay - bring on Nevapay - Timaru Herald

Timaru Herald

URL: Forget Novopay - bring on Nevapay Timaru Herald Nevertheless Nevapay has come to fruition and I've managed to get some interest from the New Zealand Ministry of Education. I've assured them it has no more than a hundred bugs in the system, which they told me is considerably fewer than the dog of a ...