School tests

School tests
NZ Herald (letters to the editor)
NZCER's response to the NZ Herald story regarding STAR tests has been published in the letters to the editor section of the print edition.
REF: NZ Herald, 20 February 2013, letters to the editor

NZ Teachers Need To Improve Spelling Instruction, Researcher

URL: NZ Teachers Need To Improve Spelling Instruction, Researcher
Scoop
NZ Teachers Need To Improve Spelling Instruction, UC Researcher Says February 19, 2013 New Zealand teachers are not using their understanding of how to teach spelling into practice in the classroom, a University of Canterbury (UC) research project ...

Parata fails Maori education - Harawira - Voxy

New Zealand Herald

URL: Parata fails Maori education - Harawira Voxy "The announcements made yesterday about the future of Christchurch schooling confirms that Parata doesn't give a shit about Maori education" comments MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau. "The PM said at Ratana that he dares anybody to find ...

Schools suffered 'unnecessary grief' - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Schools suffered 'unnecessary grief'
Stuff.co.nz
Following yesterday's announcement to close seven schools, merge 12 into six and keep another 12 open, Harding said his focus today was entirely on extending his support to the 19 school principals, their students and their families who were told ...

Hundreds rally against school closures

URL: Hundreds rally against school closures
NZ Herald
"She has to go," said Sarah Blake, waving a placard outside the Ministry of Education offices in Christchurch.Her feelings on Education Minister Hekia Parata - prompted by the closure of her two children's Central New Brighton School...

Christchurch rally supports schools

Christchurch rally supports schools
Radio NZ
The 19 Christchurch schools the government wants to merge or close are now beginning to think about how they will formally respond to the plans.

School closures brought forward 'to give parents certainty' - TVNZ

URL: School closures brought forward 'to give parents certainty'
TVNZ
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the decision to close some Christchurch schools by the end of next year was made to give parents more certainty on their child's future education. The Education Minister yesterday announced an interim decision to ...

Timing of school closures couldn't be worse - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Timing of school closures couldn't be worse Stuff.co.nz It ended with marches, strikes, a lot of very bad publicity, and then minister Lockwood Smith escaping out a classroom window. A Labour education minister, Trevor Mallard, wasn't spared either when he embarked on a school closure programme in the early ...

Makoura completes huge turnaround - Wairarapa Times-Age

URL: Makoura completes huge turnaround
Wairarapa Times-Age
The review was completed in December and is the first conducted under the governance of a board of trustees that was established after Tim White stood down as commissioner at the school in 2011. The school had been forced to the brink of closure three ...

Students' hard work pays off - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Students' hard work pays off
Stuff.co.nz
South Canterbury schools are celebrating their best and brightest, with a number of National Certificate in Educational Achievement scholarships won in the region last year. Four Craighead Diocesan School students - Genevieve Steven, Rachel Rolleston ...

71pc want Parata gone - poll - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: 71pc want Parata gone - poll Stuff.co.nz Hundreds of protesters have delivered a motion of no confidence in Hekia Parata's performance as a new poll reveals the controversial education minister is rapidly turning into political public enemy No 1. In today's Fairfax Media-Ipsos poll, surveyed ...

Parata's tenure hangs by a thread - Manawatu Standard

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Parata's tenure hangs by a thread Manawatu Standard There was an embarrassing backdown over classroom sizes, a breakdown in her relationship with Education Secretary Lesley Longstone which saw her leave the ministry, and the ongoing Novopay debacle. Parata is clearly out of her depth in a key portfolio ...

New Zealand's first governance qualification - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: New Zealand's first governance qualification
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Speaking at the launch, IoD Vice-President Stuart McLauchlan said, “Quality professional development is vital for any profession, so we are delighted that Waikato University have developed New Zealand's first postgraduate certificate in governance.

Parata makes Novopay apology

URL: Parata makes Novopay apology
Education Minister Hekia Parata folded under pressure to apologise over Novopay this afternoon.This morning she skirted around calls to apologise but this afternoon uttered the "s" word twice."I am sorry that's it taken so much...

Thousands apply to have NCEA papers remarked - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Thousands apply to have NCEA papers remarked
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) has recorded 292 applications for reviews and 5637 for reconsideration after more than 163 000 students received NCEA results on January 15. Pupils had until yesterday to register any concerns about their ...

Kuku Wawatai leaving Bay of Plenty Polytechnic - Voxy

URL: Kuku Wawatai leaving Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Voxy
Kuku Wawatai (Ngati Porou), Director Education and Maori Development at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, resigned his position last week leaving behind a legacy of commitment and passion for education, specifically in improving Maori participation and ...

School accused of overcharging parents - Stuff.co.nz

URL: School accused of overcharging parents
Stuff.co.nz
An integrated Hutt Valley school may have overcharged parents more than $300,000 in compulsory fees, but the Ministry of Education has no power to make the school admit it. Hutt International Boys' School (Hibs), which was integrated into the state ...

School raises $40000 for deaf teacher in two weeks - 3News NZ (blog)

3News NZ (blog)

URL: School raises $40000 for deaf teacher in two weeks 3News NZ (blog) Alice Woodcock looks set to be back in the classroom at Mairehau Primary School as early as next term after a whirlwind fundraiser - which included a single donation of more than $20,000. The 34-year-old says she can't believe the generosity of so many.