URL: Partnership Schools Authorisation Board Established
John Banks | Education
Associate Education Minister John Banks today announced the establishment and appointment of members to the independent Partnership Schools Authorisation Board. The role of the Board is to evaluate applications for Partnership Schools and make recommendations to the Minister of Education on which applications should be considered for contract negotiations. No final recommendations will be made by the Board until the Parliamentary process is complete...
Monday, March 4, 2013
Maori students encouraged to apply for Hauora Scholarships
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Tariana Turia | Health
Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia is encouraging Maori students to apply for Hauora Maori Scholarships to help them start or complete their studies in health related courses. “These scholarships are not only about supporting students in their studies they are also about recognising their contribution to their community,” says Minister Turia...
Tariana Turia | Health
Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia is encouraging Maori students to apply for Hauora Maori Scholarships to help them start or complete their studies in health related courses. “These scholarships are not only about supporting students in their studies they are also about recognising their contribution to their community,” says Minister Turia...
Charter School Board 'desperate and undemocratic' - Voxy
URL: Charter School Board 'desperate and undemocratic'
Voxy
Dr O'Connor says that the appointment of Catherine Isaac will be particularly frustrating for teacher groups and those opposed to the introduction of charter schools following her poor performance as Chair of the Charter School working group last year.
Voxy
Dr O'Connor says that the appointment of Catherine Isaac will be particularly frustrating for teacher groups and those opposed to the introduction of charter schools following her poor performance as Chair of the Charter School working group last year.
Education officials fume over charter schools board - TVNZ
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Education officials fume over charter schools board TVNZ Education organisations are fuming over the seemingly premature announcement of a Charter Schools Board by Act Party leader John Banks. Banks, the Associate Education Minister, has named the board and its members, which would approve charter ... |
Isaac to lead board overseeing charter schools - Newstalk ZB
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Newstalk ZB
As speculated last year ACT Party stalwart Catherine Isaac's been named to lead the board overseeing proposed charter schools. When it was first rumoured Ms Isaac would get the post, opposition parties accused Associate Education Minister, and ACT ...
Newstalk ZB
As speculated last year ACT Party stalwart Catherine Isaac's been named to lead the board overseeing proposed charter schools. When it was first rumoured Ms Isaac would get the post, opposition parties accused Associate Education Minister, and ACT ...
MPs urged to listen to iwi about charter schools - Voxy
URL: MPs urged to listen to iwi about charter schools
Voxy
Awanui Black says the MPs on the parliamentary select committee hearing submissions on charter schools need to listen long and hard to what iwi are telling them. "All our iwi want a stop put to the education system's shameful and continued failure of ...
Voxy
Awanui Black says the MPs on the parliamentary select committee hearing submissions on charter schools need to listen long and hard to what iwi are telling them. "All our iwi want a stop put to the education system's shameful and continued failure of ...
Engagement will help kohanga revitalise te reo - Maori Party - Voxy
URL: Engagement will help kohanga revitalise te reo - Maori Party
Voxy
The Maori Party welcomes today's announcement of a facilitator to engage government agencies and the Kohanga Reo National Trust in a joint work programme, to help resolve the Kohanga Reo claim against the Crown. "The Crown has taken a step forward ...
Voxy
The Maori Party welcomes today's announcement of a facilitator to engage government agencies and the Kohanga Reo National Trust in a joint work programme, to help resolve the Kohanga Reo claim against the Crown. "The Crown has taken a step forward ...
Kohanga board wants urgency from independent advisor - Radio New Zealand
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Radio New Zealand
Kohanga board wants urgency from independent advisor. Updated at 9:58 am today. Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board hopes the new independent advisor Sir Michael Cullen will work quickly to implement changes to kohanga reo. The former Labour ...
Radio New Zealand
Kohanga board wants urgency from independent advisor. Updated at 9:58 am today. Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board hopes the new independent advisor Sir Michael Cullen will work quickly to implement changes to kohanga reo. The former Labour ...
Racial discrimination: UN Committee recommendations on NZ - Voxy
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Voxy
B. Positive aspects: comprising three paragraphs about developments to combat racial discrimination, including the removal of barriers for foreign national children to access education; the implementation of the Healthy Housing Programme; other ...
Voxy
B. Positive aspects: comprising three paragraphs about developments to combat racial discrimination, including the removal of barriers for foreign national children to access education; the implementation of the Healthy Housing Programme; other ...
Top mathematician backs call to change teaching methods
URL: Top mathematician backs call to change teaching methods
New Zealand's foremost mathematician has spoken out against the way maths is taught in schools, saying children need to know basic arithmetic before they try to start problem solving.Sir Vaughan Jones, winner of the Fields Medal...
New Zealand's foremost mathematician has spoken out against the way maths is taught in schools, saying children need to know basic arithmetic before they try to start problem solving.Sir Vaughan Jones, winner of the Fields Medal...
Editorial: Maths at your fingertips a key life skill - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Editorial: Maths at your fingertips a key life skill New Zealand Herald The national standards now demanded of primary schools need to measure skills in basic arithmetic and see that our children start to catch up with those in other developed countries. Last-equal is a disgrace to those in education who decided children ... |
High schools in cash squeeze - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: High schools in cash squeeze Stuff.co.nz Two-thirds of 322 state and state-integrated secondary schools surveyed in July and August reported having a worse financial year in 2012 than 2011 - and that's before the extra costs of the Novopay fiasco are accounted for, a Council for Educational ... |
Spelling deserves priority, says Rotorua principal - The Daily Post
URL: Spelling deserves priority, says Rotorua principal
The Daily Post
Working on language structure awareness not only benefited spelling, but also vocabulary development and reading skills, she said. New Zealand children were struggling more with writing than reading - with 32 per cent performing below national standards.
The Daily Post
Working on language structure awareness not only benefited spelling, but also vocabulary development and reading skills, she said. New Zealand children were struggling more with writing than reading - with 32 per cent performing below national standards.
Dismay at new student loan rules - New Zealand Herald
URL: Dismay at new student loan rules
New Zealand Herald
The bonus had not created the surge in repayments the Government had hoped for, a spokesman for Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said. He also said people who could afford to finance their studies had instead borrowed because of bonuses.
New Zealand Herald
The bonus had not created the surge in repayments the Government had hoped for, a spokesman for Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said. He also said people who could afford to finance their studies had instead borrowed because of bonuses.
Hutt school ignores advice to refund parents - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Hutt school ignores advice to refund parents
Stuff.co.nz
An integrated school found by the Ministry of Education to be overcharging compulsory fees is refusing to refund parents. The ministry found that all parents who paid Hutt International Boys' School more than $2100 for the last three terms of 2010 and ...
Stuff.co.nz
An integrated school found by the Ministry of Education to be overcharging compulsory fees is refusing to refund parents. The ministry found that all parents who paid Hutt International Boys' School more than $2100 for the last three terms of 2010 and ...
With Novopay, the real losers are the future teachers - Waikato Times
URL: With Novopay, the real losers are the future teachers
Waikato Times
OPINION: I'm not a big fan of Hekia Parata. She hasn't done her role as education minister properly, and this is just another thing that should be part of her redundancy letter; the absolute farce of a system- Novopay. It is also known by those who ...
Waikato Times
OPINION: I'm not a big fan of Hekia Parata. She hasn't done her role as education minister properly, and this is just another thing that should be part of her redundancy letter; the absolute farce of a system- Novopay. It is also known by those who ...
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