Outraged teachers say they've have had enough - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Outraged teachers say they've have had enough Stuff.co.nz "When assessments start to take over all of our classroom teaching, you know something is wrong," she said. New Zealand Educational Institute regional field officer Graeme Whitworth said "dodgy" national standards for measuring achievement would allow ...

Dame Anne Salmond: Time to defend democratic rights - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The charter schools programme is another case in point. It lacks any electoral mandate. Born out of a tawdry, cynical deal between National and Act, it bears all the hallmarks of its conception. It is anti-democratic to the core, seeking to suspend the ...

New opportunities for foreign corporates to profit from kiwi kids - Greens - Voxy

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Two clarifications released this morning by the Governments' tendering website GETS confirm that 100 per cent foreign owned corporations can apply to run charter schools immediately, and promises more opportunities for them to set up taxpayer-funded ...

Teachers plan beach protest - SunLive

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SunLive
Teachers say they are concerned about the direction of the Government's education policies, which they say will destroy New Zealand's highly valued quality public education system. The Government's agenda includes the introduction of charter schools, ...

Teachers set to protest - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
The Government's agenda includes the introduction of charter schools, competition rather than collaboration in teaching and learning and national standards and league tables. The teachers were to have marched up Mauao in protest but iwi said it was not ...

School puts money into new teachers

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In an effort to attract the best and brightest into teaching, a central Auckland school will pay the university fees of former students who want to become teachers.A new scholarship will put a former Mt Albert Grammar School student...

Govt briefs teachers' union on Novopay

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The Government has briefed teachers' union The New Zealand Education Institute on its plans for the troubled Novopay payroll system.NZEI national secretary Paul Goulter said an announcement was expected early next week, although...

Minister expected to make announcement on Novopay next week

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NZEI Te Riu Roa says it is expecting that early next week the Government will finally address many of the issues that have been plaguing schools and school staff for the past six months.