Has the School Journal been axed? Writers told: no more submissions

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News from Wellington Children’s Book Association
Learning Media have suspended the publication of the School Journal. Children’s Writers and Illustrators (many of whom are teachers) are appalled at this news and we are trying to get more information about why this has happened and whether Learning Media (as rumours have it) have lost the Government contract to supply resources to support the NZ Curriculum.

This notice was posted on the Learning Media website and was picked up by The New Zealand Society of Authors who alerted their members...

Editorial: Govt failings on education intolerable - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
About 600 Bay of Plenty teachers gathered at Tay St beach to protest Novopay, charter schools and other planned Government education policies. I am normally a mild-mannered citizen, although my partner may disagree. The only thing that really fires me ...

Banks wrongly held back charter school information - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The Ombudsman's office found Associate Education Minister John Banks wrongly withheld information about how proposed charter schools would be funded. The Post Primary Teachers Association made a request under the Official Information Act (OIA) ...

Need to sort out public-private muddle - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Don't expect large numbers of ''partnership'' (charter) schools. Mr Key lavished taxpayer money on private rugby and private Sir Peter Jackson. And ''mixed-ownership'' is, well, mixed. The private and public spheres are not distinct. They mesh, overlap ...

Call For Government Review of 20 Hours ECE Funding

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The New Zealand Home-based Education and Learning Organisation, HELO is calling for an urgent Government review into its 20 hours Early Childcare Education policy.

Strained schools likely to get cash - The Dominion Post

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URL: Strained schools likely to get cash The Dominion Post It went on extra staff at the Ministry of Education to handle work associated with Novopay, including a temporary contact centre employing 16 staff, case managers, payroll experts, 12 temporary staff to assist school payroll staff and seven staff for a ...

Credit union advises kids to use, not resist, technology

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PRESS RELEASE Westforce Credit Union 18 March 2013 Credit union advises kids to use, not resist, technology to help kids learn about money It’s time for parents to both embrace and use their children’s obsession with games and the Internet ...

Kiwis need to be more Asia-literate - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
OPINION: Eleven young Chinese language assistants have arrived from China to embark on teaching stints in classrooms from Wellington to Opotiki, working alongside New Zealand-trained teachers. The initiative is one of the outcomes of the 2008 New ...

Foreign students turned off by NZ - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Immigration "hiccups", dodgy education providers and unscrupulous student agents are damaging New Zealand's export education reputation, says Labour export education spokesman Raymond Huo. Mr Huo said fewer international students were choosing ...

Waikato schools celebrate $10k each from Telecom

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Waikato schools celebrate $10k each from Telecom towards technology Ngaruawahia, Taupiri, Fairfield and Melville primary schools are this week celebrating each receiving $10,000 from Telecom towards technology for their students. Telecom’s Waikato-based ...