Clyde Primary School honoured in teacher survey

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Otago Daily Times
It was awarded by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research following a teacher survey. It asked teachers about their physical working environment, resources, school leadership and opportunities for professional development, council general ...

Teachers vote to strike over pay - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
A second vote was held to gauge support for fighting what the sector calls the "GERM" - Global Education Reform Movement - which includes national standards, charter schools, league tables, possible performance-based pay and Novopay. It was backed ...

Why teachers may come to love charter schools - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Why teachers may come to love charter schools The Dominion Post One example of this pro-teacher approach is the Harlem Village Academy charter schools in New York. Their website - harlemvillageacademies.org - opens with a banner proclaiming, "All hail the teacher, finally!", and their philosophy follows through ...

Call For Government Review of 20 Hours ECE Funding - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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. HELO president Jenny Yule said inconsistent practices within the ECE sector, which had ...

Key stands by embattled Parata - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Key stands by embattled Parata Otago Daily Times This followed a torrid time during which she oversaw the class size backdown, the Novopay debacle and the breakdown in communications with Education Secretary Lesley Longstone and her subsequent departure. Mr Key told TVOne's Breakfast programme ...

Principal takes rap for board's sacking - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
"I have a huge professional advantage as a pioneer, which means I already know what works." Ewan Hyde, who chaired the sacked board, said the ERO identified recording student achievement data and strategic planning as the school's biggest failures.

Brendan Schollum: Time to solve big maths problem

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Results from international tests which placed our Year 9 students at the bottom of the developed world in mathematics make for depressing reading.Here are some suggestions for parents, our minister, her officials and those involved...

Standing desks increase children's physical activity

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A study has found making children stand, not sit, at desks in the classroom makes them more active.

Is NZ failing to capitalise on its multilingualism?

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The cultural face of NZ is more diverse than ever before and 160 different languages are now spoken across the country.

Lecture series: how maths is helping solve today’s problems

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Ten mathematicians will speak in ten locations over ten months for the Royal Society of New Zealand’s 10x10 Lecture Series.

Dalefield board of trustees dismissed - Wairarapa Times-Age

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Wairarapa Times-Age
Areas of non-compliance noted in the report included a failure to ensure that pupil progress under National Standards was properly reported to parents, improper protocols surrounding stand-downs and suspensions, improper police vetting of non-teaching ...

New tertiary science qualification launched

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A collaboration between a West Coast polytechnic, high school and an international company has resulted in a new tertiary science programme being developed with potential for it to be delivered nationwide.

NorthTec/Tai Poutini Scaffolding pilot pleasing for Industry

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A successful joint pilot programme in scaffolding, partnered by NorthTec and the South Island West Coast’s Tai Poutini Polytechnic, has been welcomed as “extremely useful” by the local scaffolding industry.

A tablet for each pupil to keep school going - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: A tablet for each pupil to keep school going Stuff.co.nz A rural Waikato school is giving away free computers in a bid to stave off closure and boost roll numbers. Kereone School, 13 kilometres south of Morrinsville, is fighting the same battle that has forced seven Waikato schools to close since 2007 - a ...