Don't all children deserve the best teacher?

URL: Don't all children deserve the best teacher?
The Maori Party leadership's disquiet of putting unqualified people in front of our most vulnerable children is well-founded.

Maori Party eyes charter school changes - NZ City

URL: Maori Party eyes charter school changes
NZ City
The Maori Party wants changes to the legislation setting up charter schools now it holds the votes the government needs to get the bill through parliament. United Future leader Peter Dunne on Thursday withdrew his support for the bill and Education ...

Maori Party backs charter schools - News - MSN New Zealand - MSN NZ News

URL: Maori Party backs charter schools - News - MSN New Zealand
MSN NZ News
The government could be forced to rely on the Maori Party to pass legislation setting up charter schools. United future leader Peter Dunne on Thursday said he wasn't going to support it, which put the government's majority in doubt. Maori Party co ...

Education not in sync with IT goal - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Education not in sync with IT goal Stuff.co.nz The story of the 17-year-old British teen, Nick D'Aloisio, who sold his app Summly to Yahoo for $36 million has resonated with me and is an inspiration for the next generation of tech start-up entrepreneurs. While I'm the same age as D'Aloisio, and ...

New Maori and Pasifika student results an encouraging start - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: New Maori and Pasifika student results an encouraging start
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“In order to continue to improve learning outcomes, we need to create more learning options that both engage and provide young people with the basis for their future education, training and employment. “Initiatives like Youth Guarantee and Trade ...

More Maori students achieving NCEA Level 2 - Radio New Zealand

URL: More Maori students achieving NCEA Level 2
Radio New Zealand
Education Minster Hekia Parata says new figures show more Maori and Pasifika students are achieving NCEA Level 2. Results from last year show there is a 2% increase in Maori achievement, with 54% of 16-year-olds passing NCEA Level 2. For Pasifika ...

Youth MP has focus on Maori education - Southland Times

Southland Times

URL: Youth MP has focus on Maori education Southland Times Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene said Kaukiterangi Blair, a year 13 Southland Boys' High School student, earned the title for his "beautiful" essay highlighting the plight of Maori youth in the educational system, stressing that the Government needed to ...

PBRF: Everyone's a winner - except students - Scoop.co.nz

URL: PBRF: Everyone's a winner - except students
Scoop.co.nz
Whatever the name for the beltway that exists around the tertiary education industry, it was all abuzz on Thursday for the release of the latest Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) report by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). This was the ...

School closures hit parents' pockets

URL: School closures hit parents' pockets
Parents are fuming over the exorbitant childcare costs and constant juggling of annual leave caused by schools failing to open for the legally required number of teaching days.