Robert Wade lecture tour | UCAN NZ

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Dr Michael Forster (OECD); Professo r Robert Wade (London School of Economics); Dr Cathy Wylie (New Zealand Council for Educational Research); Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman (University of Otago); Dr Tracey ...

Parents' approval rating for NCEA passes 50% for the first time

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For the first time since NCEA was introduced in schools a decade ago, support from parents for the secondary school qualification has risen above 50 per cent.But teachers say the extra workload created by the National Certificate...

Charter schools law set to finally pass - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
Opposition parties have made repeated attempts to change the charter school legislation, but have failed to do so. It is now expected to pass its third and final reading this week, with support from the Maori Party. The charter schools won't have to ...

Charter schools long overdue - Banks - 3News NZ

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URL: Charter schools long overdue - Banks 3News NZ "I'm aspirational around Maori and Pasifika, we need to include them. We need to embrace them. We need to give them the opportunity, and I want to put them on a pedestal like they can put the 80 percent of kids that succeed in our education system on a ...

Protest against Charter Schools Hypocritical - Scoop.co.nz

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'It 's a bit rich and downright hypocritical in fact of these concerned and wounded educationalists to band together to try and put the kybosh on the establishment of Charter Schools when there is one helluva mess right under their own nose about which ...

Handling Novopay fiasco earns firm $1.9m - Stuff.co.nz

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A Wellington-based management consultancy has earned nearly $1.9 million in fees from the troubled Novopay project. Ministry of Education documents show Maven was first contracted to assist with the payroll system in 2008. Launched in August last year, ...

Apartment hopes for empty school sites - Stuff.co.nz

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Sites left vacant by Christchurch school closures could be in demand for charter schools or apartment complexes. The Government's school shake-up will leave 14 surplus schoolgrounds in the city with a combined rating value of $51.8 million, including ...

Is free breakfast in schools working? - Stuff.co.nz

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Although Cannons Creek doesn't have a breakfast club, a teacher goes around the classrooms every morning delivering toast, donated by charity KidsCan, to children who haven't had anything to eat. "There's no dishes, it doesn't take a whole heap of time ...

Extend free food at school - Stuff.co.nz

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Hone Harawira's Education (Breakfast and Lunch Programmes) in Schools Amendment Bill has been drawn from the ballot so will be read in Parliament, despite the Government's attempt to head it off at the pass. Harawira's bill would roll out free ...

Sue Kedgley: Bring back school food guidelines

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The Government's $1.9 million a year contribution to feeding breakfasts to kids in low-decile schools may be modest. But at least it's a start.It's also amounts to a long-overdue admission by the government that what kids eat -...

School food scheme sprouts wings to help kids across town

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A food-in-schools programme that dramatically improved children's attendance and behaviour in South Auckland is moving to help Glen Innes children in the east of the city.Former policeman Steve Farrelly began a breakfast club three...