Thursday 27 June 2013

Friday 28 June 2013


Minister must reveal cost of charter schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
26 June 2013. Minister must reveal cost of charter schools. Education Minister Hekia Parata needs to be open and honest with taxpayers about how much they are forking out for charter schools, says Labour's Acting Education spokesperson Megan Woods

Raihania takes a stand for Maori learners

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Ikaroa Rāwhiti candidate, Na Raihania, has commended his Māori Party colleagues for asking the hard questions around support for Māori students in accessing tertiaryeducation opportunities. Today in the ... "Over the last six weeks I have had the ... 

Sharples defends record on te reo 

Radio New Zealand
Labour Party list MP Shane Jones says Dr Sharples is not generating new ideas to encourage Maori children to go to pre-school or addressing issues with kohanga reo. Last year, the Waitangi Tribunal made recommendations relating to kohanga which have ... 

Questions on value of homework

Primary school students spend nearly an hour each night doing homework, a national survey says, but some parents and teachers question the value of after-school study.The CensusAtSchool survey found that 77 per cent of students...

Coding camps for kids rise in popularity

Stuff.co.nz
Yet high schools and universities seem to be out of step with the job market. Nine out of 10 high schools don't offer computer programming classes and the number of students graduating from college with a computer science degree is down from a decade ... 

International speakers at higher education conference

The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) will have its 36th conference at AUT University starting Monday 1 July in AUT’s Sir Paul Reeves building - AUT’s newest learning space.

Principal ready to start

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Mr Laurenson says raising the students' NCEA results was his proudest legacy from his nine years in the principal's chair. And Mr Watson plans to build on that. "I'm obviously wanting to improve the academic results for the kids and that will probably ...

Principal condemns 'dead student' post

Stuff.co.nz
Stimulate 2 Educate cyber safety and risk assessment consultant John Parsons is urging people who know anything about the page to speak out before the photos are referred to the police. Ad Feedback. "If you're ever aware of the person [posting the ...

Media Design School Names Darryn Melrose CEO

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
During his tenure as CEO of M&C Saatchi, he worked with companies such as APN Online,Education New Zealand, Jetstar, Maori Television, Orcon, and Qantas Airways. Prior to joining Saatchi, Melrose was the CEO of AIM Proximity, the leading digital and ...

Student heading to Cambridge’s hallowed halls

It’s one thing to be accepted into a prestigious University, but to get a full paying scholarship as well was more than Katy Bond could have hoped for. The University of Auckland Art History student has won a prestigious Cambridge Commonwealth Trust ...

Art History student gains prestigious opportunities

Art History student gains two prestigious opportunities in Europe University of Auckland PhD student and tutor Jemma Field has been successful in receiving two prestigious European opportunities to support completion of her post-graduate research. The Art ...

College evacuated for second day

Stuff.co.nz
Levin firefighter Dave McHattie said when he entered the classroom the smoke was coming from a metal cabinet, which was used to store chemicals. It was damaged inside and out but there was no fire, he said. Levin deputy chief fire officer Carl Beissel ...

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