Labour promises to repeal charter schools
MSN NZ NewsLabour is promising to scrap the government's controversial partnership schools if elected to government next year. Legislation to set up the state-funded, privately operated schools passed in June, and the government is expected to announce the first ...
Hundreds of kids dropping off school rolls
Hundreds of Waikato children disappear from the education system each year after failing to be enrolled in school - and, in some cases, authorities have no idea where they are.Call for more Maori male teachers
Radio New ZealandThe head of Maori studies at Rutherford College in Auckland says more should be done to encourage Maori males to become teachers. William Flavell joined the secondaryschool in 2012 after holding the same position at Whangarei Boys' High School.
Parents putting holidays first
Wairarapa Times-AgeA Ministry of Education survey found about 62,000 students nationwide were absent from school for all or part of a day during an average week, with 15,000 skipping school without justification. Wellington schools - which include Wairarapa - had an ...
Treasury-sponsored tertiary student workshops address long-term options for ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The Treasury, in conjunction with the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations, is sponsoring a series of nationwide workshops starting in Dunedin tomorrow which will address long-term options to maintain prudent Crown finances in the decades ahead.
Discipline for outspoken teacher
A teacher at a Maori immersion school who told off a student for reporting her abusive grandparent to Child, Youth and Family (CYF), has been found to have breached professional standards.Students get an insight into the world of IT
Auckland stuff.co.nzThe Papatoetoe High School student was one of 32 young people taking part in the Business Career Experience programme at Manukau Institute of Technology. The programme aims to give high school students an insight into the world of information ...
Lincoln University rural leader programme addresses shortage
Lincoln University’s Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme is helping to shape the future of agribusiness and rural affairs in New Zealand, with applications opening 1 August for aspiring leaders to complete the course in 2014.Pupils busy buzzing with bees
Stuff.co.nzDawson Primary School's new white suits mean the students can enter their bee enclosure and extract honey without any risk of being stung. ... Student Aashantaey Tosua says it's helped her to learn a lot about bees and their place in the eco-system.
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