Tuesday 2 July 2013

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Teachers feeling unsafe at school

Students pose a professional hazard for teachers, with many admitting to feeling unsafe in the classroom at some point in their school career.

Computers in Homes funding extended

Hekia Parata | Community and Voluntary Sector The Government has today announced it will continue funding for Computers in Homes for the next financial year. Education Minister Hekia Parata says this is possible through moving up to $1.6 million of funding from Vote Education to the Department of Internal Affairs for the purposes of digital literacy. “Computers in Homes connects families and communities with education and technology that’s why there are three of us making this announcement today,’’ Ms Parata says. ...

Charter schools: Test results rise in new study

Charter school students outperform their public school peers in some areas, a new study shows, as the Government continues to work towards introducing the controversial schools in New Zealand.However, New Zealand's largest education... 


Kinect technology captures imaginations

Techday NZ
The Trust's latest mobile classroom, one of 45 across the country, is equipped with Microsoft Kinetic technology and the software so as they react and move in the mobileclassroom, it appears the images are of their own skeleton and organs. Teachers ...
The move by a Dunedin school to become the first Living Wage school in New Zealand is just the start of a national movement in the education sector, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. 

Maori Name for EIT

Te Aho a Māui is to sit alongside EIT- Eastern Institute of Technology as the formal Māori name for the East Coast’s leading tertiary education institution. 

Student stabbed with compass

Stuff.co.nz
"We have posters in every classroom that help students who are being bullied and let them know what to do." The posters show a flow chart showing options such as restorative meetings with the bullies and highlighting consequences for offenders. 


Ministry blamed for school flooding

Stuff.co.nz
The Ministry of Education connected Porirua College's stormwater pipes to the city network in 2008, but the council has denied receiving any consent application. Since the connection, there has been regular flooding of nearby Maraeroa School. Flooding ... 


Degrees of change for law student

Auckland stuff.co.nz
... of change for law student. TAO LIN. Last updated 05:00 03/07/2013. Exchange ESC. GERMANY BOUND: Top student Miriam Chew will receive the very best in German legaleducation when she goes on exchange to one of the country's top law schools.

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