Misbehaving teachers may be named
NZ CityThe committee, which investigates complaints about any rule or regulation, has decided name suppression isn't in line with the Education Act and has recommended the council change its rules. It also wants the Education Act amended so it explicitly ...
Union concerned innocent teachers will be shamed
A teachers union is concerned innocent teachers will be named and shamed unnecessarily after a Parliamentary select committee recommended the Teachers Council lift automatic name suppression.The council put a warning on its website...More ways for bad teachers to hide?
Misbehaving teachers facing disciplinary action may soon lose their automatic name suppression - but the national kindergarten federation is warning that those in trouble could still use other ways to retain anonymity.Existing rules...Herald on Sunday editorial: MPs tell teachers: Open door
It is a small victory but an important one. Parliament's regulations review committee has upheld our complaint against the secrecy of teachers' disciplinary proceedings. The verdict puts a decisive foot in the door of the tribunal...
Maori and male leavers failing
Stuff.co.nzTwo-thirds of Manawatu male school leavers are failing to make the grade required to get to university, while a third of Maori pupils are leaving school without any qualifications at all. The region's report card is out and it shows teenage boys are ...
Maori and Pasifika students continue to lag behind
Schools fail to meet ambitious Government targets
Education Minister releases regional education information
Schools fail to meet ambitious Government targets
Education Minister releases regional education information
Charter school process sidelines Māori
waateanews.comThe Quality Charter Public Education Coalition says the process of picking the first charter school operators does not meet the standards expected of open and transparent government and appears to discriminate against Māori. Chairperson Bill Courtenay ...
Child protection policies must extend to charter schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)If the Government is genuinely committed to doing everything possible to ensure children are safe it will make sure charter schools' teachers face the same rigorous checks that those in state schools do, says Labour's Education Spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
Problem students illegally suspended
Principals are using illegal suspensions to get rid of troublesome students, putting extra pressure on other schools forced to take them in.Paeroa boy still waiting for place in school
Stuff.co.nzThe boy was kicked out of Paeroa Central School last August after he assaulted a teacher and threatened pupils. The ministry directed the school to re-enrol him, but principal Janet Jones and the board of trustees refused, saying the boy was a danger ...
Unis struggle to win dollars
Stuff.co.nzThe United States is mid-range, showing a shift from the more traditional educationalpowerhouses towards institutes from the East. New Zealand's Tertiary Education Union spokesman Stephen Day said the country's remote location and competitive funding ...
More than 1000 schools register with N4L
Techday NZ“The government believes that by using digital technologies over the managed network,students will have access to a wider range of quality teaching and learning resources that can enhance their learning and engagement,” she says. “From my experience ...
Book looks at Maori and indigenous knowledge in education
Radio New ZealandA Maori studies professor at Massey University is on a mission to enhance Maori and world indigenous knowledge in the education system. Taiarahia Black is in the process of finalising his latest publication titled Matauranga Maori and Global Indigenous ...
Kiwi peer review system speeds up science
Two Wellington entrepreneurs have developed an online platform which they hope will radically disrupt the 300-year old academic peer review process. Their business has already attracted the attention of more than a dozen investors...'Accelerating Educational Achievement' workshops
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“These workshops fit well with the educational vision Auckland has set for itself and its economy. They are the first in a series of engagements we will have with Auckland communities around raising Auckland student achievement and on engaging more ...
Clear insights & fresh ideas from NZ employers for educators
Today’s inaugural Teachers’ Workchoice Day delivered attending educators clear insights and fresh ideas to help New Zealand’s youth become better work-ready. Amongst other ‘essentials’, holding a full driver’s license and displaying ...UCOL aims for drug-free campus
Stuff.co.nzMs Dewart said it was difficult to measure levels of students possibly affected by legal highs, but student support staff had reported an increase in "hearing about" legal highs. In a public meeting about legal highs held this month, a UCOL staff ...
ITC accepted as one of the best by Quality Education
The International Travel College of New Zealand (ITC) has been accepted as a Quality Education College. “We are really proud to be associated with Quality Education,” says ITC’s Managing Director Claire Huxley. “They have a reputation in the industry ...
Rodney Hide: Magic wand wasted on Key
Here's a question for you: If you could wave a wand and change overnight one policy to make our country better, what would it be?Mine would be to privatise all schools. I would kick government totally out of anything to do with...Paul Little: Money makes for bad education
News that Canterbury University is throwing $3,000 at students with top marks to enrol down south has been reported as though there was something unusual about a tertiary institution acting like a personnel recruitment agency on steroids.Universities...'Intellectual apartheid' in schools
Stuff.co.nzMost high schools in New Zealand have some form of band system, an intellectual apartheid that is ruining education. It seems simple enough; you put the brightest kids in one class, the average kids in another and the students who struggle in another.
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