Monday 3 February 2014

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Taskforce to identify regulations stifling schools

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced the establishment of a Taskforce that will free up schools to focus more on raising student achievement, and identify regulations that are obstructing this. The Taskforce is part of the Government’s confidence and supply arrangement between the National and Act parties, who are working together to identify significant improvements in school performance. ...

Deborah Hill Cone: High-achievement recipe needs some sugar

'Why didn't you get 116 per cent?" My dad didn't actually say this every single time I or my brother or sister got our exam results at school, but boy, the message sure got in.My strong-willed father went to medical school as a...

Making Choices in Early Childhood Education a Gamble

Wellington – Parents are being urged to reduce the gamble with the quality of their child’s care by being more discerning with their choice of early childhood education centres.
A primary school is considering "all options" over its Christianity classes after complaints from three parents.Two parents, Roy Warren and Melissa Muirhead, complained to the Human Rights Commission after St Heliers School in Auckland...

School's in for 1000 Waikato newbies

Stuff.co.nz
Close to 1000 Waikato children will strap on their new backpacks and walk into classrooms for the first time this week. Quinlen, 5, is starting at Rotokauri School, on the outskirts of Hamilton, on Friday morning. "He's been amping to go to school for ...

New school 'Flat Bush's heart'

Auckland stuff.co.nz
It will be located between Ormiston Senior College and Murphys Rd, and will be similar in size to Baverstock Oaks and Mission Heights primaryschools, with a roll of about 700 children. Mrs Gibson says in the next few months the establishment board ...

School gives an iPad to every pupil

A state primary school is giving each of its students an iPad for their own use - and says government money and fundraising were enough to pay for the project.About 250 new iPad minis were given to children starting the new year...

New teen parent unit and early childhood centre opens in Horowhenua

Horowhenua’s Waiopehu College has opened a new teen parent unit and early childhood centre.

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