Joyce opens education fair in Jakarta
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and EmploymentTertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today opened an education trade fair in Jakarta that continues the push to grow New Zealand international education in Indonesia. The fair was attended by almost 30 New Zealand educational institutions, including universities, institutes of technology and polytechnics, and schools. ...
Government welcomes NEXT Foundation $100 million
Nick Smith | ConservationGovernment Ministers attending today’s launch of the $100 million NEXT Foundation have welcomed its establishment and its commitment to New Zealand’s environmental and education projects at the Foundation’s launch in Auckland today. ...
NZ election: school of politics
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Charter schools, Christchurch school closures and student-loan defaulters have all been hot topics of debate. Education was the key focus of the prime minister's state of the nation address in January, with announcements including lucrative allowances ...
The government did not want to fund schools according to their raw results in national standards or NCEA, but on how much teachers had helped students to learn over the course of six months or a year, Ms Parata said, without going into detail.
Hekia's plans will rob kids of opportunity
Charter schools, Christchurch school closures and student-loan defaulters have all been hot topics of debate. Education was the key focus of the prime minister's state of the nation address in January, with announcements including lucrative allowances ...
School funding debate ignites
NZ CityThe government did not want to fund schools according to their raw results in national standards or NCEA, but on how much teachers had helped students to learn over the course of six months or a year, Ms Parata said, without going into detail.
Hekia's plans will rob kids of opportunity
Education Minister denies radical shake-up of school funding
The Education Minister denies that a radical shake-up of school funding is on her agenda, but won't say whether the system could change during a third term of a National government.Parata's funding plan 'crazy stuff' - NZEI
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Education Minister Hekia Parata is denying she has plans to link school funding to student achievement, a move the Opposition has called "loopy" and teachers say is "crazy". In an interview with the Herald on Sunday, Ms Parata said the current decile ...
The Government has recognised that it must prioritise the educationalneeds of Māori and Pasifika [Ministry of Education. (2013). Ka Hikitia Steps Up. Tukutuku Korero/NZ Education Gazette. Retrieved from http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?
Ms Parata told the Herald on Sunday the government did not want to fund schools according to their raw results in national standards or NCEA, but on how much teachers had helped students to learn over the course of six months or a year. She did not go ...
I want to see National Standards wiped for at least the first three years of schooling and I want to see that schools that need more assistance with struggling pupils, can get the resources required. Cross party decisions from Government are required ...
“Linking funding to ropey National Standards data will effectively suck money out of the schools that need extra funding for high needs children and pump it into high-decile schools. It will also distort teaching and learning by driving a narrow focus ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata is denying she has plans to link school funding to student achievement, a move the Opposition has called "loopy" and teachers say is "crazy". In an interview with the Herald on Sunday, Ms Parata said the current decile ...
Government proposal for education needs evidence
Scoop.co.nzThe Government has recognised that it must prioritise the educationalneeds of Māori and Pasifika [Ministry of Education. (2013). Ka Hikitia Steps Up. Tukutuku Korero/NZ Education Gazette. Retrieved from http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?
No review of school funding on table
NZ CityMs Parata told the Herald on Sunday the government did not want to fund schools according to their raw results in national standards or NCEA, but on how much teachers had helped students to learn over the course of six months or a year. She did not go ...
Herald on Sunday editorial: Schools do their best for pupils
Everyone agrees: We need to talk about how we fund our schools. Ranking schools in 10 decile bands according to the relative deprivation of their neighbourhoods is a very crude way to decide resourcing.Up to half of the funding...Get politics out of our schools
Stuff.co.nzI want to see National Standards wiped for at least the first three years of schooling and I want to see that schools that need more assistance with struggling pupils, can get the resources required. Cross party decisions from Government are required ...
Linking school funding to NS data horrififies teachers
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“Linking funding to ropey National Standards data will effectively suck money out of the schools that need extra funding for high needs children and pump it into high-decile schools. It will also distort teaching and learning by driving a narrow focus ...
More students with learning problems will access exam help
Ministry of Education and the NZ Qualifications Authority announce more students with learning problems will be able to access exam help.
He said allowing teacher trainees with convictions in the classroom on school placements was not acceptable when they were likely to fail the test of becoming a teacher. "Priority needs to be given to the health and safety of students in the classroom ...
ACC is stepping boldly into the minefield of sex education, amid claims that schools are failing to teach teens how to say "no". The national accident insurer received 4800 sexual violence claims last year and spent about $44 million treating the victims.
It was agreed the school would not run the half-hour lessons during school time, a result heralded as a triumph by Warren and the SecularEducation Network which backed him. Two weeks later, the school sent a letter to parents saying the "opt-in ..
Since 2007, ITOs have embedded literacy and numeracy in their training materials to improve adult literacy and numeracy. Workplaces have a critical role in boosting literacy and numeracy, and ITOs will help achieve progress. · ITOs strengthen research ...
Concerns about trainee teachers with convictions
Stuff.co.nzHe said allowing teacher trainees with convictions in the classroom on school placements was not acceptable when they were likely to fail the test of becoming a teacher. "Priority needs to be given to the health and safety of students in the classroom ...
ACC to take lead in sex education
Stuff.co.nzACC is stepping boldly into the minefield of sex education, amid claims that schools are failing to teach teens how to say "no". The national accident insurer received 4800 sexual violence claims last year and spent about $44 million treating the victims.
Peter Lyons: Technology must earn its place in schools
Teaching has changed in recent decades. One of the biggest changes has been the influences of technology in the classroom in both a physical and attitudinal sense.Students have a need to be constantly connected. Cellphones, iPads,...School restarts religious lessons
Auckland stuff.co.nzIt was agreed the school would not run the half-hour lessons during school time, a result heralded as a triumph by Warren and the SecularEducation Network which backed him. Two weeks later, the school sent a letter to parents saying the "opt-in ..
Tertiary Strategy needs industry support
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Since 2007, ITOs have embedded literacy and numeracy in their training materials to improve adult literacy and numeracy. Workplaces have a critical role in boosting literacy and numeracy, and ITOs will help achieve progress. · ITOs strengthen research ...
Teachers and Support Staff, Payroll—Minister's Statements
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TRACEY MARTIN (NZ First) to the Minister responsible for Novopay: Does he stand by his statement of 11 February 2014, “education payroll is the most complex in New Zealand and more work remains to be done to simplify the business processes to ensure it ...
The school has been under statutory management since November 2012, when an Education Review Office report noted high staff turnover and dissatisfaction. Yesterday, Ms Campbell said she had been the target of "an ... $50,000, the estimated cost of Ms ...
... to integrate digital technologies into teaching and learning so they can take full advantage of the fast, high quality connections provided by the N4L managed network,” says Lesley Hoskin, Associate Deputy Secretary, Student Achievement at the ...
TRACEY MARTIN (NZ First) to the Minister responsible for Novopay: Does he stand by his statement of 11 February 2014, “education payroll is the most complex in New Zealand and more work remains to be done to simplify the business processes to ensure it ...
Principal fighting to retain job
Stuff.co.nzThe school has been under statutory management since November 2012, when an Education Review Office report noted high staff turnover and dissatisfaction. Yesterday, Ms Campbell said she had been the target of "an ... $50,000, the estimated cost of Ms ...
March webinars to teach schools about N4L
Techday NZ... to integrate digital technologies into teaching and learning so they can take full advantage of the fast, high quality connections provided by the N4L managed network,” says Lesley Hoskin, Associate Deputy Secretary, Student Achievement at the ...
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