Minister announces establishment of new school for the Aranui Community Campus
Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata today announced the establishment of a Year 1-13 school to provide education to children and young people in east Christchurch as part of the new Aranui Community Campus. The school will be built on the current Aranui High School site and will open for term 1, 2017. ...
Our Pacific Issues correspondent, Karen Mangnall, visits schools in Auckland that are bucking their low-decile status to raise Pasifika achievement, sometimes dramatically.
Pasifika kids 'lose language' at school
Radio New Zealand
The head of languages at Auckland University of Technology, Sharon Harvey, says New Zealand effectively has an English-only policy in all primary schools apart from kura kaupapa Maori. No caption. Photo: PHOTO NZ. She says some Pasifika children can ...
The head of languages at Auckland University of Technology, Sharon Harvey, says New Zealand effectively has an English-only policy in all primary schools apart from kura kaupapa Maori. No caption. Photo: PHOTO NZ. She says some Pasifika children can ...
Call to pay low-decile teachers more
Radio New Zealand
A south Auckland principal is calling for teachers in decile 1 and 2 schools to be paid more than elsewhere if the Government is serious about raisingPasifika achievement. An Auckland principal says teachers in low-decile school deserve higher pay.
Explicit sex education at a West Coast primary school has sparked a flurry of complaints from shocked parents with one family pulling their children out in protest. Blaketown School trustee Jo-Anne Sim resigned from the board on February 9 in disgust ...
A south Auckland principal is calling for teachers in decile 1 and 2 schools to be paid more than elsewhere if the Government is serious about raisingPasifika achievement. An Auckland principal says teachers in low-decile school deserve higher pay.
Pupils' sex lesson upsets parents
Auckland stuff.co.nzExplicit sex education at a West Coast primary school has sparked a flurry of complaints from shocked parents with one family pulling their children out in protest. Blaketown School trustee Jo-Anne Sim resigned from the board on February 9 in disgust ...
Playcentres call for more funding
3News NZShe says it is still waiting for a funding review that the Ministry ofEducation promised it 10 years ago. "[A] playcentre is funded $1 for every $10 a private provider would be funded," says the association's media officer, Jeremy Randerson. Private ...
Religion ban fears grow
Concerns are being raised that all religious symbolism could be abolished from schools following the removal of Bible studies from an Auckland school timetable.Some parents are worried that New Zealand could follow the lead of...Kiwi students put to the test
James Newland is a little disappointed he only scraped a pass mark of 78 per cent in his latest physics exam. That is because he is top in the world at business studies.This smartly turned-out 17-year-old is head boy at the small,...
Herald on Sunday editorial: Parents - do homework on schools
One of the biggest jobs parents face is setting up their children in the right school. Those who succeed believe they are providing those children with a head start in a competitive world. Extraordinary steps are being taken to gain...London kohanga keeps identity alive
Radio New ZealandA London kohanga reo is making sure Maori children have their own space to learn about their identity. Te Kohanga Reo o Ranana, which is based on the kohanga reo model in Aotearoa, opened its doors in 1997 and holds lessons with 13 tamariki once a ...
This Children’s Day (Sunday March 2) NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on all political parties to ensure children get the maximum benefit from early education by committing to all teachers in ECE services being qualified and registered by 2020.
Human Rights Commision mulls ageism allegation on student ...
It is amazing that there have been only 6 complaints about the new restrictions on student allowances for over 40s. It is not only blatantly ageist, but is effectively sexist in that a significant proportion of over-40students are ...Cheating students got teacher fired
Stuff.co.nzDuring the lesson she was called away to another classroom for about 10 minutes. While she was gone, the students took advantage of her absence to photograph the marking schedule using their smartphones, the ERA said. When the students re-sat the ...
Boarding schools face huge backpay bills to hostel staff
A school that must pay out on a hefty backpay bill to hostel staff says the Government needs to ensure boarding remains an affordable option.More than 100 school hostels could be hit with large bills after the Employment Court awarded...
The Faculty of Education has achieved a notable first for the University of Waikato, being ranked in the top 50 in the world in the latest QS Subject Rankings.
Tablets replace books at St Paul's goes hi tech
Stuff.co.nzPlus there was a range of free educational apps. An iPad costs from $450 to $1399, depending on the model and capabilities, but Mr Lander said the school's only requirements were that it was an iPad and had at least 32 gigabytes of memory. While it's ...
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