Protest rallies against inequity in schools
Stuff.co.nzAbout 300 parents, teachers, school support staff rallied with teachers' union NZEI in Wellington about the growing inequity in schools as theeducation minister hosted the International Education Summit inside.Education Minister ... NZEI president ...
Low pay in education sector highlighted
Parata irked by timing of teacher union protest
Stuff.co.nzThe country's largest teachers' union will march on Parliament today protesting against growing inequity in schools at the same time as theeducation minister is hosting an international summit. NZEI has organised rallies in Wellington and Auckland ...
NZEI protest action tramples honour of our Nation
Kids writing in capitals: not useful
The Dominion PostGray said increasingly, "specially with the introduction of National Standards we're losing sight of the huge link between the physical and the intellectual, the way that our brains and our bodies are so, so connected. "The idea of testing children and ...
Official stories shape kids' minds expert
New Zealand HeraldResearched over three years by University of Auckland childhood studies lecturer Dr Marek Tesar, the thesis delved into the effects of the former Department of Education-commissioned stories aimed at helping young children understand and express their ...
Schools' faith in technology 'a cancer'
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The two major issues facing education are the need to free the curriculum from archaic assessment practice (in other words, the removal of national standards) and curbing the rampant spending on technology in schools.National standards are a huge step ...
What works best in the classroom? Please refer to research conducted by John Hattie. Note that anything with an effect size of 0.4 and over is regarded as having a significant influence on learning. Also, on the positive side, step in to classrooms in ...
Willie Te Aho has supported the iwi leadership of Sir Toby Curtis and Pem Bird in asking for the National Kohanga Reo Trust to account for the allegations against its subsidiary company Te Ohanga Pataka Limited. He has also supported the position taken ...
Kohanga funds may be at risk
Parata pushing Kohanga Reo over $50000 koha
The two major issues facing education are the need to free the curriculum from archaic assessment practice (in other words, the removal of national standards) and curbing the rampant spending on technology in schools.National standards are a huge step ...
Help teachers to teach
Stuff.co.nzWhat works best in the classroom? Please refer to research conducted by John Hattie. Note that anything with an effect size of 0.4 and over is regarded as having a significant influence on learning. Also, on the positive side, step in to classrooms in ...
Editorial: Local solutions key to fitting in more pupils
If proof was ever needed that forecast growth in Auckland's population will present challenges well beyond transport infrastructure and housing density, it is to be found in the pressure on school rolls.Demand has resulted in some...Iwi advisor supports Minister on kohanga reo trust
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Willie Te Aho has supported the iwi leadership of Sir Toby Curtis and Pem Bird in asking for the National Kohanga Reo Trust to account for the allegations against its subsidiary company Te Ohanga Pataka Limited. He has also supported the position taken ...
Kohanga funds may be at risk
Parata pushing Kohanga Reo over $50000 koha
Commitments from Labour and Greens a huge boost for school support staff
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed Labour leader David Cunliffe’s commitment that a Labour-led government would work towards centrally funding the salaries of school support staff and paying the Living Wage of $18.80 per hour.
Corporates provide schools with new operating system
It is 7.40 on a humid Auckland morning and a dedicated group of wannabe IT experts is already lining up outside a classroom at Avondale College in the west of the city.While waiting for their teacher to arrive, the students are...Students shouldn't need to borrow to live
"To reclaim tertiary education for students we need to introduce living allowances for all students, and start working immediately to eliminate student fees." This is our line in the sand, said TEU national president Lesley Francey, at tomorrow ...
Te Wananga o Aotearoa, one of New Zealand's largest tertiary education providers, is set to enter the most significant transition phase in its thirty year history. As part of its mission to achieve whanau transformation through education, the institution ...
Joint US-NZ Fulbright scholarship announcement 28 March 2014 US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and New Zealand Minister of Education Hekia Parata today announced the establishment of the Fulbright Distinguished Teaching Awards Programme. The programme ...
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