Monday 24 March 2014

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Social climbing leading to decile drift

New Zealand Herald
NZCER chief researcher Dr Cathy Wylie said the survey found almost all schools with enrolment zones - intended to check the over-growth of some schools at the expense of others - took students from outside their zone. Forty-one per cent of schools with ...

Hekia Parata.

New Zealand Herald
It's been labeled a 'whitewash' or a 'brownwash' by opposition politicians and many commentators. Whatever the truth, the Government-initiated report released last week about the Kohanga Reo National Trust has certainly not satisfied critics, or killed ...
Kohanga trust, TPO will cooperate with investigations
Cunliffe: 'Hard analysis' needed in Kohanga investigation
Turia welcomes scrutiny of Kohanga arm

Can the Kohanga Reo movement survive ongoing controversy?

After repeated calls to front up on the allegations of misusing funds, the Kohanga Reo Trust responded yesterday with a statement.

Labour says Hekia Parata must do more on Kohanga

Labour leader David Cunliffe discusses the issue.

Kōhanga board told to sort itself out

Māori Television
We spoke for a short while and she said the board is committed to theKōhanga reo movement, but did not want to be interviewed. All of these issues will undoubtedly be vigorously debated in the coming meeting, where it's hoped a resolution will be found.

'Dire need' for 5000 more apprentices

Stuff.co.nz
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce said all options would need to be used to meet the demand for construction workers, including apprenticeships and bringing in more skilled workers from overseas. "We're not relying on ...

Market values don't work in schools

Stuff.co.nz
I have watched with dismay over the last five-plus years as the Government has continually pursued policies that have been shown overseas to damage public education. Starting with the neither-National nor-Standard policy rushed through parliament under ...

Website lets parents keep in touch

Stuff.co.nz
Next month Dixon will be submitting to the education and science select committee, which has been hearing submissions as part of an inquiry into engaging parents in their children's education. "There are many centres that don't have the resources to ...

Trust statement doesn't get Hekia off hook

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Ms Parata's latest blunder comes on top of a procession of stuff-ups and high-handed pronouncements: performance-based funding for schools, larger class sizes, the Canterbury schools' debacle, Charter Schools, and National Standards. Labour welcomes ...

School Principals Set Date On Continuing Policy Engagement

Principals across the country have become increasingly concerned about the direction and implementation of the Investing in Educational Success proposition which was announced by the Prime Minister in January, and are now asking in increasing numbers ...

University ponders future support

waateanews.com
The university, which hosts Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga, was criticised at last week's national workshop on Maori research for its silence over the Tertiary Education Commissions's decision to stop funding the centre. But Jim Peters says the university is ...

Jobs to go at Lincoln

Stuff.co.nz
Lincoln-based Tertiary Education Union (TEU) organiser Cindy Doull said the restructure would affect eight to 10 per cent of the university's roughly 650 staff. Two change proposals had already been released to facilities management staff and those in ...

Dynamic principal dies

Auckland stuff.co.nz
A pioneer of West Auckland education will be remembered for turning a Glen Eden school around. Russell Fletcher was the principal of Glen Eden Intermediate School for 30 years, from 1962 until 1992. He is credited with boosting the school community ...

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