Decision to merge Phillipstown and Woolston Schools
Hekia Parata | EducationThe Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced her decision on the proposed merger of Phillipstown School and Woolston School. "After a period of continued consultation and fresh consideration of the merger proposal, I have made a new decision that these schools will merge. ...
High Court says there is a case to answer in relation to leaky school building allegations
Nikki Kaye | EducationAssociate Education Minister Nikki Kaye said today that legal action will continue in relation to the supply of allegedly defective wall cladding materials by Carter Holt Harvey (CHH). This follows CHH failing to have the Ministry of Education’s product liability claim struck out in the High Court last week. “I am pleased with the recent judgement and support the Ministry continuing to pursue all avenues that support delivery of the best possible learning environments for our students and teachers,” Ms Kaye says. ...
Phillipstown, Woolston schools to merge
Stuff.co.nzEducation Minister Hekia Parata announced the decision to continue with the merger this morning. The two schools will merge onto the Woolston School site from the start of the 2015 school year. Parata said made the decision to stick with the proposal ...
Phillipstown School will launch a second round of legal action against Education Minister Hekia Parata over her final decision to merge it on the site of Woolston School.
Phillipstown lawyers to meet with Minister's legal team
The lawyers for a Christchurch school will today meet with Ministry counterparts in an attempt to stop Hekia Parata pressing on with a planned merger.
Women need to act to save seats on councils
Parliament needs to hear from women if it is going to vote to protect women’s voice on university and wānanga councils says TEU women’s vice-president Cat Pausé.Schools encouraged to engage with parents with bad education experiences
Engaging with parents who suffered negative experiences during their own education is helping their children achieve greater academic success, a select committee has heard today.A submission from Adult and Community Education (ACE)...
NZEI unhappy about school leadership package
Primary teachers' union NZEI said tonight its members were not happy about having the new $360 million school leadership package sprung on them without consultation.But it will wait until it gets more detail about the policy proposal...
NZEI members to vote on new education roles
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter says teachers and principals are extremely cynical about the new package because it totally ignores the biggest problem in our education system – the one in four kids who live in poverty and the impact of that on ...
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter says teachers and principals are extremely cynical about the new package because it totally ignores the biggest problem in our education system – the one in four kids who live in poverty and the impact of that on ...
Māori researchers keep pressure on funding stalemate
Māori researchers are calling on Government Ministers to come up with ways of tackling the issue of Māori research funding. They believe the decision not to advance Māori research body Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga into the final round for Centre of Research ...Cultural competency for teachers
Radio New ZealandThe Ministry of Education is introducing fresh requirements for teachers, new and old, to be culturally competent and know how to teach Māori students. Officials in charge of the Maori learning strategy, Ka Hikitia, appeared before the Parliamentary ...
Peter Lyons: Teacher performance not an exact science
What makes a good teacher? I just watched a short piece on TV about what makes a good teacher, albeit on one of those infotainment programmes that have replaced investigative reporting.The presenters were adamant that they knew...
Why do we study?
Interest.co.nzEducation as an investment was the primary reason I took on a degree in the first place but, even though it is the largest investment I have made in my life, I was one of those students who never calculated whether it was financially worthwhile. So ...
Intueri Education poised to list
Auckland stuff.co.nzIntueri Education includes North Shore International Academy, The Cut Above Academy, Elite International School of Beauty and Spa Therapies, Design & Arts College and NZ School of Commercial Diver Training. In a pre-IPO restructuring, Arowana has ...
Hekia Parata fails to answer basic questions
Education Minister Hekia Parata’s inability to answer even the most basic questions about her proposed new Executive Principal roles will have alarm bells ringing in school communities all around the country, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris ...
Trustees at a south Taranaki school are questioning the timing of a Government move to sack them. Laura Snowden was appointed commissioner to Manaia Primary School after Education Minister Hekia Parata dissolved the board of trustees last month, but ...
Trustees nonplussed at sacking
Stuff.co.nzTrustees at a south Taranaki school are questioning the timing of a Government move to sack them. Laura Snowden was appointed commissioner to Manaia Primary School after Education Minister Hekia Parata dissolved the board of trustees last month, but ...
Parenting - Teaching kids critical thinking
Yvonne Morrison is a former school teacher and scientist and now childrens author. Her latest book is "The Three Bears … Sort Of" - which is a child friendly introduction to the process of skeptical thinking.
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