Primary school tries out boys-only classes
3News NZ"We're roughly about 93 percent at or above National Standards," says principal Bruce Cunningham, "so our data doesn't suggest we need a boy-only [class]. It was centred around engagement and motivation, and different learning styles." The class's ...
Drinking down and achievement up
New Zealand HeraldAnd you can't afford to buy a home if you don't have a good job." Enrolments in early childhood education continued to increase and secondary school pupils continued to improve on the NCEA tables. The number of Pasifika youngsters being stood down has ...
More students learning Latin than Samoan
3News NZSinging in Samoan at Sunday service is a joy for pupils, and yesterday year 13 Samoan language students from 10 different Auckland schools gathered under one roof to celebrate the start of a week that promotes their native tongue. "It's a big part of ...
More groups apply for charter schools
Radio New ZealandThe first group of the publicly-funded private schools opened this year and the applications are for schools that will open next year. The applicants include five that applied in the first round and missed out, and one, the Villa Education Trust, which ...
Charter school experiment continues despite public view
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Ian Leckie says time and again the government has been told that New Zealanders want to retain a quality public education system and do not want education funds diverted into propping up costly charter schools. “Money to charter schools means less ...
Charter school cover-up
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The Green Party is challenging the Government to come clean about how much it's planning to spend on the latest round of charter schools, as officials warn of the serious risks involved in opening more schools without first seeing whether the existing ...
QPEC: Charter School Arrogance versus the Public Interest
Scoop.co.nz (press release)For example, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires public hearings in the areas where charter schools are proposed to be located and invites written submissions from the public on shortlisted applicants.
University of Auckland proposes job cuts
Stuff.co.nzMore than 100 jobs at the University of Auckland will be lost under proposed restructuring of administrative services. The University employs 1211 full time administrative staff. The proposed new structure will reduce this by 109 full time jobs as the ...
Demand for Parental Engagement in Kids’ Learning
Over 180 educators and community advocates came together last week under the Learning Auckland banner, to discuss practical ways to increase parent engagement with children’s learning.
The University of Canterbury is producing graduate students who will be of significant benefit to Maori organisations and businesses in the future and a special new course soon will up the ante.
Family Works Northern provides 126 low decile primary and intermediate schools with a social worker. They provide social work services to help children overcome the effects of bullying and abuse while at school, at home and in the community. Family ...
Playful pups to preserve students' sanity
Stressed university students cramming for exams are being offered puppies to pat in a local echo of an international trend featuring petting zoos, pop-up pubs and bubble wrap.School in red spends up large on Fonterra shares
A school already in financial strife spent almost half a million dollars on company shares - to get the milk from its dilapidated school farm collected. Northland College was in the red when it bought the Fonterra shares without...Ninety four percent of Kiwis bullied at school
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Family Works Northern provides 126 low decile primary and intermediate schools with a social worker. They provide social work services to help children overcome the effects of bullying and abuse while at school, at home and in the community. Family ...
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