Wednesday 25 June 2014

25-26 June 2014

Teachers still enjoy jobs - survey

Stuff.co.nz
Education reforms, including national standards, were not helping to improve student achievement and created more work, the report suggested. Some of the big challenges facing schools were funding problems, inadequate ICT equipment and internet ...

Winners of PM’s Education Excellence Awards

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the winners of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards demonstrate the amazing work being done to give young New Zealanders better educational outcomes and more promising futures. Finalists, representing early childhood, primary, secondary and secondary-tertiary partnerships, gathered at Te Papa where Prime Minister John Key presented awards to the winners. ...

Funding for youth organisations Nikki Kaye | Youth Affairs

Youth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye today announced funding totalling $122,000 for a range of youth organisations with a focus on improving opportunities for young people. The Ministry of Youth Development funding will support a diverse range of organisations and projects. Recipients are the Far North District Council, the Great Potentials Foundation, the Isolated Communities youth grant fund, the LGBTI youth sector, and the volunteer youth programme for New Zealand Fashion Week. 

Government awards first prizes for education excellence

The Government is often at loggerheads with teachers, but last night it was singing their praises and giving them prizes.
The Employers and Manufacturers Association is calling for a "meaningful assessment of students' skills" because it says NCEA report cards are too long and confusing. EMA general manager David Lowe said it was a clear-cut ... Ministry of Education student achievement deputy secretary Rowena Phair said a wide range of organisations, including employers, were consulted in during NCEA's development. "Students who have achieved an NCEA qualification have ...
School-leavers would be issued with a certificate detailing their tardiness, attendance and attitude under a scheme called for by employers.The Employers and Manufacturers Association says businesses are struggling with young people...
More than 100 schools serving thousands of students have been found to be in difficulty by inspectors in the past year.Poor leadership and governance, a need to improve the quality of teaching or an unsafe environment are some of... 
Perhaps it's being part of an industry with financial challenges, so to speak, or perhaps it's just jealousy, but Chalkie gets twitchy around persistent price rises.

Big pay gap for low paid education workers

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Why is the government prepared to spend $359m on its controversial Investing in Educational Success policy when it will not pay special education support staff a fair wage?” “Teachers and parents know that these people are an extremely valuable ...

NZEI welcomes Labour's commitment to prioritise education investment

NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes Labour’s plan to make real and much-needed new investment in children’s futures, announced in its fiscal policy today.

Kerikeri High School transforms learning for Maori pupils

3News NZ
What school should you send your kids to? It's one of the biggest questions you'll have to answer as a parent. In a ceremony today, 16 education providers are in the running for the first Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards. They're not ...

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