Schools step up drills to tackle rise in violence
Wanganui ChronicleA 2013 survey of more than 700 primary and intermediate teachers by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research showed 14 per cent had occasionally felt unsafe at school, and 11 per cent in their classroom. - WANGANUI CHRONICLE.
New model of teacher training applauded
3News NZ"Almost all participants were showing leadership in the classroom, with some also taking strong leadership roles within their department," the report said. Participants were reported to be extremely hard working ... like to employ more participants in ...
Creative Industries Pathway launched
Steven Joyce | Education
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced the release of the Creative Industries Vocational Pathway at the Te Ara Whakamana: Pathways, Transitions and Bridges to Tertiary Education Forum 2014 in Wellington. The Creative Industries Pathway is the sixth in a series of pathways designed to help students select subjects at both senior secondary school and in foundation-level tertiary education in vocational areas that interest them. ...
Pasifika primary teachers and principals say the Government's $359 million flagship education policy could do more harm than good for Pacific Island students. The warning has come from more than 200 educators at the New Zealand Educational Institute's ...
Pasifika educators lukewarm on policy
Radio New ZealandPasifika primary teachers and principals say the Government's $359 million flagship education policy could do more harm than good for Pacific Island students. The warning has come from more than 200 educators at the New Zealand Educational Institute's ...
Act offers schools charter option
Act wants to give all state schools the option of becoming charter schools, Act leader Jamie Whyte said today.That would give them freedom to opt out of the control of the Ministry of Education, to give boards control of how their...Charter schools: 'No one is queuing up for more'
The Act Party education policy of allowing schools to opt into a charter school format has prompted an education union to urge the National Party to steer clear of any coalition partnership deals after this year's election. ACT leader...Charter schools 'separate' from public schools - PM
3News NZPartnership schools, also known as charter schools, are free to employ who they want and pay them what they want. They can also set their own curriculum and the length of the school day and year. ACT made the establishment of partnership schools a ...
ACT charter school policy 'crackpot nonsense'
Speech to ACT Northern Regional Conference
ACT to free all schools from ministry
3News NZPartnership schools, also known as charter schools, are free to employ who they want and pay them what they want. ACT made the establishment of partnership schools a condition of its confidence and supply agreement with the National-led government, ...
Baby charter schools raise more questions
NZEI Te Riu Roa says concerns around the potential of new charter schools being extended to babies and pre-schoolers show that the government needs to come clean about the full extent of its plans for the education sector before the election.Pasifika educators question benefits of charter schools for Pasifika kids
Charter schools may put the quality of education Pasifika students receive at risk, participants at a Pasifika education fono warned this weekend.
Prime Minister John Key should immediately reassure parents about his commitment to quality public education by ruling out ever doing a deal with ACT over its latest education policy of state schools "opting in" to become charter schools, NZEI Te Riu
Editorial: Judge right to tell school it was out of line
Teenagers are always testing limits. That, simply, is what they do. Over the years, the validity of these limits may change. From time to time, parents and schools must decide which should be inviolable and which can be relaxed without...
New Zealand schools are facing hefty legal bills to ensure their rules on students' appearance are legally watertight following a High Court ruling that a college's decree on hair length was not legally enforceable. Lucan Battison,...
... in any real trouble before, but his clean record didn't count for much. When Campbell Live last saw Demetric his lessons were being emailed to him - he was unwelcome in the classroom. Like Lucan, there have been some major developments for Demetric.
College principals will deliver on their promise to supply expert advice to parents at a public meeting on the future shape of Blenheim's secondary education. At the request of both college boards, the ministry will send three specialists to the ...
The course has students spending a day in the classroom each week, then 20 hours of work experience with a family. Porse receives funding from the Ministry of Education, so the internship course is free. The Phoenix Group's Jacqui Cribb said the ...
Should hair length be dictated by schools?
3News NZ... in any real trouble before, but his clean record didn't count for much. When Campbell Live last saw Demetric his lessons were being emailed to him - he was unwelcome in the classroom. Like Lucan, there have been some major developments for Demetric.
Chance for parents to weigh school options
Stuff.co.nzCollege principals will deliver on their promise to supply expert advice to parents at a public meeting on the future shape of Blenheim's secondary education. At the request of both college boards, the ministry will send three specialists to the ...
Apprenticeships back in favour
Stuff.co.nzThe course has students spending a day in the classroom each week, then 20 hours of work experience with a family. Porse receives funding from the Ministry of Education, so the internship course is free. The Phoenix Group's Jacqui Cribb said the ...
Verity Johnson: Exporting expert teachers weakens learning experience
Don't you love being patronising to people who are slightly younger than you?It serves them right for being so young, shiny and goddamn active. Right now, I'm getting increasing pleasure from snorting at high school students.The...
Iwi leaders back reo plan
waateanews.com"This is not grass roots reo development from our kohanga and our whanau and hapu and in our iwi. This is about the crown's delivery of their committment to the Maori language, and it was a restructuring of that area, and so that's what has recently ...
For sale: One student loan
Stuff.co.nzIt's not uncommon for cash-strapped student to sell items on Trade Me to pay off their student loan. But one student has cut to the chase and is selling their $26,508.34 debt instead. In a listing posted today Trademaster 55 asked affluent viewers to ...
Clark-Reynolds Appointed to Centre for Gifted Education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)"All kids deserve the best education possible in order to help them to reach their potential. Sadly many gifted kids go unrecognised and unsupported in NZ, and I want to make a difference for those kids and their families. It is an honour to be involved.
New Zealand teachers make youth employment their business
Hundreds of New Zealand teachers will trade classrooms for boardrooms to boost students’ job prospects during ‘ Teachers’ Workchoice Day’ - a unique ‘workplace education’ initiative.
The trade academies - places like Taratahi Agricultural College near Masterton - put students on farms for up to two days a week to earn marks towards NCEA level 2, an area where New Zealand students are performing poorly. Under the guarantee fees-free ...
Wanted: young farm workers for the future
Stuff.co.nzThe trade academies - places like Taratahi Agricultural College near Masterton - put students on farms for up to two days a week to earn marks towards NCEA level 2, an area where New Zealand students are performing poorly. Under the guarantee fees-free ...
Masterton high school bounces to the top
A once-failing high school's spectacular bounce back from the brink of closure should make prejudiced parents think again, an education leader says.
New Kindergarten to be named ‘Wairakei’
The convenor of the Establishment Committee, Natasha Brokenshire, for the new Papamoa East kindergarten announced today that her committee had approved the name, Wairakei. This had come about after consultation with Nga Potiki. The new kindergarten is to ...
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