Sunday 10 August 2014

Monday 11 August 2014


Construction begins on merged Lyttelton Primary

Hekia Parata | Education
Construction work is beginning on the first new merged school in the Christchurch Schools Rebuild Programme, following a sod turning event at the site yesterday, Education Minister Hekia Parata says. Lyttelton Primary School, which is the result of the merger of Lyttelton Main and Lyttelton West schools, is being built on the site of the previous Lyttelton Main school and is expected to be completed in Term 4, 2015. ...
John Gerritsen explores the system of funding tertiary education institutions and its impact 

Claims tertiary funding damaging learning

Radio New Zealand
Such complaints show there are clear dangers in the system of tertiary education performance measures and sanctions. The government, however, is confident it is managing those risks. The number of Maori and Pasifika students is steadily increasing, and ...

Education and health vital to Maori success

New Zealand Herald
A mother of nine, she lives in Masterton with her husband and has been involved in education for 26 years, teaching at kohanga reo, kura kaupapa Maori, wharekura, public high schools, and more recently was an adviser at the Ministry of Education in ...

Students' bad spelin blamed on txt spk 

Alarming numbers of secondary students are "catastrophic spellers", a quarter getting nearly every word wrong in a test to gauge word skills, a new study has found. Children were tested on words including...
There are advantages in having a chest infection.For instance, I can get a husky 30s jazz singer drawl, without smoking my way to an early death before I can pay off my student debt. I've also invented the classic game, "can I administer...
Schools are being made to re-enrol students they had kicked out for bad behaviour including carrying weapons, physical assaults and drug use.In the past year, there have been 11 incidences where the Ministry of Education has directed...

Labour to support gifted kids and special character schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
We will also ensure teacher programmes for professional development in this area have sufficient funding. “Today we are releasing our full education policy with new initiatives including our commitment to centrally fund support staff salaries. “In this ...
Labour reveals full education policy

Victoria announces new strategic appointments

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“In addition, the reporting line of New Zealand's first and only Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Pasifika) has been elevated to the Provost, reflecting Victoria's commitment to Pasifika communities. We have also appointed New Zealand's first Assistant ...

Schools Still Failing Disabled Students

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Community organisation CCS Disability Action has said that more needs to be done to ensure schools are inclusive of students with disabilities. CCS Disability Action, Chief Executive, David Matthews said that the Ministry of Education has been working ...

Initiative Launches to Recognise Teachers

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
This year judges include New Zealand Order of Merit recipient, teacher, and former netball star Bernice Mene; Director of Leadership at Palmerston North Boys' High School and Deputy Commander 1 NZBrigade at Linton, Paul King, and Margaret McCaw a ...

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