Sunday 7 September 2014

Monday 8 September 2014

Primary schools go head to head

Stuff.co.nz
"It sounds to me like a numbers game." Wylie, a New Zealand Council for Educational Research's chief researcher, said a national survey of 180 primary and intermediate principals found that 59 per cent felt they were in direct competition with nearby ...

Maori Party reveal education policy

New Zealand Herald
Pukeroa Oruawhata Kohanga Reo head kaiako (teacher) Jocelyn Callaghan said the increase would be good for Maori families. "With the extra free hours more Maori families will get into some form of early childhood education and hopefully that will be ...

Education major issue for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti voters

Māori Television
Funding is also an issue for Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Whānau Whānui in Tolaga Bay, and despite the benefit of 20 hours free ECE, that too has its difficulties. Ngoi Pewhairangi says although kōhanga is one of the oldest Māori education institutes, it's ...

National pledges special education funding

Stuff.co.nz
Leader John Key and education spokeswoman Hekia Parata announced the party's education policy in New Plymouth this morning. They were also promoting the $359 million 'Investing in Educational Success' package announced earlier this year. It comes ...
Teachers protest Govt's education plan
National will build on its strong progress in education

Primary teachers hit streets

Stuff.co.nz
Macindoe said NZEI was misrepresenting parts of the "really significant" policy. "The most important thing we can do is ensure that we have the best possible people in front of every classroom in the country," he said.

Teachers call for National's IES policy to be scrapped

Māori Television
Investing in educational success is the name of a flagship policy of the national government but 93% of principals and teachers nationwide have rejected it. Today they took the matter to MPs' offices across the country. The street outside Kelvin Davis ...

Shake-up of school interventions called

Schools want the government to pay more of the cost of the commissioners and managers they send to fix troubled schools.

Little progress in tackling 'flawed' literacy plan

3News NZ
The Ministry of Education's head of student achievement, Dr Graham Stoop, admits the Government needs to do more to improve overall literacy rates. He says the ministry is currently working with Professor Chapman and his colleagues to trial various ...

NZ pupils struggling to speak

Fewer children starting school can speak in sentences, prompting an investigation by education chiefs.Primary schools around the country have noted a decline in the spoken-language abilities of new entrants and the Ministry of Education...

Schools under the microscope

New Zealand's education system has long been rated among the world's best.But a fall in international league tables has seen a bout of introspection from those in charge of how exactly we teach the country's 760,000 school students.Education...
Another National government may introduce more charter schools to maintain diversity, but Labour says it would scrap them altogether.The announcements were made by Education Minister Hekia Parata and Labour's education spokesman...

Teachers oppose incentive plan

Taranaki Daily News
The Government's multi-million dollar education plan would be better spent more sensibly than on hiring top-tiered managers, a New Plymouth principal says. Paul Johnson, of Tikorangi School, was among 60 supporters who took part in the nationwide NZEI ...

Parata needs to listen, say protesting teachers 

Teachers are turning up the heat on the education minister in protest against the Government's flagship education policy.

Educators push for better plan

Marlborough Express
The union's "better plan" promotes smaller classes, 100 per cent qualified early childhood education teachers and more funding for special needs, as well as reviewing support staff funding and support initiatives for Maori and Pasifika students. Labour ...

Q+A: Hekia Parata & Chris Hipkins

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
PARATA you can't have that argument both ways – that there is no consistency and that it is all completely standardised, actually NZ runs the highest trust model of this kind in the western world. ... CORIN ok Charter Schools – you would stop them? Why?

Teachers stand up for kids rather than pay packets

Thousands of primary teachers, principals and supporters have rallied at MPs' offices around New Zealand today to reject the government's Investing in Educational Success policy and push for A Better Plan.

schools go beyond learning

Stuff.co.nz
They can go out and play after, but this school has time set aside to eat as a group first. You cannot help a child if you don't witness their need.Schools are turning to trusts and charities for help sustaining their young because many are arriving ...

Don't Let ACT Wreck Our Education System

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A single ACT MP brought in charter schools in 2011 and 2014 ACT Epsom electorate candidate David Seymour has boasted about his involvement in the policy and has committed to expanding it, she said. “PPTA welcomes good education policy from ...

Uni looks to young innovators

A multimillion-dollar business growth fund is set to begin investing in ambitious companies through a crowdfunding initiative.Using the newly launched crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect, the University of Auckland Business School...

Minister attends homebased educators’ conference

The Minister of Education, Hon Hekia Parata, is attending the New Zealand Homebased ECE Association Conference in Wellington on Friday September 5.

Nature is the Classroom for Playcentre Children

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Nature is the Classroom for Playcentre Children. Karori Playcentre's older children enjoy a special session each week that takes them out to Wellington's beaches, parks and reserves. Known as 'Tamariki Nui', the session is for a small group of children ...

PPTA Running Desperate Campaign Against Partnership Schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
"We know that the children going to the five partnership schools are thrilled with the advantages they get from these schools. I believe every child should be able to access a good school, but currently New Zealand is failing its most vulnerable students.

Future looks bright with new learning platform

Techday NZ
“The ePortfolio mobile app will help our students capture evidence of their learning, as many of them spend quite a lot of time out in the workplace as part of their studies,” said Germany. “Students will be able to showcase achievements and milestones ...

Auckland private school in damage control

3News NZ
With a polished reputation and a proud history, St Cuthbert's College is in damage control mode. The senior football team's antics this week while on tour in Rotorua have cost the coach his job. It was a striptease by one of the girls in full view of ...
Coach stood down after girl's strip

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