Tuesday 2 September 2014

education plans 'privatisation by stealth' - Cunliffe

3News NZ
Labour leader David Cunliffe says New Zealanders should be "very worried" about the Government's plans to privatise the education system "by stealth". Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye yesterday said National plans to spend $350 million over the ...

Education needs to get back to basics

Stuff.co.nz
My Miss 9 and Mr 7 are able to fully operate the classroom iPad, they are able to text and call from their smartphones, and they are able to find clips on youtube like no other. But, night after night, we sit down to do the compulsory hour of homework ...

Peter Lyons: I've learned my lesson, life's just not fair

I just realised there may be a vacancy for a fuller-figured right-wing blogger with limited talent for prose. I may be the man for the job.I think we are born with an innate sense of fairness. As we age we learn that unfairness...

Students helped with debt repayments

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
You should start repaying your student loan once you receive an overseas based assessment or earn over the New Zealand wage threshold,” said Ms Knaap. New Zealand student loan borrowers who are living in Australia with an Australian bank account ...

Principals back NCEA focus

Marlborough Express
The Ministry of Education initiative focusing on students on the border of passing or failing NCEA level 2 was introduced in 2012. It aimed to lift the number of ... "All schools have to have Maori, Pasifika and special needs [services]. There are ...

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whangaroa

The existing kura whanau whose children have remained enrolled in the Kura Kaupapa o Whangaroa during the debacle caused by disaffected parents, are concerned that both the Ministry of Education and the media are confusing the real issues in relation ...