Students can't go to the toilet, let alone do maths
Stuff.co.nzSome pupils can hardly toilet themselves, let alone reach National Standards in reading and writing, a principal says. * School Report: Results and info on every school in NZ · * 'Desperately trying to catch up' · * 'School is for exploring'. Aranui ...
Principal says schools 'slammed' over National Standards results
Stuff.co.nzAranui Primary School, like all Christchurch schools, has for three years been juggling quake-related issues with the high achievement expectations, and principal Mike Allen said none of the extra challenges were taken into account. "We're already ...
School funding needs fixing
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Real Estate agents love it but those at the coal face say the school decile system needs fixing. A Sunday Star-Times survey of nearly 400 of the country's 2400 schools exclusively reveals the extent of funding disparities, in the biggest overhaul of ...
Yule said there was too much testing in schools now and IB offered a well-rounded alternative with a global focus. There were few, if any countries, with just three assessment levels at secondary school like NCEA and Yule said teachers were ...
But the 11-year-old is doing his best to concentrate as one of 20 students staring intently at a man, perched like a grasshopper, brandishing a golden stick and bowl in a classroom at Westmere Primary school in central Auckland. Legs crossed, arms ...
Real Estate agents love it but those at the coal face say the school decile system needs fixing. A Sunday Star-Times survey of nearly 400 of the country's 2400 schools exclusively reveals the extent of funding disparities, in the biggest overhaul of ...
Govt's student assessments not needed in this school
Stuff.co.nzYule said there was too much testing in schools now and IB offered a well-rounded alternative with a global focus. There were few, if any countries, with just three assessment levels at secondary school like NCEA and Yule said teachers were ...
Putting mindfulness in the curriculum
Stuff.co.nzBut the 11-year-old is doing his best to concentrate as one of 20 students staring intently at a man, perched like a grasshopper, brandishing a golden stick and bowl in a classroom at Westmere Primary school in central Auckland. Legs crossed, arms ...
Lack of male teachers 'affecting boys'
Students are now less likely to have a male teacher, with many going through their early education years without ever encountering a male role model. Ministry of Education figures show fewer than one-in-five primary school teachers...School's teacher loss stirs unease
A primary school lost more than 55 teachers in four years - but got a government inspector's tick of approval.Some children at Manurewa's Rowandale School had as many as four different teachers assigned to their class in a single...
State rejects sex ed changes
New guidelines for sex education will be released in a few weeks, but the Government will shy away from ordering schools to teach more than basic biology.The Ministry of Education is due to release the new blueprint in December,...Herald on Sunday editorial: Give teens stronger lessons on consent
We ask a great deal of schools. When any social problem arises we will agree the solution lies in education, which usually means schools. Where sex is concerned, we need to ask much more of them.Incidents such as the recent "Roast..
Let's talk about sex ... and love, respect and consent
The party is in full swing - teenagers are laughing, drinking and dancing. On the couch in the middle of the room sits a girl - she's wearing a short skirt and is perilously close to drunken oblivion. She's hemmed in by a young guy....Childcare company flags cuts as risk
Evolve Education Group, which will raise $132 million through a trans-Tasman share market listing next month, has flagged changes to government funding for early childhood care as one of the main risks its business faces.The Auckland-based...
Evolve Education Group plans to use more than $132 million it is raising from a share market float to buy a number of businesses that will create the company.
The children go to daycare, and across the hall mums head to theclassrooms. "Sometimes you're teaching and you're holding a baby at the same time. Sometimes the baby is passed from one mother to another – everything that happens around children is ...
It's almost that time of the year when high school students sit down with their parents to plan the rest of their lives. Time-consuming and often very expensive, going to any tertiary institute is a huge decision. Among the big questions are: is it ...
One in five students eligible to borrow from the Student Loan Scheme don't. Most of those will be the lucky ones, whose families are funding their educations, or people funding fees and living costs from savings, or their partner's earnings. For the ...
Apart from a small branch of the University of Otago's college of education, the city is free from varsity ties, instead reliant on its successful polytechnic for tertiary education. It's a far cry ... Modern universities seem to favour more scientific ...
Teen mums not giving up on education
3News NZThe children go to daycare, and across the hall mums head to theclassrooms. "Sometimes you're teaching and you're holding a baby at the same time. Sometimes the baby is passed from one mother to another – everything that happens around children is ...
Is a university degree worth it?
3News NZIt's almost that time of the year when high school students sit down with their parents to plan the rest of their lives. Time-consuming and often very expensive, going to any tertiary institute is a huge decision. Among the big questions are: is it ...
Are student loans bad debt?
Stuff.co.nzOne in five students eligible to borrow from the Student Loan Scheme don't. Most of those will be the lucky ones, whose families are funding their educations, or people funding fees and living costs from savings, or their partner's earnings. For the ...
It's University Challenge 2.0
Stuff.co.nzApart from a small branch of the University of Otago's college of education, the city is free from varsity ties, instead reliant on its successful polytechnic for tertiary education. It's a far cry ... Modern universities seem to favour more scientific ...
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