Making secondary schools great
Scoop.co.nz (press release)In Changing our secondary schools, published by NZCER Press this week, he says a package of carefully designed and tested measures is needed to move secondary schools from good to outstanding. He hopes the book will stimulate debate and ...
Ex-principal canes slack teachers
Some teachers need to get over their victim mentality and recognise the benefit of cutting their holiday time, a leading principal says. Bali Haque is well known in education, having headed schools, a principals' association and...Calls for major reform of the Education sector
Bali Haque, former school principal and deputy chief executive of NZQA is calling for radical reform of the education sector; how teachers are evaluated and paid and how schools and the bureaucracy are structured, but says Governments need to address socio-economic factors behind failure rates.Parata: Kicking off our plan to lift achievement in schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)That's why we introduced National Standards so parents, teachers, and principals know how students are doing at school. It's why we're building new schools, and investing more money than ever before in education. And it's also why we've introduced this ...
Decile 1 school thriving
Stuff.co.nz"We've got between 80 to 85 per cent of our children achieving at or above National Standards," she said. But there is more to it than that. Most schools are visited by the Education Review Office, ERO, every three years - Hay Park receives a four-to ...
'The children decide what to learn.'
Stuff.co.nzFirst-time principal Steve McLean, who arrived at the school this year, is experimenting with student-directed learning in the junior and senior classrooms, carrying on with work begun by the previous principal and teachers. He hopes to increase it in ...
CORE to lead new Learning Technologies Advisory
CORE Education is pleased to announce their selection to lead the Ministry of Education’s Learning Technologies Advisory (LTA) initiative. The initiative is a three year long contract aimed at supporting New Zealand schools and kura to maximise the potential ...
School's out, this time forever
Stuff.co.nzFor a while, Takaka writer and mother Charlotte Squire thought unschooling children meant "doing sweet FA about their education". That was until she tried it. It happened after her 5-year-old son Kahu Marsh came home from school one day and announced: ...
New education role suits former school prankster
Stuff.co.nzWhile that may be true, it's his party's introduction of charter schools, under a confidence and supply agreement with National, that has gifted him his new portfolio. Five charter schools opened this year and another four are scheduled to open at the ...
The internet could be to blame for a drop in homework hours done by teens throughout the developed world, according to a report from the OECD.
Communities of Schools in Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, West Coast, Canterbury, Otago and Southland will form in the new school year.
Education New Zealand hands promotional duties to foreign students
Following on from last year's campaign featuring a pair of Brazilian bloggers sharing their experiences of studying in New Zealand, Education New Zealand has now launched a new campaign called 'A new adventure every ...
Victoria University commended for student-focused initiative
Victoria University of Wellington’s latest academic audit commends the University for a large number of initiatives, particularly those focusing on Māori and Pasifika students.
Professional school students offer look at new world of extreme ...
Graduate students, assisted by unlimited federal student loans, are finishing professional schools as much as half-a-million dollars in debt. New veterinarians face a particularly difficult situation of high debt and relatively ...
Victoria University commended for student-focused initiative
Victoria University of Wellington’s latest academic audit commends the University for a large number of initiatives, particularly those focusing on Māori and Pasifika students.
The Mind Lab by Unitec links with the Next Foundation
The Mind Lab by Unitec is delighted to announce it is partnering with the NEXT Foundation to deliver 800 scholarships for teachers to undertake postgraduate study in digital and collaborative learning.
Girls at Wellington East gear up for the future of IT
Connaire McKeefry, a Wellington East Girls’ College Year 12 student, is challenging her own stereotype. She is a bright young woman predisposed to studying law or commerce, but after a life changing school trip this year, she is now focussed on a future ...
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