Projects get big slice of $1.7m fund for schools
Southland TimesThe initiative, co-ordinated by New Zealand Council for Educational Research, was established by the Government in 2003 with the aim of building knowledge about teaching that will lead to improved outcomes for learners. Palmerston North-based education ...
$1.7 million for research to improve student outcomes
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed funding of $1.7 million from the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) for research projects to improve educational outcomes for students. Eight recipients receive funding in the 2014 research programme for work to enhance the links between educational research and teaching and learning. “These projects are in line with what the Government is focused on in terms of raising educational achievement,” says Ms Parata. ...
The government would be hard pressed to get good measures on these and other things that parents might value. And given that only 5% of parents in a 2013 NZCER survey mentioned National Standards as an influence on their school choice, they are likely ...
Standardised education belongs in the industrial era
Interest.co.nzThe government would be hard pressed to get good measures on these and other things that parents might value. And given that only 5% of parents in a 2013 NZCER survey mentioned National Standards as an influence on their school choice, they are likely ...
Minister welcomes secondary principals’ vote
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the vote from secondary school principals on two key elements of the Investing in Educational Success initiative. Ms Parata says the new leadership role across communities of schools and the principal recruitment allowance are important parts of the $359 million plan to lift educational achievement. “The principals’ vote follows the strong support from secondary teachers for the new teaching roles we will also have when communities of schools begin operating from the first term of next year. ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata says more kids are getting the best start to school, with early childhood education participation at its highest ever level. Ms Parata says latest figures show 96 percent of children starting school in September this year had already participated in some form of quality ECE. “That’s up from 94.7 percent in early 2012 when the Government set its Better Public Service targets. ...
More kids off to a great start in education
Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata says more kids are getting the best start to school, with early childhood education participation at its highest ever level. Ms Parata says latest figures show 96 percent of children starting school in September this year had already participated in some form of quality ECE. “That’s up from 94.7 percent in early 2012 when the Government set its Better Public Service targets. ...
First communities of schools a big win for kids
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has approved the first communities of schools, saying they are a big win for thousands of New Zealand kids. Ms Parata says the first 11 communities will begin from term one of next year as part of the Government’s $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative to lift educational achievement. “We’ve had 71 expressions of interest so far, and today I’ve approved the first communities of schools which together have nearly 38 thousand students.” ...
Education Minister Hekia Parata has appointed an advisory group to help children get the best possible start to their early learning and schooling. The Advisory Group on Early Learning will recommend practical ways to ensure children have consistent teaching and learning from birth to eight years old, including helping teachers to implement the early childhood education curriculum. ...
More than 5000 unregistered teachers are working in New Zealand schools, according to the Teachers Council.
The ACT MP flying the flag for charter schools is standing by the rollout of more, despite the failings of one in Northland. The New Zealand charter school model is the best in the world and all state schools should have the option to be one, says ...
undaunted by charter failure
Stuff.co.nzThe ACT MP flying the flag for charter schools is standing by the rollout of more, despite the failings of one in Northland. The New Zealand charter school model is the best in the world and all state schools should have the option to be one, says ...
A new voice for classrooms: Push for learning another language
Learning another tongue should be compulsory in New Zealand schools if languages are to stop being the "poor cousin" within the education system, an academic says.Dr Adele Scott surveyed more than 300 language teachers in primary...Push for more language variety
New Zealand primary schools should play a more proactive role in introducing students to a variety of languages, a former New Plymouth teacher says.Schools sign up for Govt's flagship education policy
Government says it has confirmed the first groups of schools which will take part in its flagship education policy.Education Minister Hekia Parata said eleven "communities of schools" with a total roll of 38,000 students would begin...
Editorial: Uptake for Govt's school success plan encouraging
Getting the Government's Investing in Educational Success programme running in relatively quick order was never going to be easy. The concept was bound to be opposed by some teachers, while the establishment of "communities of schools"...90 schools sign up for new education scheme
The Government has signed up the first schools to take part in its flagship education scheme, but one union says relatively low interest shows teachers and parents are not on board.Education Minister Hekia Parata confirmed yesterday...
Strong rejection of controversial $359m education scheme
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Strong rejection of controversial $359m education scheme. The Government's underwhelming launch of its controversial Investing in Educational Success scheme shows a strong rejection of the proposal by school communities throughout the country.
Schools could do more to help addicted teens
Stuff.co.nzDistrict Health Boards, for the first time, have achieved a national target aimed at getting drug-addicted teens the help they need, but counselors say schools are providing some of the toughest barriers to overcome. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman ...
Sex Education: teaching kids about coercion and consent
The Ministry of Education has updated the guidelines for schools following the recommendations of a health select committee - which found that "fragmented and uneven programmes" were partly to blame for the country's high teen pregnancy rate.
School guidance counselors say they are battling huge workloads because more secondary school students are coming to them with increasingly serious problems.
Southland seeks male teachers
Stuff.co.nzA Southland Stag is swapping his usual rugby field workplace for the classroom when he graduates as a teacher this week. Stags star Alex Taylor is one of six men graduating from the University of Otago College Southland campus with a Bachelor of ...
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