Positive report on special education schooling
Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed a new ERO report showing schools have become significantly more inclusive towards children with special educational needs. “ERO’s report Inclusive practices for students with special needs in schools, released today, shows a sea change is underway. Schools have become much more welcoming places for children with special educational needs. Schools can be proud of the progress they have made,” says Ms Parata. Key findings are: ...
Schools better at catering for special needs but need funding
Most schools are catering better for students with special needs, according to a recent report.IEAG calls for action on ERO Report
Scoop.co.nz (press release)IEAG notes that there is no evidence in the report of improved student achievement from hard data such as NCEA achievement trends. As well as the methodology used, IEAG questions the lack of clarity as to what constitutes inclusive education.
ERO praise for Pleasant Point Primary School
CCS Disability Action welcomes new ERO report
CCS Disability Action welcomes the new Education Review Office (ERO) report, Inclusive Practices for Students with Special Needs in Schools. CCS Disability Action cautions, however, that the report cannot be compared to the 2010 report, Including Students ...Half of NZ schools failing special education students
IHC New Zealand has welcomed the Education Review Office’s report Inclusive practices for students with special needs in schools that clearly shows the system is failing many disabled children.Good news report ignores a glaring problem
Scoop.co.nzThere are an additional 40,000-60,000 students with moderate special education needs, many of whom get minimal extra classroom assistance, if they receive anything at all. Ms Stuart said schools could only do so much for children without the funding ...
Concern over $50000 boost to principals' salaries
Stuff.co.nzSecondary Principals' Association president Tom Parsons disagreed, saying "it all starts with good leadership", and the successful applicant would have to prove increased achievement. The increased salary was a way to ensure higher calibre applicants ...
Maori and Pasifika UE pass rate hard hit
Radio New ZealandNew figures show Maori and Pasifika school-leavers have been hardest hit by the drop in the University Entrance pass rate. Advice to the Education Minister obtained by Radio New Zealand showed only a third of Maori and Pasifika Year 13 students got the ...
Maori and Pasifika teenagers
The director of a project aimed at getting more Maori and Pasifika people in teritary study says it's unacceptable that those groups have had the biggest drop in the University Entrance pass rate.Tech spend in global education to exceed $67.8 billion
Educators NZAccording to Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst Jan-Martin Lowendahl, traditional educational business models are being fundamentally challenged by digitalisation. "An
increasing number of technical ... as primary and secondary schools...
Top 10 technologies impacting education in 2015
Educators NZGartner has identified the top 10 strategic technologies for the education industry in 2015 and provides recommendations to education CIOs and IT leaders regarding adoption and benefits. It is not a list of what education CIOs spend the most time or ...
Unschooling: What is it and how one family does it
Stuff.co.nzUnschooling values autonomy over structure and posits that you don't have to confine kids to a classroom - or even a desk - because children are natural learners. The boys' father, Ben Hewitt, describes the lifestyle he, his wife Penny and their ...
880 school buildings "inherently defective"
3News NZCarter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used through 880 school buildings were "inherently defective" and the Ministry of Education is entitled to sue the building products maker, the Court of Appeal has been told. In the second day of a three ...
Carter Holt cladding flawed, court told
Carter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective" and the Ministry of Education is entitled to sue the building products maker, the Court of Appeal has heard.In the second...Te Kura Maori o Waatea
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & ViewsManukau Urban Maori Authority CEO Willie Jackson officially opened Te Kura Maori o Waatea at Nga Whare Waatea Marae in front of whanau, community members and former Maori Party Co-Leader Dame Tariana Turia and current MP Minister of Education ...
Te Kura Māori o Waatea officially opened
Māori TelevisionTe Kura Māori o Waatea at Ngā Whare Waatea Marae in Māngere officially opened this morning with Minister of Education Hon Hekia Parata, Education Under Secretary David Seymour and Manukau Urban Māori Authority CEO Willie Jackson in attendance.
Te Kura Maori o Waatea officially opened
Waatea kura puts culture and identity to fore
Ngāruawāhia receives a boost
Māori Television80 percent of the co-education school is Māori and predominately affiliate to the tribe Tainui. The board of trustees and Tainui are in discussions working on developing a shared vision and priorities for the future education of students at Ngāruawāhia.
Centre to be school's Maori heart
The Nelson MailMotueka High School has raised $468,000 toward building a new cultural education centre that will be the heart of the school's efforts to raise Maori student achievement. In May, the school will learn if the Lottery community facilities committee will ...
Home-based childcare irks ECE sector
A home-based childcare company that uses Education Ministry funding to entice people to work for it took seven weeks before it started paying a new home-based educator.Botany educator Mandy Fung, who had been caring for four preschoolers...Principal of 11-pupil school will get $50000 extra
Stuff.co.nzSecondary Principals' Association president Tom Parsons disagreed, saying "it all starts with good leadership", and the successful applicant would have to prove increased achievement. The increased salary was a way to ensure higher calibre applicants ...
Maths whiz reaches high to keep up with the big kids
Jensen Au Yeung was doing basic maths by 2 and algebra by 3. Now aged 10, the Auckland boy is making friends with teenagers after skipping five grades at school.Jensen, who loves Lego, his dog Fluffy, and also plays representative...Top examination results for St Cuthbert's students
Scoop.co.nz (press release)St Cuthbert's College girls have once again received top examination results with over 90% achieving certificates endorsed with Merit and Excellence in all three levels ofNCEA. 98.2% of Year 11 students achieved Level 1 NCEA endorsed with Excellence ...
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