Thursday 4 June 2015

Friday 5 June 2015

Speech to the New Zealand Initiative launch of Un(ac)countable: Why millions on maths returned little 

Hekia Parata | Education
Tēnā koutou katoa. Firstly I’d like to acknowledge Oliver Hartwich and Rose Patterson. Thank you for inviting me to the launch of the New Zealand Initiative’s report on maths education, I think. As the Minister of Education speaking at the launch of a report that is critical of the education system I confess to feeling a little like Marie Antoinette approaching the guillotine. From the outset I would say there are some findings I agree with your researchers on, and some about which I possess less certainty. ...

Youth organisations receive $45k services for young people funding 

Nikki Kaye | Youth
Youth Minister Nikki Kaye today announced that four organisations will receive a total of around $45,000 of ‘services for young people’ funding, to help them deliver a range of youth development programmes. “This is one-off funding to established organisations working in the youth sector, to support them to extend or deliver existing initiatives they’re involved with that benefit young people,” says Ms Kaye. ...

Education Minister: There's a problem with maths in NZ

Education Minister Hekia Parata says "there is a problem" with maths in New Zealand schools but the government is investing to ensure it is addressed.Ms Parata

Some teachers not capable of teaching maths, report states

Stuff.co.nz
The New Zealand Initiative, a right-wing think tank, released a report on primary school maths achievement on Thursday, which claimed the Ministry of Education's old Numeracy Project had changed the way children were taught maths since its introduction ...
Kiwi kids lacking basic maths skills 3News NZ
$70m maths teaching methods failing kids Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Educators' lack of maths skills hampering children? Educators NZ

Teachers of maths to be targeted

Falling maths grades will be addressed by "lifting" primary teachers' knowledge through more on-the-job training, the Government says in the wake of a damning report about teacher competency.Education Minister Hekia Parata yesterday...

Primary maths teaching doesn't add up: report

Stuff.co.nz
Her suggested solution is an optional certificate of maths teaching proficiency, which could be organised through the Educational Council of Aotearoa NZ (Educanz), which will replace the Teachers Council. "We don't think it should be mandatory for ...

Maths debacle: NZ First hits back

Educators NZ
“But in 2010 the Ministry removed school support advisors who delivered onsite workshops and syndicate and teacher professional development, which included the Numeracy Project,” she says. “In 2013, Professor Vince Wright, who coordinated the ...

Editorial: Big overhaul of numeracy doesn't add up

A changing world demands new approaches to teaching. What sufficed even 25 years ago may have lost much of its relevance today. As much was acknowledged in 2000 when mathematics teaching at primary schools was changed markedly with...

85 schools get decile lowered

3News NZ
Eighty-five schools have successfully challenged their change of decile rating and 75 been knocked back. The Ministry of Education says it will start contacting the 160 schools over the next 10 days about the result of their reviews. Following the 2013 ...

Parents explain why Charter School model suits their kids

The country's first Charter school's are making their first ever annual reports available to the public. And, overall, the results look good.

School loses battle to keep out special needs boy

An Auckland high school has lost a court battle to keep a child with Asperger's out of the classroom.Green Bay High School went to the Court of Appeal to try and overturn a judicial review that last year said the special needs boy,...

Legal stoush over Auckland school and Asperger's student abandoned

Stuff.co.nz
The school wanted to keep the child from returning to the classroom. But the case was ruled moot when it was revealed the student had given up on returning to Green Bay High School, choosing instead to move to Kerikeri where he was being educated ...

Wikileaks shows education still under threat in TISA deal

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The latest Wikileak on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) shows that New Zealand and other countries are continuing to push for private education corporation to be included in the deal, and NZEI Te Riu Roa is imploring the Government to come clean ...

Waikato playcentres here to stay

Several Waikato playcentres are bucking the trend of falling rolls, and a purpose-built centre is even on the way for Raglan.

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