Stuff.co.nz
Given that teachers unions have been calling for better quality professional development since Pythagoras drew triangles in the sand, don't expect much argument on this one. Though it's a pity that maths advisors who used to visit schools and help ...
Kids' maths problems blamed on underfunding 3News NZ
Maths Report Doesn't Add up Scoop.co.nz
Cartoon: NZ's maths problem
Some teachers not capable of teaching maths, report states
Stuff.co.nz
"Initial teacher training courses have long been mixed in their capacity to provide adequate training in maths, and there is also a long-standing lack of professional development. "The underfunded education system means teachers are not getting the ...
Editorial: Mediocrity rules under school plan
More than two years have passed since the Government announced an impressive plan for improving schools by paying them to work more closely together. They were to form clusters under an executive principal and share their best staff...
White flight: why middle-class parents are snubbing local schools
Stuff.co.nz
DAVID UNWIN/FAIRFAX NZ. Research shows choices are made based on two criteria - the academic achievement of students at the school and socialisation, Massey University education institute director Professor John O'Neill says. "Parents might look at a ...
School decile changes call funding into question
Stuff.co.nz
"It is a nod towards the fact that some kids require additional resources and help to achieve in the classroom. "In this last round, a significant amount of schools appealed to change and I think that sends a really clear signal that most schools are ...
schools lose bid for decile recalculation
Stuff.co.nz
Schools in Christchurch's eastern suburbs have lost their bid to reverse a decile rating change, which will result in decreased Government funding to an already struggling community. Linwood Avenue School principal Gerard Direen was informed on Friday ...
85 schools get decile lowered 3News NZ
Charter school returns glowing report card
"Initial teacher training courses have long been mixed in their capacity to provide adequate training in maths, and there is also a long-standing lack of professional development. "The underfunded education system means teachers are not getting the ...
Editorial: Mediocrity rules under school plan
More than two years have passed since the Government announced an impressive plan for improving schools by paying them to work more closely together. They were to form clusters under an executive principal and share their best staff...
White flight: why middle-class parents are snubbing local schools
Stuff.co.nz
DAVID UNWIN/FAIRFAX NZ. Research shows choices are made based on two criteria - the academic achievement of students at the school and socialisation, Massey University education institute director Professor John O'Neill says. "Parents might look at a ...
School decile changes call funding into question
Stuff.co.nz
"It is a nod towards the fact that some kids require additional resources and help to achieve in the classroom. "In this last round, a significant amount of schools appealed to change and I think that sends a really clear signal that most schools are ...
schools lose bid for decile recalculation
Stuff.co.nz
Schools in Christchurch's eastern suburbs have lost their bid to reverse a decile rating change, which will result in decreased Government funding to an already struggling community. Linwood Avenue School principal Gerard Direen was informed on Friday ...
85 schools get decile lowered 3News NZ
Charter school returns glowing report card
3News NZ
Vanguard Military School sounds like a throwback to the days of conscription, but it's one of the new charter schools and its first report card is promising. Charter schools have laid out the challenge to the traditional education system, and their ...
Older student numbers plummet
08 June 2015 Media Release: New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations and Grey Power Federation of New Zealand
Action urged as report finds 85pc truants Maori
Northern Advocate
Ministry of Education figures from 2014 showed 52 per cent of students were Maori, making the number of students referred disproportionately high. "The extraordinarily high proportion of Maori students referred to the attendance service is a major ...
Big Brother in schools tracking students' digital footprints
Stuff.co.nz
Calendars, cancellations, school notices, school information, school timetables, parent sick note forms and school documents are all digitised, their data kept so that a student's attendance or lack thereof can be mapped and patterns drawn out of it.
Audit follows secondary school class cuts
Vanguard Military School sounds like a throwback to the days of conscription, but it's one of the new charter schools and its first report card is promising. Charter schools have laid out the challenge to the traditional education system, and their ...
Older student numbers plummet
08 June 2015 Media Release: New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations and Grey Power Federation of New Zealand
Action urged as report finds 85pc truants Maori
Northern Advocate
Ministry of Education figures from 2014 showed 52 per cent of students were Maori, making the number of students referred disproportionately high. "The extraordinarily high proportion of Maori students referred to the attendance service is a major ...
Big Brother in schools tracking students' digital footprints
Stuff.co.nz
Calendars, cancellations, school notices, school information, school timetables, parent sick note forms and school documents are all digitised, their data kept so that a student's attendance or lack thereof can be mapped and patterns drawn out of it.
Audit follows secondary school class cuts
The finances of every public secondary school in New Zealand are being investigated by the Office of the Auditor-General hunting for breaches over charges to parents.Last weekend the Herald on Sunday revealed...
Kids stuck in mouldy classrooms
A primary school riddled with toxic mould is desperate to get rebuilt but despite years of waiting, children remain in damp classrooms with no date in sight.Clayton Park School in Manurewa has closed four classrooms because of mould,...
New CEO for Te Kōhanga Reo Trust
Radio New Zealand
Mrs Cribb is of Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngā Puhi whakapapa and is currently a senior manager at the Ministry of Education. She has worked extensively across education portfolios for several years, including eight years in Kōhanga Reo at both ...
'When I croak' - Kohanga Reo founder won't step down voluntarily
TVNZ
The founder of the Kohanga Reo movement vows she won't be stepping down unless she's pushed. Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi says Te Kohanga Reo National Trust will be doing away with life memberships in future but she plans to stay on. "There's two ...
Police called over exam cheats
Police forensic experts have been called in to examine suspect secondary school exam papers after markers believed they had been altered.An education source revealed to the Herald on Sunday this week that a forensic handwriting...
Gross Motor Skills: A brief insight from early childhood...
Early childhood is an extremely important period for children to develop their gross motor skills. Research indicates that those children who are unable to develop these Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are less likely to indulge in sporting activities ...
Legal stoush over Auckland school and Asperger's student abandoned
Auckland 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 ...
Canterbury school children embrace native planting scheme
Gross Motor Skills: A brief insight from early childhood...
Early childhood is an extremely important period for children to develop their gross motor skills. Research indicates that those children who are unable to develop these Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are less likely to indulge in sporting activities ...
Legal stoush over Auckland school and Asperger's student abandoned
Auckland 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 ...
Canterbury school children embrace native planting scheme
With only one percent of Canterbury currently covered in native vegetation, a local environment trust is working hard to improve on that number.
Grammar kicks out boys over images
Four students have been excluded from one of the country's top schools for taking and sending images that constituted "harassment".Police were consulted on Auckland Grammar School's decision this week to exclude the boys, who were...
Grammar kicks out boys over images
Four students have been excluded from one of the country's top schools for taking and sending images that constituted "harassment".Police were consulted on Auckland Grammar School's decision this week to exclude the boys, who were...
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