Wednesday 17 June 2015

International education growing well
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The number of international students enrolled to study in New Zealand grew 13 per cent last year, the highest level since 2004, says Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce. Full year enrolment figures for 2014 shows 110,198 international students studied in New Zealand, 13,091 more than in 2013. “This is a great result for education providers nationwide. More students lead to a greater economic contribution to education providers and to their communities,” Mr Joyce says. ...

Researcher calls for focus on good teaching 

A leading education professor says new research shows governments must raise the quality of teachers and principals if they want to improve their schools.

John Hattie: Education policy, the politics of distraction 

A new report by world renowned education researcher, John Hattie suggests policies are increasingly about appeasing parents and have little impact on student outcomes. Professor Hattie's meta-analysis of dozens of studies, published yesterday, finds that many popular policies such as smaller class sizes, performance pay and even the numbers of teacher aides in classrooms, have little effect. John Hattie is the director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne

Schools Denied Support by Government Decile System
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Schools Denied Support by Government Decile System. New Zealand First Deputy leader and Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin has no confidence in Education Minister Hekia Parata and her promised review of school deciles. “New Zealand First backs ...

Decision on failing charter school to be made in 'less than a year' - Hekia Parata 

Education Minister Hekia Parata isn't in any rush to decide the fate of a failing charter school.

Joyce admits tertiary education promise overblown
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce was today forced to admit the Government's Budget announcement of a further $113 million for tertiary education was overblown and actual new spending is a mere $7 million, says Labour's Tertiary Education ...

Inspiring Pacific youth 

A book about high achieving Samoans has been launched with the hope that it will inspire Pasifika youth to aim for greatness.

Principal Lynda Stuart on new Education Council

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Lynda Stuart, principal of May Road School in Mt Roskill, has been appointed to the newly established Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. Stuart, who has more than 30 years experience in education, will join eight council members charged with ...

Minister urged to sack Kohanga board

Labour's spokesperson for Māori Development is calling on the Minister of Education to ask members of the Kōhanga Reo National Trust to resign.

Labour tells Parata to dump Kohanga Reo board

The Labour Party has called on Education Minister Hekia Parata to demand the resignation of the Kohanga Reo board following further reports of misspending.Maori Television's Native Affairs revealed this week that a review by Internal...

Kohanga Reo board debate reaches impasse

The debate about the Kohanga Reo board has come to a impasse, with Labour calling for the education minister Hekia Parata to demand resignations, but the minister saying it's not her place.The board itself will not address governance...

QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA to the Minister of Education: Does she have confidence in the process undertaken by the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board to determine whether they acted in a responsible and accountable manner in their oversight of Te Pataka ...

Region needs plan for international education, says Chamber

Region needs plan for international education, says Chamber The Wellington region must have a planned and coordinated approach to international education if it is to take advantage of the current growth in the sector, says the Wellington Employers’ ...

New 'transportable' classroom for Vogeltown School
Stuff.co.nz
The new classroom is part of a Ministry of Education initiative to provide schools with "relocatable" classrooms to deal with school overcrowding with the least amount of disruption to the school layout. The idea is, if a school's roll decreases and ...

New Zealand teachers to plunge into Shanghai
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
From Kiwi start-ups in China to global giants like Disney Corporation ¬– the Asia New Zealand Foundation's Shanghai forum will give teachers a taste of the scale and significance of China's economy. Eight New Zealand secondary teachers will participate ...