School parents' survey results mostly positive
Otago Daily Times ...
Schools funded to trial innovative approaches
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced the successful applicants for a new $10 million fund to encourage innovative teaching practices. “I’m delighted with the quality of the 39 projects that have won funding in the first round of the Teacher-led Innovation Fund worth a total of about $2.6 million,” says Ms Parata. “It’s part of our $359m Investing in Educational Success initiative and allows schools to put their bright ideas into practice and share them across schools. ...
Bali Haque: NCEA results need a closer look
OPINION: Looking at NCEA data is probably the most common way the community make judgements about particular secondary schools and their teachers.
NCEA pass rates - By the numbers
Tougher NCEA pass rate measure pushed by minister
Stuff.co.nz
Less flattering NCEA results will be publicised by the Government as the Education Minister takes sides in a schools spat. Hekia Parata has come down firmly in favour of roll-based NCEA pass rates, instead of participation-based results, which are ...
NCEA pass rates improve when students are interested
Stuff.co.nz
It has a slowly growing gap between roll-based and participation-based pass rates atNCEA levels one and three. At level 1, the roll-based pass rate last year was 45 per cent, compared with 78 per cent when counting only those students who attempted ...
NCEA remains the exception for some schools
Litigious parents eating up school budgets
3News NZ
His parents took their battle to the High Court, which overruled the school. Ms Pasley says the costs of fighting litigious parents in court are paid for out of the schools' operating budgets, meaning less is spent on educating students and supporting ...
College students sweat it, move it, live it, stop it
Stuff.co.nz
"Stop it" was the most popular way to raise money with both students and teachers giving up something. Some did not speak for a week and year 10 student Laura Torres, "went blind" for the week, only opening her eyes during class time. Others gave up ...
Christchurch school spending more than $40000 sending staff to Australia
Stuff.co.nz
A Christchurch school has been granted more than $40,000 to send its staff to Australia to look at modern classrooms. Lyttelton Primary School is using Ministry of Education funding to send 18 staff members to Melbourne to visit seven schools using...
Motueka High School reconsiders uniform after outcry on puffer ban
Stuff.co.nz
Motueka High School says it will consult with its students on changing its uniform policy after a student's petition to allow puffer jackets became national news. Year 11student Jennifer Guthrie started a Facebook page and petition which over 1000 ...
Parents and caregivers of 475 pupils were sent a link to an online survey, produced by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. The school received 115 responses. The survey was aimed to help the school ...
Schools funded to trial innovative approaches
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced the successful applicants for a new $10 million fund to encourage innovative teaching practices. “I’m delighted with the quality of the 39 projects that have won funding in the first round of the Teacher-led Innovation Fund worth a total of about $2.6 million,” says Ms Parata. “It’s part of our $359m Investing in Educational Success initiative and allows schools to put their bright ideas into practice and share them across schools. ...
Bali Haque: NCEA results need a closer look
OPINION: Looking at NCEA data is probably the most common way the community make judgements about particular secondary schools and their teachers.
NCEA pass rates - By the numbers
Tougher NCEA pass rate measure pushed by minister
Stuff.co.nz
Less flattering NCEA results will be publicised by the Government as the Education Minister takes sides in a schools spat. Hekia Parata has come down firmly in favour of roll-based NCEA pass rates, instead of participation-based results, which are ...
NCEA pass rates improve when students are interested
Stuff.co.nz
It has a slowly growing gap between roll-based and participation-based pass rates atNCEA levels one and three. At level 1, the roll-based pass rate last year was 45 per cent, compared with 78 per cent when counting only those students who attempted ...
NCEA remains the exception for some schools
Stuff.co.nz
Schools that use alternative assessment typically have a large gap between their roll and participation-based NCEA pass rates. At Avondale, the roll-based pass rate was about 25 percentage points lower than the participation-based pass rate at levels ...
NCEA pass rate gap 'about flexibility'
Stuff.co.nz
A Christchurch school says the flexibility of NCEA gives its diverse range of pupils the chance to succeed. Decile four Mairehau High School – with a roll of just under 400 year 9 to 13 pupils - has a large gap between its roll-based and participation ...
NCEA results 'manipulation' an abuse of the system
Stuff.co.nz
Manipulation of NCEA data is giving some parents the wrong idea about so-called "miracle schools", the former face of NCEA says. Bali Haque, who was deputy chief executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, said there "could be some schools ...
NCEA offers some students 'softer options'
Schools that use alternative assessment typically have a large gap between their roll and participation-based NCEA pass rates. At Avondale, the roll-based pass rate was about 25 percentage points lower than the participation-based pass rate at levels ...
NCEA pass rate gap 'about flexibility'
Stuff.co.nz
A Christchurch school says the flexibility of NCEA gives its diverse range of pupils the chance to succeed. Decile four Mairehau High School – with a roll of just under 400 year 9 to 13 pupils - has a large gap between its roll-based and participation ...
NCEA results 'manipulation' an abuse of the system
Stuff.co.nz
Manipulation of NCEA data is giving some parents the wrong idea about so-called "miracle schools", the former face of NCEA says. Bali Haque, who was deputy chief executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, said there "could be some schools ...
NCEA offers some students 'softer options'
One of the country's elite state schools stands by its decision to largely abandon NCEA five years ago, saying it was a choice made in the interests of "academic rigour".
They say their work is so complicated and stressful they need experienced, independent mentors to advise them - especially if they are new to the job...
Improving school: We're not fiddling the figures
Improving school: We're not fiddling the figures
Independent Community Newspaper
There are 1200 students on the roll, and 48 percent are Pasifika and 48 percent areMaori. Count again, though, this time including students who withdrew from courses before assessment time, and the pass rates aren't as glowing. The pass rates at ...
Tech in classrooms prompts teacher training
3News NZ
"If we look at the entire landscape of New Zealand schools, I think there's also a lot of people who are not equipped [and] who are feeling nervous about bringing technology into the classroom," says Stephen Lethbridge, Taupaki Primary principal. "We ...
Stretched parents plead for help
There are 1200 students on the roll, and 48 percent are Pasifika and 48 percent areMaori. Count again, though, this time including students who withdrew from courses before assessment time, and the pass rates aren't as glowing. The pass rates at ...
Tech in classrooms prompts teacher training
3News NZ
"If we look at the entire landscape of New Zealand schools, I think there's also a lot of people who are not equipped [and] who are feeling nervous about bringing technology into the classroom," says Stephen Lethbridge, Taupaki Primary principal. "We ...
Stretched parents plead for help
Desperate parents with special needs children have resorted to paying their own teacher aides, as government resources fail to keep up with increasing disability demand.Others - scared their children or classmates will get hurt...
Dozens of parents who pay for extra teacher aide time for their special needs kids say they have no other choice, despite finding it's not a government-supported practice. Whangaparaoa businesswoman and mum Merryn Straker...
Litigious parents eating up school budgets
3News NZ
His parents took their battle to the High Court, which overruled the school. Ms Pasley says the costs of fighting litigious parents in court are paid for out of the schools' operating budgets, meaning less is spent on educating students and supporting ...
What do you do when someone catches you bent beneath a hand dryer, arms in the air and body thrown beneath the hot air? Do you squawk and bolt in panic? Do you leave it unacknowledged? Do you pretend that you're doing bathroom yoga?...
iPad classes are affecting our children's learning: parents
iPad classes are affecting our children's learning: parents
Fears for children's reading and writing skills are becoming more prevalent as schools replace text-books with iPads.
Survey finds constant assessments causing student stress
Scoop.co.nz
Although these workshops will help to students, Inspiration Education questions the impact of constant assessment on students' long term mental health and their perception of the learning process. In light of high school student Anela Pritchard's ...
Legal action taken too far against schools?
3News NZ
It's prompted Crown Law to draft advice for school boards faced by parents hiring lawyers. So how concerning is this for schools? And are legal threats undermining a principal's authority? Secondary Principals Association of NZ president Sandy Pasley ...
Teach religion in schools as history
Stuff.co.nz
We can learn many things about human behaviour by analysing the dynamics between different religious groups, but that is exactly why religion would fit best in the school curriculum when taught in the contexts of other subjects, such as history ...
Flaw in Church's attitude to education noted
Survey finds constant assessments causing student stress
Scoop.co.nz
Although these workshops will help to students, Inspiration Education questions the impact of constant assessment on students' long term mental health and their perception of the learning process. In light of high school student Anela Pritchard's ...
Legal action taken too far against schools?
3News NZ
It's prompted Crown Law to draft advice for school boards faced by parents hiring lawyers. So how concerning is this for schools? And are legal threats undermining a principal's authority? Secondary Principals Association of NZ president Sandy Pasley ...
Teach religion in schools as history
Stuff.co.nz
We can learn many things about human behaviour by analysing the dynamics between different religious groups, but that is exactly why religion would fit best in the school curriculum when taught in the contexts of other subjects, such as history ...
Flaw in Church's attitude to education noted
NZ Catholic
830 attend education convention | Wednesday Jul, 2015; Repair starts on beautiful church | Tuesday Jun, 2015; Massey honours NZ's Anglican rep in Rome...
Further evidence National Standards need to go
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... judgement of a teacher working alongside a student on a daily basis. “What this tells us once again is that we need to stop wasting time on inaccurate and damaging assessments and allow teachers to spend more time on real teaching and learning.” ...
Kids' maths problems blamed on underfunding
3News NZ
The report by public policy think tank the NZ Initiative found that a lack of focus on the basics of maths was behind declining standards in numeracy and said too few primary school teachers have adequate levels of maths to teach the subject. It ...
Some teachers not capable of teaching maths, report states Stuff.co.nz
Teachers Being Blamed Unfairly Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Maths report highlights need for professional development
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Rote learning of basic facts was not the way to achieve that. “But I think that most teachers would strongly dispute that learning of basic facts has been sidelined. It is the foundation to deeper understanding.” Ms Green said initial teacher training ...
Attempts to keep Maori language alive attracts national attention
Taranaki Daily News
Te Reo o Taranaki came up trumps in the Community Based Programme of the Year Tangata Whenua category of this year's Adult and Community Education Aotearoa Awards. The organisation's kaupapa Maori oral history and archiving certificate course, ...
The rise of Māori academic achievement in mental health
Scoop.co.nz
The phenomenal success of a groundbreaking programme to develop Māori Health professionals has been celebrated at a special hui in Auckland today. Te Rau Puawai was the brainchild of Māori Mental Health pioneer Sir Mason Durie and over the last 15 ...
Maori educator and leader dies
Radio New Zealand
Maoridom is mourning the loss of life-long educator and leader, Iria Marama Whiu, who died yesterday in Ruatoki. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Iria Marama Whiu was recognised as Member of the New Zealand Merit for her services to education ...
Tears as Maori school closes
3News NZ
A small Maori Christian school in west Auckland has been forced to shut down after almost 20 years. Its funding has been declined by the Ministry of Education and the principal says they can't survive without it. There were tears from pupils and staff ...
Kura tells students, families it won't open
830 attend education convention | Wednesday Jul, 2015; Repair starts on beautiful church | Tuesday Jun, 2015; Massey honours NZ's Anglican rep in Rome...
Further evidence National Standards need to go
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... judgement of a teacher working alongside a student on a daily basis. “What this tells us once again is that we need to stop wasting time on inaccurate and damaging assessments and allow teachers to spend more time on real teaching and learning.” ...
Kids' maths problems blamed on underfunding
3News NZ
The report by public policy think tank the NZ Initiative found that a lack of focus on the basics of maths was behind declining standards in numeracy and said too few primary school teachers have adequate levels of maths to teach the subject. It ...
Some teachers not capable of teaching maths, report states Stuff.co.nz
Teachers Being Blamed Unfairly Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Maths report highlights need for professional development
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Rote learning of basic facts was not the way to achieve that. “But I think that most teachers would strongly dispute that learning of basic facts has been sidelined. It is the foundation to deeper understanding.” Ms Green said initial teacher training ...
Attempts to keep Maori language alive attracts national attention
Taranaki Daily News
Te Reo o Taranaki came up trumps in the Community Based Programme of the Year Tangata Whenua category of this year's Adult and Community Education Aotearoa Awards. The organisation's kaupapa Maori oral history and archiving certificate course, ...
The rise of Māori academic achievement in mental health
Scoop.co.nz
The phenomenal success of a groundbreaking programme to develop Māori Health professionals has been celebrated at a special hui in Auckland today. Te Rau Puawai was the brainchild of Māori Mental Health pioneer Sir Mason Durie and over the last 15 ...
Maori educator and leader dies
Radio New Zealand
Maoridom is mourning the loss of life-long educator and leader, Iria Marama Whiu, who died yesterday in Ruatoki. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Iria Marama Whiu was recognised as Member of the New Zealand Merit for her services to education ...
Tears as Maori school closes
3News NZ
A small Maori Christian school in west Auckland has been forced to shut down after almost 20 years. Its funding has been declined by the Ministry of Education and the principal says they can't survive without it. There were tears from pupils and staff ...
Kura tells students, families it won't open
The kura at the centre of a controversy involving a student being slapped is facing closure.Nga Kakano o te Kaihanga Kura told students and their families that the kura would not be open next term, although the Ministry of Education...
College students sweat it, move it, live it, stop it
Stuff.co.nz
"Stop it" was the most popular way to raise money with both students and teachers giving up something. Some did not speak for a week and year 10 student Laura Torres, "went blind" for the week, only opening her eyes during class time. Others gave up ...
Christchurch school spending more than $40000 sending staff to Australia
Stuff.co.nz
A Christchurch school has been granted more than $40,000 to send its staff to Australia to look at modern classrooms. Lyttelton Primary School is using Ministry of Education funding to send 18 staff members to Melbourne to visit seven schools using...
Budgets for teaching go on food
Schools are digging into their teaching budgets - in some cases relying on donations from principals and teachers - to feed children who turn up hungry.A nationwide survey of lower decile school principals has indicated how many...
Catholics eye north Hamilton for new school
Stuff.co.nz
Expectant parents are registering their unborn children with Waikato church-run schools in a bid to ensure a place for them when they turn five. Hundreds of non-Catholic children are already registered on Catholic school waiting lists in Hamilton city ...
Schools are digging into their teaching budgets - in some cases relying on donations from principals and teachers - to feed children who turn up hungry.A nationwide survey of lower decile school principals has indicated how many...
Catholics eye north Hamilton for new school
Stuff.co.nz
Expectant parents are registering their unborn children with Waikato church-run schools in a bid to ensure a place for them when they turn five. Hundreds of non-Catholic children are already registered on Catholic school waiting lists in Hamilton city ...
Motueka High School reconsiders uniform after outcry on puffer ban
Stuff.co.nz
Motueka High School says it will consult with its students on changing its uniform policy after a student's petition to allow puffer jackets became national news. Year 11student Jennifer Guthrie started a Facebook page and petition which over 1000 ...
Student loans and allowances haven't kept pace with living costs in New Zealand, but the Government says students should be supporting themselves and asking for help from family.
Edgecumbe College's NCEA pass rates, explained
Stuff.co.nz
Principal Louw Olivier said Ministry of Education funding to help track level 2 students had made a difference. The aim was to identify and support young people at risk of not achieving NCEA Level 2, especially Maori and Pasifika students. The response ...
Hutt education providers funded for teaching innovation
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Teacher-Led Innovation Fund is part of National's $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative, which aims to encourage collaboration between schools and lift teaching practice. The fund is open to primary and secondary teachers in ...
Schools lawyer up in face of threats by parents
Edgecumbe College's NCEA pass rates, explained
Stuff.co.nz
Principal Louw Olivier said Ministry of Education funding to help track level 2 students had made a difference. The aim was to identify and support young people at risk of not achieving NCEA Level 2, especially Maori and Pasifika students. The response ...
Hutt education providers funded for teaching innovation
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Teacher-Led Innovation Fund is part of National's $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative, which aims to encourage collaboration between schools and lift teaching practice. The fund is open to primary and secondary teachers in ...
Schools lawyer up in face of threats by parents
Furious parents are threatening principals with legal injunctions if their kids are overlooked for sports teams and school musicals.The increased threats have forced the Government, principals and Crown Law to work together to draw...
Russell Street School funded to trial innovative teaching
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The initiative aims to encourage collaboration between schools and lift teaching practice.” This current funding round is committing about $2.6 million of the $10 million fund. The next funding round will open in November. “These projects will trial...
Russell Street School funded to trial innovative teaching
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The initiative aims to encourage collaboration between schools and lift teaching practice.” This current funding round is committing about $2.6 million of the $10 million fund. The next funding round will open in November. “These projects will trial...
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