Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed a report showing that Trades Academies are delivering “overwhelmingly positive outcomes” for students. The report is from the Education Review Office which reviewed 15 of the 24 academies operating across New Zealand. The academies, introduced in 2011, are designed to increase retention rates, raise NCEA Level 2 achievement rates and smooth the transition from school to further education, training and work. ...
Hekia statement about charter school funding misleads
The taxpayer will pay a total of $839,400 in the second half of 2015 for the troubled Wairua charter school that would not have been payable if the Minister had closed the school at the end of the second term.
Million dollar website for Ministry of Education
Educators NZ
The Ministry of Education has consolidated its three major education websites into the education.govt.nz site, launched in June, at a cost of $1.2 million. The new website replaces the ministry's three main websites, minedu.govt.nz, lead.ece.govt.nz...
Māori Language Week: School opens door to te reo early
Year 2 students at Glenfield's Mānuka Primary School are still learning to read and write in English - but they are already learning te reo Māori too. They learn with actions rather than writing."Whaea says ki runga [Aunty..
Learning country's native language is good manners, teacher saysStuff.co.nz
Nowadays, Hunneyball teaches drama at Sacred Heart Girls' College where she uses her classroom as a platform to promote the language. The walls are decked out with kupu Maori (Maori words) and she tries to integrate phrases into her daily lessons..
Speaking te reo 'an advantage'
Stuff.co.nz
I followed a teacher that I liked in to her classroom even though I wasn't supposed to be in that class. I never left. That class was known as one of the first bi-lingual classes in New Zealand at the time. The popularity of the scheme in the small ...
Computer coding could join education's 'three Rs' under Labour plan
Stuff.co.nz
Children could soon be learning computer coding alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic, as part of the Labour Party's education plan. The party releases its technology paper Future of Work on Thursday which, after feedback, will help form its...
Graduates say their livelihoods haven't improved
Earlier this week a survey has revealed the number of students in financial distress has more than doubled since 2012.
No investigation over school's cash withdrawals
Staff who withdrew $4000 in cash from a school's account and failed to explain what they spent it on will not be investigated, the ministry of education says.A financial audit of Te Pumanawa o te Wairua, a struggling Northland charter...
Graduates say their livelihoods haven't improved
I followed a teacher that I liked in to her classroom even though I wasn't supposed to be in that class. I never left. That class was known as one of the first bi-lingual classes in New Zealand at the time. The popularity of the scheme in the small ...
Computer coding could join education's 'three Rs' under Labour plan
Stuff.co.nz
Children could soon be learning computer coding alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic, as part of the Labour Party's education plan. The party releases its technology paper Future of Work on Thursday which, after feedback, will help form its...
Graduates say their livelihoods haven't improved
Earlier this week a survey has revealed the number of students in financial distress has more than doubled since 2012.
No investigation over school's cash withdrawals
Staff who withdrew $4000 in cash from a school's account and failed to explain what they spent it on will not be investigated, the ministry of education says.A financial audit of Te Pumanawa o te Wairua, a struggling Northland charter...
Graduates say their livelihoods haven't improved
Earlier this week a survey has revealed the number of students in financial distress has more than doubled since 2012.
Greater transparency needed over major school change proposals
NZEI says the Government needs to be more transparent over its school reform proposals. National President Louise Green says it is concerning that the Government is looking at far reaching reforms before it’s had a discussion with schools and their...
High schools struggle to fill roles – PPTA
3News NZ
There may be an oversupply of primary teachers, but that isn't helping high schools fill roles. Despite New Zealand Educational Institute's claims that schools are being swamped by beginner teachers, high schools are struggling to recruit new staff ...
New "Mindfulness" Classes At Rangi Ruru Girls' School
"Impressive" and "positive". Two words Bridgitte Newberry uses to describe the new classes her daughter has experienced over the last two years.
The University of Canterbury Council will lead the way in reducing the size of its governing body – from 20 members to 12, following the gazetting of a new constitution. The change will take effect on 1 August.
Blenheim colleges still in the dark
The Ministry of Education has yet to make a decision on the future of Blenheim's colleges, a Marlborough principal says.
Life's a beach at Otago Uni - voted one of world's best beachside universities
Surf's up for the University of Otago, named one of the world's best beachside universities.
The Ministry of Education has yet to make a decision on the future of Blenheim's colleges, a Marlborough principal says.
Life's a beach at Otago Uni - voted one of world's best beachside universities
Surf's up for the University of Otago, named one of the world's best beachside universities.
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