New Zealand Herald
NZCER chief researcher Cathy Wylie says this is because many low-decile schools are now smaller than they were and less able to attract their community's higher-performing students. Instead, they migrate up the decile ladder leaving the schools to...
Cathy Wylie: Making more of our education strengths
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
$100m behaviour programme gets report card
A key part of a hundred-million-dollar effort to improve children's behaviour gets its report card today.
Teachers learning how to make the best use of technology
Tablets, smart phones, applications, animation and building games like Minecraft are ubiquitous in households..... but how do teachers get to grips with emerging technologies and ensure they are used to enhance learning in the classroom? The Mind Lab by Unitec is running post-graduate courses for teachers to learn to make the most of the digital age through learning opportunities in Auckland, Gisborne, Wellington and Christchurch. Tim Gander is the Centre Director for the Gisborne Lab.
Catherine Delahunty: Community hubs making the opportunity of an education available to all
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
The school that started with a murder
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
Auckland's universities on the ball
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
Targeted courses key to saving dropouts
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
Peter O'Connor: The case for local schools
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
Auckland school bursting with too many students
Auckland schools are struggling with overcrowded classrooms due to population growth and an influx of residents into areas with more affordable housing.
Meeting to discuss Turakina Maori Girls' College future
A meeting will be held on Friday to discuss the future of Turakina Maori Girls' College and how the school can fight a Government proposal to close its doors.
Ordinary school shows how aiming high can be extraordinarily successful
Auckland consistently ranks highly in lists of the world's best cities but is never number one. So what would it take to turn Auckland into a first-class city? This week the Herald begins a 10-day series examining some of the biggest...
School behaviour programme to get report
A key part of a $100 million effort to improve children's behaviour gets its report card today.
Primary School turns 100
Auckland stuff.co.nz
It was a small country school back then and children of all different ages were taught in the same classroom. Her niece Janette Norton also went to the school in the 1950s and now Norton's daughter Donna Soljan is the deputy principal. "It wasn't until ...
Auckland school bursting with too many students
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland schools are struggling with overcrowded classrooms due to population growth and an influx of residents into areas with more affordable housing. At one south Auckland school, chronic overcrowding is putting pressure on students and driving ...
Is taking your kids out of school disrespectful?
Stuff.co.nz
"If a parent genuinely wants to take their child abroad for the educational benefits, there's 12 weeks out-of-school, annually. But disrupting their classroom learning, and expecting teachers to help them catch up on their return, is thoughtless ...
Christ's College rich kids have rights too, don't they?
OPINION: Nothing says spoiled brats quite like blazer-wearing, pouty-faced teens who aren't getting what they want.
New Zealand schools set to receive funding for STEM subjects
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... have supported the company's mission to the tune of $54,000 as they try and raise $100,000 through the “Fuel Your School” initiative, which will see schools receive funding towards improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ...
New Zealand schools set to receive funding for STEM subjects
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... have supported the company's mission to the tune of $54,000 as they try and raise $100,000 through the “Fuel Your School” initiative, which will see schools receive funding towards improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ...
Gloriavale school may lose millions in funding
Gloriavale could lose millions of dollars in taxpayer funding over its opposition to identification numbers for preschoolers.Officials from the Ministry of Education have visited the isolated Christian community, based at Haupiri,...
Education job cuts at Northcote campus
Auckland stuff.co.nz
In May, the school received a proposal to cut the Master of Career Development, Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Bachelor of EducationMontessori and Steiner specialties and the Bachelor of Pasifika Education in Early Childhood ...
Internet penetrates prison bars to boost inmates' education
No bars to education is the Corrections Department's mantra with its new programme to allow internet into prisons.
It only has 12 pupils but about 30 people are interested in being principal of a rural Waikato school.
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