New milestone for schools’ Managed Network
Nikki Kaye | Education
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye is pleased to announce that in the next few days, 2000 schools will be connected to the government-funded N4L Managed Network, giving them fast, reliable internet. “A bundle of schools will be connected this week. One of these will be the 2000th school connected, and I’ll be calling the principal to mark the milestone,” says Ms Kaye. ...
Hekia Parata: 'Every school has to be a great school'
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...
Hekia Parata does aa u-turn and calls for more charter school bids this yearStuff.co.nz
Upfront funding for charter schools has been slashed, but the Government has done a u-turn and decided to open more of the controversial schools. Currently charter schools receive significant establishment grants before the doors even open. That ...
Hekia Parata has broken her word
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Charter schools have had upfront establishment costs cut in funding review
Stuff.co.nz
Upfront funding for charter schools has been slashed in the wake of millions of dollars being spent controversially on a farm and a waka. The funding model makeover was announced on Friday by Education under-secretary and ACT leader David Seymour ...
Charter school policy made up on the fly
Charter schools have had upfront establishment costs cut in funding review
Stuff.co.nz
Upfront funding for charter schools has been slashed in the wake of millions of dollars being spent controversially on a farm and a waka. The funding model makeover was announced on Friday by Education under-secretary and ACT leader David Seymour ...
Charter school policy made up on the fly
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
More money down the charter school black hole
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Following a Budget in which public schools effectively got a cut in their operational funding and no allowance was made for long overdue teacher pay increases, more money is still being poured into a new round of charter schools. NZEI Te Riu Roa ...
Good money after bad for failed experiment
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Labour has been very clear. We will direct any additional funding towards programmes that address underachievement in our existing public school system. Throwing money at low quality, hurriedly established, experimental charter schoolshas to stop,” ...
Charter schools have had upfront establishment costs cut in funding review
Stuff.co.nz
The cashed-up model has been heavily criticised because of the way trusts operating charter schools have chosen to spend the money. A Whangaruru charter school bought a $1.3 million farm with its establishment costs - it's the same school that is ...
New charter schools announced alongside funding changes
New charter schools will get less cash upfront and more per-student under "refinements" to the funding model released today.David Seymour, Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education, announced a third application for the publicly...
New Partnership School application round opens
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Partnership Schools show good progress, with achievement in reading, writing and mathematics either the same, or slightly above, that of decile 1, 2 and 3 primary schools. And, overall, NCEA achievement for Partnership Schools in Year 11 and for Level ...
Students to get Government-funded internet in schools
More money down the charter school black hole
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Following a Budget in which public schools effectively got a cut in their operational funding and no allowance was made for long overdue teacher pay increases, more money is still being poured into a new round of charter schools. NZEI Te Riu Roa ...
Good money after bad for failed experiment
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Labour has been very clear. We will direct any additional funding towards programmes that address underachievement in our existing public school system. Throwing money at low quality, hurriedly established, experimental charter schoolshas to stop,” ...
Charter schools have had upfront establishment costs cut in funding review
Stuff.co.nz
The cashed-up model has been heavily criticised because of the way trusts operating charter schools have chosen to spend the money. A Whangaruru charter school bought a $1.3 million farm with its establishment costs - it's the same school that is ...
New charter schools announced alongside funding changes
New charter schools will get less cash upfront and more per-student under "refinements" to the funding model released today.David Seymour, Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education, announced a third application for the publicly...
New Partnership School application round opens
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Partnership Schools show good progress, with achievement in reading, writing and mathematics either the same, or slightly above, that of decile 1, 2 and 3 primary schools. And, overall, NCEA achievement for Partnership Schools in Year 11 and for Level ...
Students to get Government-funded internet in schools
3News NZ
"The Managed Network is helping to bring the internet to children who might not otherwise be able to access it, and it's expanding learning opportunities for everyone in the classroom," says Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye. Ms Kaye says ...
New milestone for schools' Managed Network
"The Managed Network is helping to bring the internet to children who might not otherwise be able to access it, and it's expanding learning opportunities for everyone in the classroom," says Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye. Ms Kaye says ...
New milestone for schools' Managed Network
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Want university education? Expect to pay for it
From our 'you can say anything you want in a survey' file comes this weeks results from the association of student unions who have discovered that student loans are stopping people having families. I know it's a long bow, but do...
Low income students 'locked out' of tertiary education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
One of the best investments in the future for her family a young mother can make is in furthering her own education. Sole parents in the past have been assisted financially through the training incentive allowance and such support should be restored.
Student call for data decision makers
Stuff.co.nz
Massey University PhD student, Simone Gressel is appealing for business help for a university study into the effect of "big data" on executive decision-making. Gressel is attempting to find out if relying on information gleaned from consumers and ...
Want university education? Expect to pay for it
From our 'you can say anything you want in a survey' file comes this weeks results from the association of student unions who have discovered that student loans are stopping people having families. I know it's a long bow, but do...
Low income students 'locked out' of tertiary education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
One of the best investments in the future for her family a young mother can make is in furthering her own education. Sole parents in the past have been assisted financially through the training incentive allowance and such support should be restored.
Student call for data decision makers
Stuff.co.nz
Massey University PhD student, Simone Gressel is appealing for business help for a university study into the effect of "big data" on executive decision-making. Gressel is attempting to find out if relying on information gleaned from consumers and ...
'Growing gap' between wages in early childhood: council
Stuff.co.nz
A two-tier wage system is developing for those who teach the youngest Kiwis, according to some in the sector. Kindergarten teachers on a collective agreement have had three small pay increases over the past three years - but their counterparts in ...
What I learned at Play Centre
Stuff.co.nz
Before 2008, there was a government commitment to 100% of staff in ECE being trained. That's much the same as the rules for primary and secondary education – the exception being charter schools. But that commitment is no longer. It's the same with ratios.
Anger at Government closure of high-needs preschool
A concerned mother says her high-needs son's development is being threatened by a plan to change his pre-school to a playgroup.
Parents can save thousands defying school calendar
Stuff.co.nz
Comparisons of travel packages during holidays and term time show parents can save thousands defying the school calendar. However it was unfair to blame the travel industry for providing a "standard retail model", Otago University associate professor...
More funding to tackle violence in schools
3News NZ
A teachers' union says there's an urgent need for more funding to tackle violence in schools. A new survey has found more than half of Northland principals feel ill-equipped to deal with disturbed students. NZEI president Louise Green says many schools ...
Medical students urged to speak out about racism
3News NZ
A senior consultant asked a Chinese medical student if he ate dog for dinner and warned another he'd have to quit medicine and work in his parents' takeaway shop, while another called a Maori intern "student" because he couldn't pronounce his name, the ...
Bullying of medical students is widespread and unacceptable
A new survey of over 300 New Zealand medical students has revealed that 52% of those surveyed had experienced bullying or sexual harassment in the last year.
Government policies not helping teens progress
Parents can save thousands defying school calendar
Stuff.co.nz
Comparisons of travel packages during holidays and term time show parents can save thousands defying the school calendar. However it was unfair to blame the travel industry for providing a "standard retail model", Otago University associate professor...
More funding to tackle violence in schools
3News NZ
A teachers' union says there's an urgent need for more funding to tackle violence in schools. A new survey has found more than half of Northland principals feel ill-equipped to deal with disturbed students. NZEI president Louise Green says many schools ...
Medical students urged to speak out about racism
3News NZ
A senior consultant asked a Chinese medical student if he ate dog for dinner and warned another he'd have to quit medicine and work in his parents' takeaway shop, while another called a Maori intern "student" because he couldn't pronounce his name, the ...
Bullying of medical students is widespread and unacceptable
A new survey of over 300 New Zealand medical students has revealed that 52% of those surveyed had experienced bullying or sexual harassment in the last year.
Government policies not helping teens progress
A review of a government policy aimed at keeping teenagers in education has found while it's helping students get a high-school qualification, it has had no effect on their progression to higher study.The Ministry of Education also...
Cool change: Student presidents protest frozen allowancesThe presidents representing hundreds of thousands of students today converged on Parliament with a solid block of ice containing a graduation cap to protest the Government's freezing of the student allowance parental income threshold, cutting the number of ...
Seymour's Charter School Claims are Utter Nonsense
Cool change: Student presidents protest frozen allowancesThe presidents representing hundreds of thousands of students today converged on Parliament with a solid block of ice containing a graduation cap to protest the Government's freezing of the student allowance parental income threshold, cutting the number of ...
Seymour's Charter School Claims are Utter Nonsense
David Seymour’s claim that charter school NCEA achievement is “Very High” is utter nonsense
Dunedin to Co-Host ICT Graduate School
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In June 2014, the Government announced it was investing $28.6 million over four years in graduate schools in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Christchurch and Dunedin have joined forces to develop the South Island ICT Graduate School or SIGNAL ...
Govt to fund ICT schools3News NZ
Dunedin to Co-Host ICT Graduate School
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In June 2014, the Government announced it was investing $28.6 million over four years in graduate schools in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Christchurch and Dunedin have joined forces to develop the South Island ICT Graduate School or SIGNAL ...
Govt to fund ICT schools3News NZ
A Time and Place: St Joseph's Primary School
Stuff.co.nz
Juicy, fat, hot-to-trot from the supermarket – just the mere mention of a pig head causes the hands of previously-disinterested students to rocket into the air and the boys to grin knowingly at each other. The roll at St Joseph's Primary School in ...
Industry and diversity important in commerce education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Industry and diversity important in commerce education. Staying close to the needs of a burgeoning agribusiness sector is a priority, but so is offering a diverse range of experiences for commerce students. “We want our students to be confident that ...
Tutor wants to see more women enter trade
New Whitireia electrical engineering tutor Mary Graham hopes to see plenty of young women coming through the programme.
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