A New Zealand Council for Education Research (NZCER) report found that 40 per cent of parents send their children to a secondary school that is not their closest one. In some cases, these choices will be religious but it is usually about finding a ...
Alternative education centre brings teens back from the brink
In 2015 the ministry made $606,058 available for 55 students to take part in alternative education on Auckland's North Shore. Most students at the school are Pakeha. Last year the centre had 11 European students, nine Maori, one Cook Islands Maori and
The digital divides persist in New Zealand - Stuff.co.nz
Research shows that the most digitally-excluded groups are adults with disabilities, children with special needs, Pasifika, Maori, senior citizens, people from low socio-economic backgrounds, and those living in regions or communities with low internet ...
Review of Child Youth and Family - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Secure attachment protects against educational under-achievement, criminality, mental health problems, suicide behaviours and substance abuse. "Attachment focused psychotherapy is effective and would prove an worthwhile investment for Child Youth and .
Parents hopeful in push to be heard on special education
A successful campaign against a failure to include parents in an overhaul of the special education system has seen an extra 33 meetings held around the country.One of the petition organisers says being heard has left some parents...
Why New Zealand needs more C students, good all-rounders
Derek McCormack is the Vice-Chancellor of AUT, the Auckland University of Technology. He says students and universities need to be focusing not just on academic results but also on graduates having a range of 'C-skills'. He says employers are increasingly wanting people who are strong in a number of fields, including communication, creativity, curiosity, collaboration, cooperation and caring within a sense of community. Some of Auckland's top employers including banks, law firms, primary industry leaders and local government were canvassed and said grades are only one factor they look for in graduates.
Peer reviewing research
The peer-review process, where a scientific paper gets read and reviewed by other independent academics, is a tried and trusted way to scrutinise research before it gets published. Just because it's been done this way for centuries doesn't necessarily mean it's the best way to go. Now a NZ company Publons is changing peer-reviewing of papers. Andrew Preston studied in Wellington and the US before founding Publons.com
All change at Nelson schools as seven new principals start new roles - Stuff.co.nz
Freya Hogarth has been acting principal at Nelson Central since Paul Potaka retired at the end of term one and Hogarth is moving to Hope School to fill the principal role, after Dave Pritchard's retirement. She had been at Central School for almost ...
Long-time educators honoured at NZEI Annual Conference
Eight educators have been acknowledged for their outstanding contribution to quality public education and social justice.
VUW educators protest against Israeli 'propaganda' in Student Union Building
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
As academics, researchers and educators associated with Victoria University, we are dismayed to learn that the Student Union Building will play host this week to soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force, touring Aotearoa/New Zealand as part of a nation ...
College students petition for a national holiday to recognise Land Wars
More than 10,000 signatures on a petition show New Zealand is ready to set aside a day to remember the Land Wars. Otorohanga College students have collected the signatures in support of a national holiday to commemorate the 19th-century battles.
Students start petition to reinstate philosophy lecturer
A much-loved Victoria University lecturer is bowing out though not without a last ditch effort to stay.
Prof Harlene Hayne - Celebrating Academic Success
Does the tall poppy syndrome really exist? Professor Harlene Hayne, Vice Chancellor of Otago University, believes it does and says it's time we started celebrating our academic successes in the same way we celebrate our sporting ones.
Kids helping crack cyber crime - Stuff.co.nz
Both belong to their college computer coding club and spend most of their time writing games. Adam is head boy at View Road School in ... Through several rounds of challenges, each more difficult than the last, the scores of hackers from schools ...
More than 10,000 signatures on a petition show New Zealand is ready to set aside a day to remember the Land Wars. Otorohanga College students have collected the signatures in support of a national holiday to commemorate the 19th-century battles.
Students start petition to reinstate philosophy lecturer
A much-loved Victoria University lecturer is bowing out though not without a last ditch effort to stay.
Prof Harlene Hayne - Celebrating Academic Success
Does the tall poppy syndrome really exist? Professor Harlene Hayne, Vice Chancellor of Otago University, believes it does and says it's time we started celebrating our academic successes in the same way we celebrate our sporting ones.
Kids helping crack cyber crime - Stuff.co.nz
Both belong to their college computer coding club and spend most of their time writing games. Adam is head boy at View Road School in ... Through several rounds of challenges, each more difficult than the last, the scores of hackers from schools ...
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