Friday 23 October 2015

NZ Minister launches OECD education report
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata today launched an OECD report on innovative learning systems at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Paris headquarters. Ms Parata, who is in Europe to meet with international education experts, says the invitation to launch the report is recognition of the high-esteem in which the New Zealand education system is held internationally. ...

Single-sex schools offer girls more and deliver higher paid futures: principal
Stuff.co.nz
Boys could also be a distraction in the classroom, she said. Boys also do better at single-sex schools according to 2014 NCEA results. SUPPLIED. Boys also do better at single-sex schools according to 2014 NCEA results. Girls were more likely to ...

Charter schools planning expansion
Charter schools have been pilloried for enrolling fewer students than they're being paid for this year, but some are talking about growth and expansion.

Public schools starve as charter schools get funded
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Many school principals are appalled at reports that charter schools are receiving funding for students they don't have enrolled while public schools are desperately short of resources for vulnerable children. It's been estimated that more than a ...

ChildForum raises concerns about NZ's early childhood education
Educators NZ
In New Zealand there is a growing concern about early childhood education(ECE) and the lack of response from the Government, according to ChildForum. Earlier this month, the ChildForum ECE Service National Network released the results of a survey on ...

Digital transformation driving IT spending in higher education
Educators NZ
Higher education IT spending in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) is expected to significantly increase by 2019, thanks to digital transformation initiatives, according to new research from IDC. The research, Best Practices: Enabling Tomorrow's ...

Refugee students call Porirua's Bishop Viard College home
Bishop Viard College's multi-cultural environment continues to grow as more children from refugee backgrounds are welcomed as students.

Silverdale Normal School back under its own board of trustees
Stuff.co.nz
Silverdale Normal School no longer has a commissioner and its next ERO review will be in three years' time. Pictured are deputy principal Gavin Clark, left, Ayvaa McGreevy 11, Mikaela Blackett 10, Lucie Scarle 10, principal Stuart Armistead and Levi ...