Monday & Tuesday, 22-23 July 2013

Minister to visit UK, Ireland and US Education counterparts 

Hekia Parata | Education Education Minister Hekia Parata will travel to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States next week for bilateral meetings with her counterparts. “These meetings are an opportunity to raise further awareness of New Zealand’s education brand, and promote our education system. It will also be a chance to discuss topics of relevance to our education system such as equity in education, improving the quality of teaching, and effective civics education,” says Ms Parata. ...

Ministry of Education Seddon Earthquake update 

The Ministry of Education has today started assessing damage to schools and other education facilities following Sunday’s earthquake.

Social workers in an extra 385 schools

Paula Bennett | Social Development All low decile primary schools will have social workers to help protect and support children, by the end of the next school term. “I’m really pleased we’ve been able to expand the number of social workers, adding an extra 149 frontline staff around the country.” “Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) do an outstanding job of protecting children, they’re a vital frontline response to preventing and addressing abuse and neglect,” says Mrs Bennett. ...

Education a starting point

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The policy change allowed partners of PhD students to apply for open work permits and their children to be enrolled at schools as domestic students. Government-funded New Zealand Education promotes the country overseas as a destination for study on ...

Students, council join forces on flat issue | Otago Daily Times Online ... 

The Otago University Students' Association is taking its fight for better-quality student flats to Parliament. ... The Otago University Students' Association is taking its fight for better-quality student flats to Parliament. President ...

Massey to offer free online courses

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How does a complimentary university education sound? Massey University is boldly going where other New Zealand universities haven't yet dared - announcing plans to open up its academics' expertise to the cyber world - for free. Massey's vice-chancellor ...

Girls performing better than boys

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Mr Leckie says that national standards have been an extremely frustrating exercise for teachers. "More than $40 million of public money is being wasted on producing national standards data. But teachers and schools already know which students are ...

Unruly kids 'dumped' on schools

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Schools are being ordered by the Ministry of Education to take back children kicked out for bad behaviour, ranging from theft and vandalism to drug abuse and assaults on teachers and classmates. Family First's Bob McCoskrie said schools were being ...

Maori and male leavers failing

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Data released by Education Minister Hekia Parata yesterday shows Manawatu-Whanganui secondary schools are lagging in all areas of NCEA attainment, measured against the national average - but showing improvement nonetheless. On the flipside ...

Graduates fear career in peril

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Five Southland teaching jobs are listed on the Ministry of Education's Education Gazette website, where schools must post vacancies - two for experienced early childhood teachers, two for registered teachers for a head of department role and a ...

International Students Bring Long Term Benefits... | Stuff.co.nz 

Students from overseas are valued by New Zealand universities for the high fees they pay and the cultural diversity they bring to campus life. ... Pizza delivered student a big slice of success · Has Xero reached its peak?

Focus should be learning and teaching not testing and typing ... 

“National testing has proven a failure everywhere else around the world. This is yet another example of the National party importing failed ideological experiments, rather than focusing on what works here in New Zealand,” ...

Minister Holding Out On Data Purpose

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“The level of distrust between the sector and the Minister is at an all-time high after the debacles of class room size, Novopay, charter schools, Christchurch school closures and the continued fascination with the flawed National Standards,” says Ms ...

Bennett wants kindy teachers to dob in beneficiaries

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Bennett wants kindy teachers to dob in beneficiaries. The National Government is expecting early childhood education (ECE) centres to monitor the attendance of beneficiary children and to "dob in" parents whose kids don't always attend so their ...

Minister Holding Out On Data Purpose

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“The level of distrust between the sector and the Minister is at an all-time high after the debacles of class room size, Novopay, charter schools, Christchurch school closures and the continued fascination with the flawed National Standards,” says Ms ...

Australian figures on soaring student debt mirror New Zealand | TEU ... 

Figures released by Universities Australia this week show that student debt in Australia has soared by almost 30 per cent between 2006-2012, raising concerns among New Zealand staff and students about similar levels of ...

Friday, 19 July 2013

Minister releases regional information on education progress

Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata has today released information which shows how children are getting on at different stages of the education system in 16 regions throughout New Zealand. The information shows what percentage of children are participating in early childhood education, are achieving at the National Standards or Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori, and achieving NCEA Level 2. ... 

Schools fail to meet national targets

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Wellington and Hawke's Bay primary and secondary school pupils are lagging behind government targets, but they are not alone. Nationwide, none of the targets for national standards, NCEA for school leavers, or early childhood education participation is ... 

Southern students achieving more: Data

NZ City
The Ministry of Education released regional data for early childhood education participation, national standards achievement, and NCEA level two attainment for the first time on Thursday. It shows students in most parts of the South Island are ... 

Waikato students below average

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National standards results, released yesterday, show the proportion of Waikato primary and intermediate students meeting their age appropriate standards in reading, writing and maths is below all other major districts: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki ... 

Maori and Pasifika students continue to lag behind

Newstalk ZB
Figures out today show 60 percent of Maori students are at national standard level for writing, while the performance of Pasifika students is a below 57 percent. And the lagging trend is also reflected at higher education levels. Just over four percent ... 

Asian students streets ahead of schoolmates

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Asian secondary school students in Canterbury are streaking ahead of their peers, while Maori and Pasifika students struggle to get minimum qualifications. Ministry of Educationachievement figures released yesterday show that while there has been a ... 

Schools fail to meet ambitious Government targets

National education data shows schools are not meeting ambitious targets set by the Government as part of its better public service targets and Maori and Pasifika students are still trailing in achievement.Only four of the 16 regions... 

Another pointless and costly National Standards exercise

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“More than $40 million of public money is being wasted on producing National Standardsdata. But teachers and schools already know which students are under-achieving. The big problem is a lack of funding to share effective teaching strategies and ...

Teacher tool optional after backlash

MSN NZ News
The tool is intended to help moderate national standards assessments, but Ms Parata says the unions' concerns are unfounded. "First of all, see and use the tool with your teachers, understand that it is just a tool - it does not displace any judgments ... 

Chief Ombudsman calls for school closure submissions

Chief Ombudsman Dame Beverley Wakem is calling for submissions for an investigation into the way the Education Ministry conducts consultation on school closures and mergers.Dame Beverley said she had already received submissions... 

Hui examines how to improve Maori students' results

Radio New Zealand
Hui examines how to improve Maori students' results. Updated 9 minutes ago. A Maori education hui has been examining how tangata whenua and the Government can improve Maori education results. The Nga Kaikokiri Matauranga conference was held in ... 

Education Ministry Forcing Schools to Take Unruly Students

Family First NZ says that the Paeroa Central Primary School experience of being pressured to keep a violent pupil in the school despite the danger that the pupil would place other children in is just the tip of the iceberg as schools are pressured by the ... 

Regional education information good step forward

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... strategies in schools and in the wider education system in order to increase students' achievement. “The information shows considerable differences between the 16 regions, especially with regard to success rates for boys and Maori and Pacific students. 

Australian figures on soaring student debt mirror NZ

Figures released by Universities Australia this week show that student debt in Australia has soared by almost 30 per cent between 2006-2012, raising concerns among New Zealand staff and students about similar levels of financial distress among tertiary students ... 

cuts hitting polytech - Labour

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Aoraki is forecasting a loss of $1.6m and a predicted drop of 276 students for this academic year. This is on the back of a drop of 144 fulltime students last year, though austerity measures enabled the polytech to achieve a breakeven financial result ...

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Education Ministry to develop maths strategy

The Ministry of Education is developing a maths strategy to raise poor performance by primary school children. 

Take back bad pupils, schools told

More than 100 schools that kicked out students for bad behaviour, including arson, physical assaults and drug use, have been made to re-enrol the same students again.From 2003 to 2012 there were 163 incidences where a school was... 

Treasury misses the point of tertiary education

Treasury's bizarre working paper Private Returns to Tertiary Education , which it released yesterday, seems to argue that New Zealand should move from emulating equitable and economically successful countries like Sweden, Norway or Japan, to copy Portugal, ... 

Get Back to Basics Minister

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand First says the latest Year 8 National Standards data on math and writing achievements reinforces that the close to 20 million dollars spent to date has been an exercise in data gathering rather than improving learning outcomes for our kids. 

Primary schools need counsellors, says head

Counsellors are needed in primary schools to help teachers deal with children being prescribed anti-depressants and threatening self-harm, experts say. 

Media kicked out of education hui

Radio New Zealand
The media were kicked out of a hui about Maori education in Auckland on Wednesday morning at the Education Minister's request. More than 60 tribal education providers were expected at the conference, held by iwi education advocates, Nga Kaikokiri ... 

The Power of Technology gives Kiwi Youth a Voice

More than 60 young New Zealanders from over 20 schools are set to uncover their talents, increase their technology skills and learn from some of New Zealand’s best technology brains, at this week’s High Tech Youth Meet Up. 

Kardashians are bad role models, says principal

Raising girls to be more like the Hunger Games heroine and less like one of the Kardashians would help teens survive the "growing culture of violence, excessive drinking and early sexualisation", a principal says. 

KidsCan scheme a boost for school

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Principal Stephanie Thompson says they are deciding on the best way to use the first shipment of food. It will likely be taken on school trips and some supplies will be kept inclassrooms. "If someone hasn't got quite enough you can give them a little ...

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Remediation progress positive - more work required

Steven Joyce | Education 

Positive progress has been made in resolving outstanding issues with Novopay under the Remediation Plan - but the system is not out of the woods yet, Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce says. The Remediation Plan was established in February this year with Cabinet agreeing to put aside up to $5 million to help deliver stable pay periods, clear the backlog of outstanding pay issues through the Backlog Clearance Unit (BCU), and resolve system bugs and defects. ... 

Govt releases reports on Pay Periods 6, 7 & 8

Steven Joyce | Education 

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the reports on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Periods 6, 7 and 8 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 6, which was paid on the morning of 12 June, paid 89,061 people a total of $173.96 million. The report shows that complaints and notifications were received regarding 0.30 per cent of staff across the country, 21 staff were notified as not paid, 109 were overpaid, and 140 underpaid. Affected staff were from 197 schools or 8.0 per cent of schools in the payroll system. ... 

$10 million investment for new school facilities

Nikki Kaye | Education

 Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced a $10 million investment in new buildings for 26 schools around New Zealand. The investment is part of a programme designed to ensure schools have facilities to match their growth. “This year 26 schools, from small rural to large city schools, will receive additional funding to help them extend libraries, increase administrative facilities, and build new multipurpose spaces," Ms Kaye says. ... 

Novopay: Thousands of problems still outstanding

The Government is extending its Novopay remediation programme by two months, while 4400 school staff are still battling to receive correct holiday pay and sick pay entitlements.Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce said... 

NZEI wants more resources for fixing Novopay

The teachers union, the New Zealand Educational Institute, says the Government is still not putting enough resources into fixing the flawed Novopay payroll system. 

Expanding schools receive badly needed funds boost

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Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced the funding yesterday and said it would be split between 26 schools, including seven in the Lower North Island, to build extra non-classroom space. At Te Horo School on the Kapiti Coast the roll has ... 

Documents show Ministry concern about National Standards

NZEI Te Riu Roa says it is not surprised at revelations that the Ministry of Education has ongoing concerns about the effect of National Standards on New Zealand children’s education. 

Principals collect $1.3m in top-ups

Principals are getting their salaries topped up by as much as $29,000 for extra work including running school radio stations, house sports events, and a car parking project.Extra money can be paid to principals on top of their salaries... 

Iwi set plan of action for Maori education

Iwi representatives will meet this week to hear and discuss their priorities and plan of action to address serious educational issues facing Maori children and adults. 

NZ desperate for tech graduates - report

A report into the ICT sector released today highlights New Zealand's need for more graduates in the tech industry. 

Kindy kids to have ID numbers

Identification numbers attached to children as young as three could be used to track and punish their parents.The ID system will be rolled out next year, paving the way for information to possibly be passed from kindergartens to... 

UC researchers unravel better workplace performance

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
``While the participants' conscious level of task motivation statistically predicted the overall level of performance, self-reported motivation did not statistically predict their rate oflearning or how they improved over time. ``Excitingly, an ... 

Schools await ruling on validity of board elections

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Last week the Ministry of Education deemed the initial elections invalid after they received a single complaint about an advertisement for the May elections. The advertisement failed to state how many positions on each board were vacant. A re-election ... 

A Taste of EIT

Would-be tertiary students have responded in record numbers to the opportunity for a free taste of life at EIT. For Year 11-13 school students and teenagers who have already left school, this week’s taste @ EIT is an opportunity to find out more ... 

Waikato Welcomes New Dean of Arts And Social Sciences

Waikato University has welcomed Professor Robert Hannah as the new Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, having officially taken up the appointment on July 1. 

Sacked principal battling to get his old job back

Former Bay of Islands College principal Elgin Edwards is fighting to get his job back, admitting he made mistakes running the school before being sacked last year.But he maintains he is the best man to take the college and its community...

Monday & Tuesday, 15-16 July 2013

Education Minister responds to ministry conclusions

Education Minister, Hekia Parata, responds to the Education Ministry's conclusions about NCEA pass rates.

Education Ministry worried too many children failing standards

The Ministry of Education is warning the Government that national standards pass rates for intermediate school pupils are so low it might miss its goal for raising NCEA pass rates by 2017. 

Big expansion for AUT Manukau

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment 

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today welcomed the Tertiary Education Commission’s decision to support Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Manukau Campus expansion. The expansion, which will see the number of Equivalent Full Time Students (EFTS) at AUT increase from the current 940 EFTS to 4,100 EFTS by 2020, will play a key role in providing greater tertiary education options in the south Auckland region. ... 

AUT expansion aims to lift Maori, Pacific enrolments

TVNZ
The Government has announced a major expansion of AUT University's South Auckland campus, which it hopes will get more Maori and Pacific Island students into tertiaryeducation. AUT and the Government are aiming to see an extra 3000 full time students ...

PaCT no longer mandatory

Techday NZ
PaCT is a digital tool that is expected to strengthen teacher confidence and capability in making judgments on a student against the National Standards. ... Last month, NZEI Te Riu Roa, the NZ Principals' Federation, the NZ Association of Intermediate ...

PaCT under fire again

Techday NZ
Philip Harding, president of theNew ZealandPrincipals' Federation says while the Minister of Education has made it clear that national tests are not conducive to children's learning, by using PaCT to support national standards, it will do the same harm ...

Treasury sends contradictory messages on tertiary education

Treasury’s latest four-yearly outlook on ways to constrain government spending without compromising prospects for better living standards in New Zealand over the next four decades – released this week – has left room to explore more positive ... 

Novapay contract costs Talent2 $20m

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The Australian company that built the troubled Novopay payroll system says it will have to swallow a $20 million loss over the life of its contract with the Ministry of Education. Talent2 New Zealand booked the entire hit in its accounts for the year ... 

Early childhood education in our rural regions

Living in rural areas can sometimes be isolating, particularly when access to services city people take for granted are many kilometres away. While education and community experiences are not always readily available, the Hunterville Mobile Kindergarten ... 

Unis unite on early education

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Academics, deans and pro-vice chancellors have sent a collective submission voicing their concerns to Education Minister Hekia Parata, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce and Secretary of Education Peter Hughes. The leading campaigner, Otago ... 

Secondary Schools: Pathways for future education, training and employment

This report follows on from ERO’s 2012 report on careers education, Careers Information, Advice, Guidance and Education (CIAGE) in Secondary Schools. This second report investigates how well 74 secondary schools have prepared their students for future opportunities in education, training and employment. 

$200 million wasted on inadequate professional development

The government is spending $200 million a year on woefully inadequate teacher professional learning and development (PLD) that does not help lift student achievement. 

Pupils among highest in NCEA level 2 stakes | Otago Daily Times ...

The final analysis of the Ministry of Education's 2012 NCEA data shows the percentage of Otagopupils leaving school with an NCEA level 2 qualification remains among the highest in the country - and the rates are continuing to increase. ... ''These results are a great reflection on the work our teachers do withstudents and their families and show the measures our Government is taking to raise achievement are working,'' Ms Parata said. ''We have seen some ... 

Andreas Schleicher - student assessment

Acting director for the OECD's education directorate, looks at raw data which demonstrates New Zealand's relative success in the global standings of student achievment.

Waikato classrooms embrace the digital age

School desks, pens and pencils could soon be an oddity in Waikato classrooms as schools increasingly embrace digital learning environments. 

Multi lingual ‘ready for school’ programme about to begin

A brand new languages, music and a technology curriculum will be launched for North Shore Preschoolers as part of the Kids Planet Childcare ‘ready for school programme.’ 

Teachers Council rejects complaint against principal

The Teachers Council has dismissed a complaint against a Hutt Valley principal accused of misleading parents about school fees. 

Witt board member has education history

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"Alongside my teaching responsibilities I have been actively involved in research, in both ecological statistics and in modelling Maori language usage in New Zealand. "I am passionate about education and I am excited by the opportunity to provide ... 

Chch school takes ministry to court

A Christchurch school fighting closure will get its day in court. 

Improved Career Development for Youth

Waiariki Institute of Technology and Careers New Zealand have signalled they are fully committed to working together to improve career development for young people which will flow into industry. 

School anger at board re-elections

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New Plymouth schools are fuming at the possibility of having to re-elect board of trustees members after the Ministry of Education deemed the initial elections invalid. The drama unfolded from a lone complaint regarding a newspaper advertisement for ... 

University farm in new territory

Stuff.co.nz
The focus day for the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) strayed into new territory as researchers explored the feasibility of lucerne grazing for dairy farming. Lucerne research is being carried out by the Lincoln University Research Dairy Farm ... 

Pupils cloaked in Maori culture

Otago Daily Times
Kingsview School pupils spent last week creating kakahu (Maori cloaks) as a part of their education during Maori Language Week. Kakahu are traditionally made with woven flax, animal skin and feathers. However, the pupils created theirs using dyed paper.

Leaky schools total now 9

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The Ministry of Education is set to contract water-tightening work on both Halcombe and Manchester Street schools, which have sprung serious leaks. Halcombe School's hall needs to be re-clad, and repairs to its roof and frame are required, at an ... 

Principal drives kids to achieve

Nicola Ngarewa is all about the solution rather than the problem.The 39-year-old is the principal at Tamatea College, Hawkes Bay, where she has been for a little more than two years.She is among six New Zealanders named as Blake... 

School students assault staff

Children at 10 Western Bay primary schools have been stood down or suspended for physical assaults on school staff.Figures released to the Bay of Plenty Times under the Official Information Act reveal children at Arataki School,...

Friday, 12 July 2013

Principals reject PaCT online assessment tool

Stuff.co.nz
Principals' Federation national president Philip Harding said the PaCT tool would strengthen national standards and his members opposed it. Other federation members said it would lead to the dismantling of New Zealand's world-class education system.

Treasury documents reveal budget-cutting pressure | TEU - Tertiary ...

Documents released under the Official Information Act by Treasury confirm the government is dampening demand for tertiary education to balance. ... are proposed, the universal nature of the Student Support system could be undermined with the risk that further changes would increasingly have large impacts on specific groups e.g. limit their access to tertiary education.” Megan Woods said New Zealand has already seen a huge drop off in industry training numbers. 

Employers taking skills over grades, says expert

More New Zealand employers are ignoring candidates with the best university grades in favour of those who clearly demonstrate skills, a conference has heard.Universities are grappling with how best to produce graduates who are employable,... 

Survey shows widespread insecure work in tertiary education

A survey of nearly 2000 TEU members shows insecure work, casual and fixed-term employment agreements are widespread in tertiary education. One in six respondents said they were currently in an insecure, casual or fixed-term position, and a further one-third ...

Maori academics get a helping hand

Promising Maori academics are being given a hand to study in some of the world's leading universities - with a dash of magic thrown in.Kelly Ratana, 26, and Hannah Leckie, 28, were two of 112 scholars who last night received education... 

Science and maths teachers shine in teaching awards - TEU Tertiary ...

Ako Aotearoa's Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards recognised outstanding tertiary teachers and lecturers this week. A total of ten awards. 

The art of education

Gisborne Herald
The Eastern Institute of Technology's (Tairawhiti) Maori School of Visual art this year marks its 20th anniversary, and how things have changed from the informal arts training — offered in what was then known as The Barn — of two decades ago. Today ...

NorthTec to open a new Auckland Campus

NorthTec is pleased to announce that it will soon be offering tertiary studies in Auckland when its new Campus becomes operational later this year. 

Secrecy ends for Uni of Waikato alumnus with Xbox One Unveil

A Canadian student who completed his Masters degree at the University of Waikato was recently able to tell his friends and family what he’s been doing for the last year and a half.

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Minister thanks New Brighton schools for feedback

Hekia Parata | Education 

Education Minister Hekia Parata has thanked the three New Brighton schools in greater Christchurch for providing feedback on the new proposals announced in May. "I would like to thank the New Brighton school communities for continuing to engage in the consultation process, for the effort each school put into their feedback, and for their prompt response. I will carefully consider all of the information provided before making my decision,’’ Ms Parata says. ... 

Principals' boycott plan for new standards tool

The Principals' Federation has thumbed its nose at a new online education ministry tool, yesterday voting unanimously to boycott its trial and development. 

Union urges schools to boycott computer tool

Education union NZEI are urging schools to boycott trials of a progress and consistency tool.The Government is planning to make it compulsory for primary and secondary schools to use the proposed computerised consistency tool, known... 

Progress and consistency tool (PaCT) not a test

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Ms Phair says, “National Standards rely on the professional judgment of teachers and PaCT is designed to support teachers to make those judgments. It is being developed with the teaching profession, for the teaching profession. “It is not a test of any ... 

National's tertiary target falls short

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Minister of Tertiary Education, Stephen Joyce is failing to meet his own better public service targets. His attempts to get more New Zealanders qualified to level 4 are missing the mark, says Labour's Tertiary Education spokesperson Megan Woods. 

Shake up time, says schools guru

New Zealand's education system has been treading water and its students will lose out in the global race for the best jobs unless change is embraced, a visiting expert warns.Andreas Schleicher has been dubbed "the world's schoolmaster"... 

Practical approach contrasts with traditional

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Instead of sitting in a classroom all day, we are having fun and getting credits for it." She has been learning how to use a chainsaw and ride quad bikes. Visiting a wide variety of workplaces is helping her make future career choices, says Claudia ... 

Officials accused of being ill prepared for select committee

Radio New Zealand
Officials of the Tertiary Education Commission have been accused of wasting the MaoriAffairs Select Committee's time and told to reappear when they're better prepared. The commission failed to provide written details about how tertiary chief ...

Food in schools bill delayed for second time

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira's food in schools bill will not come up in Parliament tonight - a second delay on the bill.The bill was initially put on hold until today and Mr Harawira has chosen to further delay the bill.He...

Ophthalmologist awarded PM's top prize for tertiary teaching

Tonight, the Prime Minister awarded his Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence to Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson, leading ophthalmologist from the School of Medicine, University of Otago. 

University of AK scoops three Teaching Excellence Awards

University of Auckland recipients were: Associate Professor Bryony James from the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Professor Alison Jones, Te Puna Wānanga, School of Māori Education and Associate Professor Cather Simpson, School ... 

BoP tutor named as one of country’s best tertiary teachers

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic tutor named as one of the country’s best tertiary teachers 

Speech- NZPF President Philip Harding to National Conference

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
It was truly a roadmap to creativity and thinking skills, where authenticity was assured, with student engagement at its centre. And then – 2009, national standards. Anne Tolley told the NZPF executive when we begged her to talk about the pitfalls ... 

Pasifika Advisor appointed to national board

Massey News (press release)

She has researched and written extensively on Pasifika education issues and is currently a senior Pasifika adviser at the University. A study, conducted by the academic investigated which media – radio, television, or print – Pasifika communities ... 

UC strongly supports Callaghan Innovation’s direction

The University of Canterbury today welcomed the Callaghan Innovation’s first full three year Statement of Intent which has been tabled in Parliament. 

My son has school phobia

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We removed him from that school and changed him to an amazing school which is supporting him, and fully on board with all his educational needs. Sadly, due to his abuse from the previous school, he has a anxiety disorder called school phobia. He has ... 

e-Learning Design and Development for 21st Century Learning

Intrigued with integrating technology into 21st century teaching and learning? Thought about joining the mindshift? Pondered upon how best to design online learning? Or perhaps you've been itching to know what it all means - tags, podcasts, wikis, blogs, ... 

Hutt International Boys' School won't refund fees

Stuff.co.nz
A Hutt Valley high school that overcharged for fees has ignored Ministry of Educationadvice to refund parents. Hutt International Boys' School (Hibs) was warned by the ministry that it was overcharging parents and that they were entitled to refunds ...