Chorus of Disapproval Over Education Funding Plans - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Mrs Martin says it's right up there with the “class size doesn't matter” decision the Minister made and then had to retract. “Northland principals are worried that in some areas of the region, many of their students are already on the back foot when it ...
Further consultation over school’s future
Education Minister Hekia Parata has initiated a second round of consultation over the proposed closure of Turakina Māori Girls’ College. “I have carefully considered submissions from the Board of Trustees, the Proprietor, the Presbyterian Church, Ngā Wāhine o Turakina Ngā Hara and members of the public,” says Ms Parata. “These demonstrate a great deal of goodwill towards the school. ..
Postgraduate boost for Maori medium teachers - waateanews.com
That will be extended year, with 90 postgraduate places available for people working n early childhood education and 85 places for Maori medium teachers to study at Waikato University, Massey University Te Wananga o Raukawa and Te Whare Wananga o ...
More post-graduate qualifications for teachersScoop.co.nz (press release)
Students expecting 3% fee rises
Students are expecting most polytechnics and universities will raise their fees by three percent next year even though inflation is below 1% and competition for enrolments is growing. The President of the Union of Students' Associations is Rory McCourt.
Why New Zealand Doesn't Need Charter Schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand First congratulates Manukura School in Palmerston North on securing its future through achieving special character status, but Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin says it raises the question of why we need charter schools. “Manukura not ..
No tuition cost increases for Open Polytechnic
Fee-paying students at one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary education organisations will have no increase in tuition costs next year.
Relationships flourish at Playcentre
In contrast to the recent Childforum survey in which a quarter of the early childhood teachers surveyed indicated they would not enrol their children at the service they worked in, nearly 100% of the educators at Playcentre have their children attending
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Monday, 12 October 2015
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Show me the money: NZ First calls out Government on education spending
Revamps of the Resource Teacher Learning and Behaviour scheme and truancy programmes, the PACT tool and selling National Standards to parents?” Martin says. “New Zealanders' long held belief that their children are entitled to a free education, ...
Fire at Hawera Intermediate - Stuff.co.nz
Various schools in the town had already offered spare classrooms but Simpson said no decisions had been made yet about how the school's 333 students would be accommodated. Simpson said he was meeting with the Ministry of Education this morning to ..
Trans-Tasman education project
New Zealand will partner with Australia in a trans-Tasman educationproject exploring how innovative learning environments can enhance teaching, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. The Ministry of Education and at least six New Zealand ..
More post-graduate qualifications for teachers - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
For the first time trainee teachers are to be offered the opportunity to earn post-graduate qualifications in Māori medium and Early ChildhoodEducation (ECE) teaching, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. From next year up to 85 post ...
Hato Petera School to close its boarding wing
Auckland's only Maori boarding school, Hato Petera, has closed its junior boarding houses.
Labour wants qualified ECEs
Labour would introduce a minimum qualification requirement for all early childhood educators (ECEs), seeking to curb the rapid growth of taxpayer-subsidised nannies and au pairs.The party's education spokesman Chris Hipkins says...
Song writing used to combat bullying
Song writing is being used by a New Zealand based mentoring group to help Pasifika school students combat bullying.
ational Science Challenge to Launch Research
What if New Zealand developed the next generation of foods that will help consumers maintain their health and protect them against diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome or chronic allergies? What if we could answer some big science questions – use ...
Schoolchildren could be working until they're 100, says expert
Teachers should prepare schoolchildren for a future that could see them having to work 40 different jobs until they reach 100, as many occupations are being taken over by robots, an expert has said.
Revamps of the Resource Teacher Learning and Behaviour scheme and truancy programmes, the PACT tool and selling National Standards to parents?” Martin says. “New Zealanders' long held belief that their children are entitled to a free education, ...
Fire at Hawera Intermediate - Stuff.co.nz
Various schools in the town had already offered spare classrooms but Simpson said no decisions had been made yet about how the school's 333 students would be accommodated. Simpson said he was meeting with the Ministry of Education this morning to ..
Trans-Tasman education project
New Zealand will partner with Australia in a trans-Tasman educationproject exploring how innovative learning environments can enhance teaching, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. The Ministry of Education and at least six New Zealand ..
More post-graduate qualifications for teachers - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
For the first time trainee teachers are to be offered the opportunity to earn post-graduate qualifications in Māori medium and Early ChildhoodEducation (ECE) teaching, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. From next year up to 85 post ...
Hato Petera School to close its boarding wing
Auckland's only Maori boarding school, Hato Petera, has closed its junior boarding houses.
Labour wants qualified ECEs
Labour would introduce a minimum qualification requirement for all early childhood educators (ECEs), seeking to curb the rapid growth of taxpayer-subsidised nannies and au pairs.The party's education spokesman Chris Hipkins says...
Song writing used to combat bullying
Song writing is being used by a New Zealand based mentoring group to help Pasifika school students combat bullying.
ational Science Challenge to Launch Research
What if New Zealand developed the next generation of foods that will help consumers maintain their health and protect them against diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome or chronic allergies? What if we could answer some big science questions – use ...
Schoolchildren could be working until they're 100, says expert
Teachers should prepare schoolchildren for a future that could see them having to work 40 different jobs until they reach 100, as many occupations are being taken over by robots, an expert has said.
Student protests spark victory for civil rights - 150 Years of News
It began as hundreds of student activists railed against the privatisation of education, and ended with a watershed victory for civil rights.
It began as hundreds of student activists railed against the privatisation of education, and ended with a watershed victory for civil rights.
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Monday 12 October 2015
Education Council Announces New Chief Executive
The Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Graham Stoop QSO to the position of chief executive. Dr Stoop will take up the position on 9 November.
Fears over quality of tots' education - New Zealand Herald
•Home-based care is funded by the Government at a maximum of $9.27 an hour per child. •There are 32,000 youngsters in home-based care, compared to 113,000 in "educare" centres, 25,000 in kindergartens, 13,000 in kohanga reo and 11,000 at ...
Education expert says charter schools getting kid gloves
Professor John O'Neill Director of the Institute of Education at Massey University was among those arguing for the benchmarking.
Govt accused of failing to hold charter schools to account
The Government's being accused of failing to hold charter schools to account by blocking a plan to compare their results with those of state schools.
Mixed results for NZQA online maths exam - Educators NZ
Eleven thousand students took part in the digital assessment, representing about 30% of those eligible. The students who sat the electronic version will also sit a paper-based assessment, with their highest mark counting towards NCEA Level 1. Deputy ...
Cable Green: open education and sharing
Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons International, and advocate of affordable universal access to quality education.
Universities ready to help NZ export companies
Universities ready to help New Zealand’s emerging export companies Universities want to play a bigger role in helping emerging New Zealand export companies break into international markets. University Vice-Chancellors and representatives from ...
Trading student debt for a practical career
If Nolly had his way he would have high schools giving students as young as 12 and 13 years old acess to different industries and trade careers so that could make early and informed decisions about what subjects they needed to pursue their goals. And ...
The Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Graham Stoop QSO to the position of chief executive. Dr Stoop will take up the position on 9 November.
Fears over quality of tots' education - New Zealand Herald
•Home-based care is funded by the Government at a maximum of $9.27 an hour per child. •There are 32,000 youngsters in home-based care, compared to 113,000 in "educare" centres, 25,000 in kindergartens, 13,000 in kohanga reo and 11,000 at ...
Education expert says charter schools getting kid gloves
Professor John O'Neill Director of the Institute of Education at Massey University was among those arguing for the benchmarking.
Govt accused of failing to hold charter schools to account
The Government's being accused of failing to hold charter schools to account by blocking a plan to compare their results with those of state schools.
Mixed results for NZQA online maths exam - Educators NZ
Eleven thousand students took part in the digital assessment, representing about 30% of those eligible. The students who sat the electronic version will also sit a paper-based assessment, with their highest mark counting towards NCEA Level 1. Deputy ...
Cable Green: open education and sharing
Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons International, and advocate of affordable universal access to quality education.
Universities ready to help NZ export companies
Universities ready to help New Zealand’s emerging export companies Universities want to play a bigger role in helping emerging New Zealand export companies break into international markets. University Vice-Chancellors and representatives from ...
Trading student debt for a practical career
If Nolly had his way he would have high schools giving students as young as 12 and 13 years old acess to different industries and trade careers so that could make early and informed decisions about what subjects they needed to pursue their goals. And ...
Thursday, 8 October 2015
8-9 October 2015
Education Minister overrules ministry's advice on charter school report
Stuff.co.nz
Isaac said the report intended to evaluate outcomes not essential to the success of charter schools yet had no plans to measure important aspects like "educational performance results". But on March 18 Parata overruled the ministry and its intentions ...
Parata puts brakes on charter school appraisal
Concerns over evaluation of charter schools
Concerns were raised about an evaluation of charter schools by the head of the Government-appointed board overseeing the model and former Act Party president Catherine Isaac, documents show.Ms Isaac, a strong supporter of the controversial...
Early childhood education 'threatened' by lack of funding
Stuff.co.nz
Isaac said the report intended to evaluate outcomes not essential to the success of charter schools yet had no plans to measure important aspects like "educational performance results". But on March 18 Parata overruled the ministry and its intentions ...
Parata puts brakes on charter school appraisal
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Seymour: Too soon to judge charter schools
3News NZ
Labour and NZ First are criticising Ms Parata for blocking the survey. They say she knows the results will show charter schools are no better than state schools. There are nine charter schools and the first few opened about a year ago. They're ...
Independent evaluation of Charter Schools needed
Seymour: Too soon to judge charter schools
3News NZ
Labour and NZ First are criticising Ms Parata for blocking the survey. They say she knows the results will show charter schools are no better than state schools. There are nine charter schools and the first few opened about a year ago. They're ...
Independent evaluation of Charter Schools needed
The Education Minister shut down comparing student achievement results from charter schools with those of state schools despite ministry advice to do so.
Concerns over evaluation of charter schools
Concerns were raised about an evaluation of charter schools by the head of the Government-appointed board overseeing the model and former Act Party president Catherine Isaac, documents show.Ms Isaac, a strong supporter of the controversial...
Early childhood education 'threatened' by lack of funding
3News NZ
Karen O'Leary is an active member of the New Zealand education union and head teacher at a community-based centre. She also has her son at the centre she runs. Ms O'Leary told the Paul Henry programme this morning the problems highlighted in the ...
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Call for more investment in childcare quality
Stuff.co.nz
The focus for early childhood education should be quality, not high participation, sector representatives say. ... New Zealand Educational Institute early childhood representative Virginia Oakly said the report endorsed what the union had been saying ...
Editorial: Early childhood disquiet a wake-up call
Karen O'Leary is an active member of the New Zealand education union and head teacher at a community-based centre. She also has her son at the centre she runs. Ms O'Leary told the Paul Henry programme this morning the problems highlighted in the ...
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Call for more investment in childcare quality
Stuff.co.nz
The focus for early childhood education should be quality, not high participation, sector representatives say. ... New Zealand Educational Institute early childhood representative Virginia Oakly said the report endorsed what the union had been saying ...
Editorial: Early childhood disquiet a wake-up call
New Zealand's early childhood education system came under friendly fire this week as a survey found up to a quarter of teachers in the sector would not enrol their own children in it.
Study Reveals Parents' Perceptions of New Zealand Education Education aspirations equal success for New Zealand children ASG Parents Report Card reveals parents’ perceptions of state of education in New Zealand The aspirations New Zealand parents ...
Parents feel the squeeze from school funding shortfall
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Parents are being forced to shell out more and more for their kids' education as government underfunding really starts to bite, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “A survey released today confirmed what we already know, the vast ...
Growing price of a 'free' education
Half of middle-income parents believe they don't have enough money for their children's schooling, as experts warn of the growing costs of modern education going unmet by the state.The survey, from an inaugural ASG Parents Report..
Child education a struggle for poor families
"Parents hold incredibly important, often intangible, resources in contributing to their child's educational success," ASG chief executive John Velegrinis said. "The ASG Parents Report Card has found that parental aspirations for their children's ...
New digital education 'clicks' with Māori
Radio New Zealand
The teaching style is called 'Manaiakalani' and has been adopted by 12 schools, including a Kura Kaupapa Māori, that said it had transformed their students' learning. The kaupapa of the IT-based learning programme, Manaiakalani, is 'Learn, Create, Share'.
Parents' aspirations key driver in children's academic success: study
Stuff.co.nz
Monash University Faculty of Education associate professor Dr Shane Phillipson said while parents thought they did not have enough financial resources, at the end of the day the key to educational success was parents' aspirations, not how much money ...
How your school can manage student and teacher data
Schools must develop efficient policies around how student and teacher data is managed, according to the Ministry of Education, who is offering advice on how schools can go about simplifying and automating tasks for running schools, and sharing data ...
New teaching resource to help support diversity
Parents feel the squeeze from school funding shortfall
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Parents are being forced to shell out more and more for their kids' education as government underfunding really starts to bite, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. “A survey released today confirmed what we already know, the vast ...
Growing price of a 'free' education
Half of middle-income parents believe they don't have enough money for their children's schooling, as experts warn of the growing costs of modern education going unmet by the state.The survey, from an inaugural ASG Parents Report..
Child education a struggle for poor families
"Parents hold incredibly important, often intangible, resources in contributing to their child's educational success," ASG chief executive John Velegrinis said. "The ASG Parents Report Card has found that parental aspirations for their children's ...
New digital education 'clicks' with Māori
Radio New Zealand
The teaching style is called 'Manaiakalani' and has been adopted by 12 schools, including a Kura Kaupapa Māori, that said it had transformed their students' learning. The kaupapa of the IT-based learning programme, Manaiakalani, is 'Learn, Create, Share'.
Parents' aspirations key driver in children's academic success: study
Stuff.co.nz
Monash University Faculty of Education associate professor Dr Shane Phillipson said while parents thought they did not have enough financial resources, at the end of the day the key to educational success was parents' aspirations, not how much money ...
How your school can manage student and teacher data
Schools must develop efficient policies around how student and teacher data is managed, according to the Ministry of Education, who is offering advice on how schools can go about simplifying and automating tasks for running schools, and sharing data ...
New teaching resource to help support diversity
Inside Out, a video-based teaching resource created in partnership by University of Auckland’s Dr John Fenaughty, Curative, and RainbowYOUTH, is set to be launched to the Wellington community at Parliament on Tuesday October 13th. The free classroom ...
Where Have the Government's Education Millions Gone?
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Revamps of the Resource Teacher Learning and Behaviour scheme and truancy programmes, the PACT tool and selling National Standards to parents? “New Zealanders' long held belief that their children are entitled to a free education, no matter how much ..
Speech: Adult Illiteracy Costs Us
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Several years ago the World Literacy Foundation estimated that the Economic and Social Cost of Illiteracy to New Zealand was a staggeringNZ$3 billion a year. A 2008 study found ... That was false as funding for hundreds of adult learners was summarily ...
Lifelong Learning Key to Wellbeing
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Henley Men's Shed in Masterton will host the launch of this year's Adult Learners' Week/He Tangata Mātauranga, September 7-13. The custom built shed is set up for older men to participate in a range of activities from metalwork, woodwork and gardening ...
Aro Valley's radical educational experiment - 150 Years of News
By then Matauranga had a waiting list with parents in the Hutt Valley, Auckland and Christchurch either setting up or planning similar schools buoyed by the Playcentre philosophy of parent-run preschool education and learning through play.
Next generation will need to work until 100 at 40 different jobs, expert says
Think your little ones will have a better life than you, like your own parents probably thought about you? Think again.
Decision on Blenheim colleges not far away
A decision on the future of Blenheim's two colleges is expected by the end of the year, the Ministry of Education says.
Where Have the Government's Education Millions Gone?
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Revamps of the Resource Teacher Learning and Behaviour scheme and truancy programmes, the PACT tool and selling National Standards to parents? “New Zealanders' long held belief that their children are entitled to a free education, no matter how much ..
Speech: Adult Illiteracy Costs Us
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Several years ago the World Literacy Foundation estimated that the Economic and Social Cost of Illiteracy to New Zealand was a staggeringNZ$3 billion a year. A 2008 study found ... That was false as funding for hundreds of adult learners was summarily ...
Lifelong Learning Key to Wellbeing
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Henley Men's Shed in Masterton will host the launch of this year's Adult Learners' Week/He Tangata Mātauranga, September 7-13. The custom built shed is set up for older men to participate in a range of activities from metalwork, woodwork and gardening ...
Aro Valley's radical educational experiment - 150 Years of News
By then Matauranga had a waiting list with parents in the Hutt Valley, Auckland and Christchurch either setting up or planning similar schools buoyed by the Playcentre philosophy of parent-run preschool education and learning through play.
Next generation will need to work until 100 at 40 different jobs, expert says
Think your little ones will have a better life than you, like your own parents probably thought about you? Think again.
Decision on Blenheim colleges not far away
A decision on the future of Blenheim's two colleges is expected by the end of the year, the Ministry of Education says.
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Wednesday 7 October 2015
Childcare workers say some centres are like 'factory farming children'A quarter of early childhood teachers would not enrol their own children at their centres due to concerns about quality, a survey reveals.
hild Forum, a non-profit organisation focussed on early childhood education and research, surveyed 600 teachers nationwide about their workplaces. A quarter of them said would not be happy to have their own child enrolled where they work, with one teacher likening their centre to "factory farming" for children. The survey also found that a fifth of teachers say they don't have enough time to get to know the children because of a lack of support from management. Others said there too much pressure to produce documentation on childrens' learning, rather than build relationships. Warwick Marshall is the chief executive of Child Forum and an author of the report.
ECNZ says 'about time' for early learning investments
Educators NZ
New Zealand's early learning sector is worthy of investment and the Advisry Group of Learning report is more than welcome, says the Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand (ECNZ). Education Minister Hekia Parata released the report last week, which ...
Early childhood academics cautiously optimistic
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Associate Dean (Teacher Education) at the College Dr Alex Gunn says the Report of the Ministry's Advisory Group on Early Learning – released last Friday – includes several ground-breaking initiatives that are likely to help both teachers and ...
Charter school students: State education was 'boring'
Educators NZ
New Zealand's early learning sector is worthy of investment and the Advisry Group of Learning report is more than welcome, says the Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand (ECNZ). Education Minister Hekia Parata released the report last week, which ...
Early childhood academics cautiously optimistic
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Associate Dean (Teacher Education) at the College Dr Alex Gunn says the Report of the Ministry's Advisory Group on Early Learning – released last Friday – includes several ground-breaking initiatives that are likely to help both teachers and ...
Charter school students: State education was 'boring'
Charter school students have told reviewers the state schools they used to attend were "dumb" and "boring".
Small class sizes a key factor in charter school success - report
Small class sizes have been hailed as one of the key conditions to charter school success in a first report into how the controversial education model is working.The report, by consultancy Martin Jenkins on behalf of the Ministry...
Narrow and superficial report on charter schools - NZEI
Scoop.co.nz
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter says it is extraordinary that the report comes to conclusions based on looking at just three of the five charter schools that opened in 2014. “We know that at least one school has been so dysfunctional that the ...
Charter schools evaluation reveals next to nothing
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The only useful conclusion in the Government-sanctioned evaluation ofcharter schools is the confirmation that smaller classes work better, the Green Party says. The evaluation, carried out by consultancy firm Martin Jenkins and released publicly ...
Call for $10m boost for Māori boys' college
Radio New Zealand
Principal Shane Hiha said Te Aute had produced fine Māori leaders and members of society, and said its environment should modernise to reflect its iconic state. Mr Hiha wants to see the Ministry and Church both contribute $5m so there is a $15m fund ...
Small class sizes have been hailed as one of the key conditions to charter school success in a first report into how the controversial education model is working.The report, by consultancy Martin Jenkins on behalf of the Ministry...
Narrow and superficial report on charter schools - NZEI
Scoop.co.nz
NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter says it is extraordinary that the report comes to conclusions based on looking at just three of the five charter schools that opened in 2014. “We know that at least one school has been so dysfunctional that the ...
Charter schools evaluation reveals next to nothing
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The only useful conclusion in the Government-sanctioned evaluation ofcharter schools is the confirmation that smaller classes work better, the Green Party says. The evaluation, carried out by consultancy firm Martin Jenkins and released publicly ...
Call for $10m boost for Māori boys' college
Radio New Zealand
Principal Shane Hiha said Te Aute had produced fine Māori leaders and members of society, and said its environment should modernise to reflect its iconic state. Mr Hiha wants to see the Ministry and Church both contribute $5m so there is a $15m fund ...
Schools not taking advantage of technology in the classroom
Educators NZ
There is a digital divide in the classroom and schools are not taking advantage of the potential technology in the classroom provides, according to a new report from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ... “School systems ..
Radio New Zealand
The tertiary education provider has upped its number of doctoral scholarships from 138 to 200 new scholarships each year. Domestic students from any university in the country with a GPA of 8.0 will be guaranteed a scholarship, while Māori and Pacific ....
The tertiary education provider has upped its number of doctoral scholarships from 138 to 200 new scholarships each year. Domestic students from any university in the country with a GPA of 8.0 will be guaranteed a scholarship, while Māori and Pacific ....
Kiwi financial education offering brings home innovation award
Educators NZ
A Kiwi designed online platform that facilitates the teaching of financial education in the classroom by creating a virtual 'classroom currency' has scooped up a top Australasian award. Wellington-based...
Educators NZ
A Kiwi designed online platform that facilitates the teaching of financial education in the classroom by creating a virtual 'classroom currency' has scooped up a top Australasian award. Wellington-based...
600 more beds at University of Auckland
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The rates vary depending on size of apartment. First year school leavers can expect to pay $351 weekly for fully catered accommodation in one of the University's five catered halls of residence, very similar or lower than catered rates at other NZ ...
Secret trade agreement bad for education and democracy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
It is not acceptable that trade negotiators could be secretly signing away control over our education system, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. The TEU is one of several applicants taking the government to court over its refusal to share secret ...
Waitaki Boys' High School rector resigns
Stuff.co.nz
Waitaki Boys' High school rector Paul Jackson will leave the school at the end of this year. His resignation comes on top of a predicted funding cut to the school of $100,000, announced last month by the Ministry of Education. The ministry predicts a ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The rates vary depending on size of apartment. First year school leavers can expect to pay $351 weekly for fully catered accommodation in one of the University's five catered halls of residence, very similar or lower than catered rates at other NZ ...
Secret trade agreement bad for education and democracy
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
It is not acceptable that trade negotiators could be secretly signing away control over our education system, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs. The TEU is one of several applicants taking the government to court over its refusal to share secret ...
Waitaki Boys' High School rector resigns
Stuff.co.nz
Waitaki Boys' High school rector Paul Jackson will leave the school at the end of this year. His resignation comes on top of a predicted funding cut to the school of $100,000, announced last month by the Ministry of Education. The ministry predicts a ...
Educators NZ
More than 100 of the top New Zealand IT education experts will be in attendance at this week's Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ), held in Queenstown. The aim of the conference is to look at how ...
More than 200 schools put hand up for Caltex Fuel Your School initiative
Educators NZ
Hundreds of New Zealand schools have put their hand up for a slice of the $100,000 raised by Caltex customers in the Fuel Your School initiative. More than 200 schools have applied for the grants, which will contribute much needed funding for STEM ...
More than 100 of the top New Zealand IT education experts will be in attendance at this week's Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ), held in Queenstown. The aim of the conference is to look at how ...
More than 200 schools put hand up for Caltex Fuel Your School initiative
Educators NZ
Hundreds of New Zealand schools have put their hand up for a slice of the $100,000 raised by Caltex customers in the Fuel Your School initiative. More than 200 schools have applied for the grants, which will contribute much needed funding for STEM ...
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Monday 5 October 2015
Advisory Group on Early Learning report welcomed
Hekia Parata | Education
Parata's school funding plan won't solve problems, teachers claim
Plans to link school funding with student achievement have riled educators, who say it will cause chaos without solving problems.Education minister Hekia Parata told teachers at a PPTA conference yesterday that achievement would...
Advisory Group report welcomed
Hekia Parata | Education
Children will have better support to get the best possible start to their early learning, says Education Minister Hekia Parata. Ms Parata today released the report of the Advisory Group on Early Learning, which recommends that early childhood education (ECE) services and schools have a more formal responsibility to work with children and their families as they make the critical transition from ECE to school. “Many ECE providers do a great job of this already, but it needs to be the practice across the board for all children,” says Ms Parata. ...
Parata's school funding plan won't solve problems, teachers claim
Plans to link school funding with student achievement have riled educators, who say it will cause chaos without solving problems.Education minister Hekia Parata told teachers at a PPTA conference yesterday that achievement would...
Advisory Group report welcomed
NZ Kindergartens (NZK) welcomes the Advisory Group on Early Learning report which has significant implications for the early childhood education (ECE) and school sectors. The report focuses on the implementation of the early childhood education curriculum, ...
Has the Education Minister gone a bit rogue?
Stuff.co.nz
OPINION: For more than two years the Education Minister has been vocal about her desire to give school deciles the chop, but just what a new funding model would look like has remained a mystery. In 2013, Hekia Parata first criticised deciles as "clumsy ...
Changes to NZ's early education could require significant investmentEducators NZ
Children's early learning worth the investmentScoop.co.nz (press release)
Principals Reject Parata’s Funding Plans
Minister Parata’s announcement to scrap the decile system of funding and link future school funding to student achievement has been roundly rejected by school principals.
Group school starts and special classes recommended for New Zealand
Stuff.co.nz
"This advice is particularly relevant for children who have had no formal early childhood education before coming to school." National Standards had also prompted "a downward push in assessment practices", which affects how pupils feel about their ...
Herald on Sunday Editorial: Getting the measure of tertiary degrees
Figures collected in the five-yearly census can be used in endless ways. Research for Universities New Zealand has compared the jobs of graduates aged 29-38 in the 2013 Census with the highest degrees they obtained, perhaps to answer...
University degree leads students back to teach
Has the Education Minister gone a bit rogue?
Stuff.co.nz
OPINION: For more than two years the Education Minister has been vocal about her desire to give school deciles the chop, but just what a new funding model would look like has remained a mystery. In 2013, Hekia Parata first criticised deciles as "clumsy ...
Changes to NZ's early education could require significant investmentEducators NZ
Children's early learning worth the investmentScoop.co.nz (press release)
Principals Reject Parata’s Funding Plans
Minister Parata’s announcement to scrap the decile system of funding and link future school funding to student achievement has been roundly rejected by school principals.
Group school starts and special classes recommended for New Zealand
Stuff.co.nz
"This advice is particularly relevant for children who have had no formal early childhood education before coming to school." National Standards had also prompted "a downward push in assessment practices", which affects how pupils feel about their ...
Herald on Sunday Editorial: Getting the measure of tertiary degrees
Figures collected in the five-yearly census can be used in endless ways. Research for Universities New Zealand has compared the jobs of graduates aged 29-38 in the 2013 Census with the highest degrees they obtained, perhaps to answer...
University degree leads students back to teach
The good news is you are studying for the degree of your dreams. The not-so-good news is your only option might be to become a school teacher.New research reveals for the first time the career pathways Kiwi students have followed...
Insight for 4 October 2015 - School Buildings: A Perfect Storm
Insight for 4 October 2015 - School Buildings: A Perfect Storm
John Gerritsen, looks at the state of our school buildings.
Principals call for school closures
School principals say the government should be shutting down or merging schools in the face of multi-billion problems with school property.
Report suggests change to starting school ages
3News NZ
Internationally, children more commonly start in cohorts at the beginning of each school year or term, and over a range of ages from four to six. Some New Zealand schools are already moving toward cohort-based starts, while still complying with the law ...
Parata's comments highlight massive holes in Govt's plan
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Hekia Parata's admission that the Government wants to tie school funding to achievement data, and her bizarre comments about charter schools and Apartheid, shows just how flawed National's ideologically driven education reforms are, the Green Party ...
Principals Reject Parata's Funding Plans
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... the Minister's announcement today ignores our request to help shape an alternative funding system and mirrors what has already happened in the UK where poorer public schools are starved of funds to make way for private charter schools,' said Torrey.
Teachers' union drops Cambridge 'ban' idea
The secondary teachers union will drop a proposed move to ban foreign qualifications, saying it was proving a "distraction" from the real issues around NCEA.A Post-Primary Teachers' Association paper titled "The NCEA: Can it be...
OMGtech! teaches children advanced technology
Principals call for school closures
School principals say the government should be shutting down or merging schools in the face of multi-billion problems with school property.
Report suggests change to starting school ages
3News NZ
Internationally, children more commonly start in cohorts at the beginning of each school year or term, and over a range of ages from four to six. Some New Zealand schools are already moving toward cohort-based starts, while still complying with the law ...
Parata's comments highlight massive holes in Govt's plan
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Hekia Parata's admission that the Government wants to tie school funding to achievement data, and her bizarre comments about charter schools and Apartheid, shows just how flawed National's ideologically driven education reforms are, the Green Party ...
Principals Reject Parata's Funding Plans
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... the Minister's announcement today ignores our request to help shape an alternative funding system and mirrors what has already happened in the UK where poorer public schools are starved of funds to make way for private charter schools,' said Torrey.
Teachers' union drops Cambridge 'ban' idea
The secondary teachers union will drop a proposed move to ban foreign qualifications, saying it was proving a "distraction" from the real issues around NCEA.A Post-Primary Teachers' Association paper titled "The NCEA: Can it be...
OMGtech! teaches children advanced technology
A year ago, Vend CEO Vaughan Rowsell and I set up a technology education charity called OMGTech! with a vision of inspiring children to explore technology and interact with positive role models from the tech industry.This week,...
When she was five year’s old Anna Redgrave’s parents were told she would never achieve success. But she has repeatedly proved the doubters wrong. Her latest achievement was to graduate with a Master of Counselling (Hons) from the University of Auckland’s ...
Education Council celebrates World Teachers Day
Voxy
As part of strengthening the profession, the Education Council will soon send out a survey to all teachers, asking for their views on issues such as leadership, initial teacher education and improving outcomes for MÄ ori and Pasifika students. "Our ...
Universities welcome Statement of Science Investment
Education Council celebrates World Teachers Day
Voxy
As part of strengthening the profession, the Education Council will soon send out a survey to all teachers, asking for their views on issues such as leadership, initial teacher education and improving outcomes for MÄ ori and Pasifika students. "Our ...
Universities welcome Statement of Science Investment
Universities New Zealand has welcomed the National Statement of Science Investment released by the Government today.
Kiwi schools hungry for more science and technology funding
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
5 OCTOBER, Auckland, NZ – Over 200 New Zealand schools have called on a staggering $100,000 raised by Caltex customers in the “Fuel Your School” initiative – which will contribute much needed funding for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and ...
IT employers look past formal education to find innovators
Educators NZ
Furthermore, a study on tertiary education outcomes in NZ by Education Counts, found that employability was higher for those with formal learning qualifications than for those without. They also found that the estimated average hourly wage had a direct ...
Kiwi schools hungry for more science and technology funding
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
5 OCTOBER, Auckland, NZ – Over 200 New Zealand schools have called on a staggering $100,000 raised by Caltex customers in the “Fuel Your School” initiative – which will contribute much needed funding for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and ...
IT employers look past formal education to find innovators
Educators NZ
Furthermore, a study on tertiary education outcomes in NZ by Education Counts, found that employability was higher for those with formal learning qualifications than for those without. They also found that the estimated average hourly wage had a direct ...
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Teachers say Trades Academies are limiting subject choice at school
News the Government is funding another 600 places for teenagers to learn a trade will limit their choice of subjects at school, says a Hawke's Bay teacher.
New Zealand Maori leaders embrace charter schools
World Socialist Web Site
Of the nine schools, four have been set up by Maori trusts, two by Pacific Island community organisations, and two by the Villa Education Trust, which bases itself on “Christian philosophy and values.” The ninth, the Vanguard Military School, operates ...
Schools face increasing challenge
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Brian Eardley-Wilmot, MD of Computer Forensics NZ Ltd, says his company is being called in more often these days to investigate schools' computers and report to school authorities. “The amount of inappropriate computer use definitely seems to be ...
Achievement based funding would be a disaster
The Education Minister’s speech to the PPTA Conference yesterday raising the spectre of achievement data driving a new funding system would be disastrous for New Zealand children, says NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Virulent teacher education market tough on schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In a bid to address this PPTA's executive, in consultation with the association's Otago region, has put together a paper for PPTA's annual conference to discuss this afternoon. The Initial teacher education in change: But is it for the better? paper ...
International students satisfied with NZ universities
The International Student Barometer Survey has found that 90% of international students studying at a New Zealand university are satisfied with their study experience here.
Schools face "perfect storm" of property problems
School principals say they are facing a perfect storm. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
Outdoor education programme impresses Secretary for Education
Secretary for Education Peter Hughes, centre, paid a special visit to Geraldine High School yesterday where he learnt about the school's outdoor education course with students, from left, Nick Boyd, Alister Martin who is about to be lifted through the ...
How well students perform in the classroom will soon play a part in how much funding a school gets, says the Education Minister.
New Zealand Maori leaders embrace charter schools
World Socialist Web Site
Of the nine schools, four have been set up by Maori trusts, two by Pacific Island community organisations, and two by the Villa Education Trust, which bases itself on “Christian philosophy and values.” The ninth, the Vanguard Military School, operates ...
Schools face increasing challenge
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Brian Eardley-Wilmot, MD of Computer Forensics NZ Ltd, says his company is being called in more often these days to investigate schools' computers and report to school authorities. “The amount of inappropriate computer use definitely seems to be ...
Achievement based funding would be a disaster
The Education Minister’s speech to the PPTA Conference yesterday raising the spectre of achievement data driving a new funding system would be disastrous for New Zealand children, says NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Virulent teacher education market tough on schools
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
In a bid to address this PPTA's executive, in consultation with the association's Otago region, has put together a paper for PPTA's annual conference to discuss this afternoon. The Initial teacher education in change: But is it for the better? paper ...
International students satisfied with NZ universities
The International Student Barometer Survey has found that 90% of international students studying at a New Zealand university are satisfied with their study experience here.
Schools face "perfect storm" of property problems
School principals say they are facing a perfect storm. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
Outdoor education programme impresses Secretary for Education
Secretary for Education Peter Hughes, centre, paid a special visit to Geraldine High School yesterday where he learnt about the school's outdoor education course with students, from left, Nick Boyd, Alister Martin who is about to be lifted through the ...
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