Tuesday 5 May 2015

Minister welcomes reports on Whānau Ora

Te Ururoa Flavell | Whanau Ora

Minister for Whānau Ora Hon Te Ururoa Flavell welcomes the Office of Auditor General’s report on Phase One (2010-2014) of Whānau Ora tabled in Parliament today. “This report and the Productivity Commission Report released last week affirm the value of taking an innovative public policy approach to supporting families in need, particularly Māori and Pasifika families.” ...

Auditor-General criticises Whanau Ora

The Auditor-General has criticised the social initiative Whanau Ora for being confusing and unclear to many public entities and whanau, and for its high admin costs.

Parata welcomes rise in Maori and Pasifika children

New Zealand Herald
The education minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality. Hekia Parata today released statistics saying the Maori participation rate was at 93.8 ...
Rising ECE participation for Māori and Pasifika 

Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Principals see poverty damaging more kids' education

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Lynda Stuart says poverty is the biggest obstacle to students' educational success. "It is totally unfair for those children and distressing for everyone working with those children. Our school community is amazing and very supportive of the school ...

Microsoft asks: Is technology hindering or helping education?

Educators NZ
Smith delivers workshops to schooling and higher education leaders around New Zealand on the use of technology for powerful learning, and has presented at conferences worldwide on the effective use of technology in the classroom. He has also ...

Over 95% of schools signed up to Government's Managed Network

Educators NZ
This is an important investment for the government, because we believe all young people should have access to high-quality internet connections for learning, wherever they live and go to school.” An interactive map of all schools participating in the ...

Home schooling session aimed at 'quirky' families

A home schooling conference to be held this weekend will have a session aimed at "quirky" children and parents.

Schools to be told how to restrain children

Stuff.co.nz
A Wellington school principal admits he's physically wrestled out-of-control teenagers in the past and says he wouldn't want new restraint and time-out guidelines to stop him from doing it again. The Ministry of Education is writing up guidelines for ...

Communities of Schools in Auckland eager to share expertise

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Along with the Lynfield community, a total of 83,000 students will now be part of the initiative to lift the quality of learning in classrooms. The Auckland Central community of schools was one of the first to be established in December 2014 and ...

Traffic noise rumbles Newton Central School

Stuff.co.nz
NZ Transport Agency's highway manager for Auckland Brett Gliddon says there is no plan to carry out a feasibility study into noise reduction at Newton Central School. And, he says retrofitted noise barriers would be of little benefit. "The steep ...

Crowdfunding campaign launched to help students study

Scoop.co.nz
As most parents know students are under a great deal of pressure these days to learn and do well in school, and often the pressure of exams can be crippling. Too many times, students are told to go home and study, but who teaches them how to? It isn't ... 

Waikato principals go on 'road trip' to Christchurch

More than 40 Waikato principals are heading south to visit Christchurch schools and the learning going on inside them.

New crowdfunding campaign to support study habits

Educators NZ

Monday 4 May 2015

Most schools signed up to Managed Network

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye are delighted that most schools in New Zealand have now signed up to use the government-funded Managed Network. “More than 95% of schools have registered to use the Managed Network, which will give them fast, reliable internet and uncapped data,” says Ms Parata. “This is about enabling schools to make the most of digital technologies, to give young people the skills and confidence they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. ...

Green light for $298m public private partnership schools 

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye say the signing of a $298 million contract for four more public private partnership (PPP) schools will see significant benefits for schools and taxpayers alike. “The contract for the schools, which will be located in Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown, was signed this week with building consortium Future Schools Partners,” says Ms Parata. Under a PPP, the private partner is responsible for designing, financing, building and maintaining the school property. ...

Minister opens Rolleston Christian School

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata today officially opened Rolleston Christian School, located in the fastest growing Territorial Authority in New Zealand. “Rolleston Christian School will relieve the pressure on existing schools in the urban area and will offer parents the option to send their children to a school that fits with their philosophical and religious beliefs,” says Ms Parata. ...

Low-decile school communities are poorer

Education Ministry figures show the communities around low-decile schools are poorer than ever.

Maori, Pasifika pre-school numbers rise

Radio New Zealand
Government figures show that in the year ending March, just over 14,500 tamariki Maori attended pre-school before going to primary school. And over the same time nearly 7,300 Pasifika children were enrolled in early childhood education. The Education ...

Wanted: Male primary school teachers

Stuff.co.nz
"One of the first things I do when I get to school in the morning is open up the blinds, so straight away everyone can see in and out of my classroom and so that means I'm safe. "There are other common sense things as well, like keeping your hands to ...

Police crack down on truants

South Auckland police have welcomed in the new school term with a crackdown on truants.In a three-week operation launched last week, officers will be on the lookout for children 16 and under hanging around shops, train stations...

The rise of high school feminism

Stuff.co.nz
The 11.20 bell marks the start of morning tea, and as hundreds of students stream out of classrooms into the sun, a group of 15 convenes in room D11. At the door is a quote from American .... Photo: Cameron Burnell/Fairfax NZ. Taking part in protests ...

Charter school trust buys waka for $100,000

A trust that owns two charter schools has bought its students a $100,000 waka to help with their learning.He Puna Marama, which received $6 million of government funding for its two Whangarei schools over two years, but also gets...

Parents should teach about risk 

Forcing schools to teach children how to deal with risk is a cop-out, says world class adventurer Jamie Fitzgerald. 

Waikawa Bay School expands

Stuff.co.nz
A new classroom been built at Waikawa Bay School to cope with the demands of an increasing roll. As well as the addition of a new classroom to an existing one, two classrooms and the toilets at the school are being upgraded, and breakout spaces are...

National still splashing cash on charter school experiment

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New figures confirming that charter schools are still being funded at up to four times the rate of their state school counterparts shows just how desperate the National Government is to make its experiment a success, Labour's Education spokesperson ...

Budget 2015: time to prioritise Maori and Pasifika kids

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Secondly, these measurements would act as a springboard for the development of culturally specific strategies. “The success of language revitalisation and the evolution of Maori education evidence what we are capable of when we are given the resources...

Communities of Schools in Auckland eager to share expertise

Stuff.co.nz
Along with the Lynfield community, a total of 83,000 students will now be part of the initiative to lift the quality of learning in classrooms. The Auckland Central community of schools was one of the first to be established in December 2014 and ...

Primary school to let students play with fire 

Stuff.co.nz
"Yet the Principal of a nearby conventional primary school told me that they have an ambulance almost parked permanently at the school, because of the number of accidents." Candlebark students were physically fit and engaged in the classroom, he said.

TWoA joins with Department of Corrections to launch Te Waharoa

Māori Television
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has joined forces with the Department of Corrections toeducate Māori prisoners and reduce Māori reoffending. Their goal is to slash the reoffending rates by more than a third by 2017 through their new programme, Te Waharoa.

School rebuild delays cause anger at Western Springs

One of the biggest school rebuild projects in the country is again on shaky ground.

School board dissolved

Stuff.co.nz
The Ministry of Education has dissolved the board of trustees of a troubled Christchurch school. Christine Nijdam has been appointed commissioner of St Mark'sSchool to replace its board of trustees, after she was initially appointed as limited ...
Christchurch school St Mark's board sacked after complaints

Whitireia Polytech CEO retires after nine years

"I'm not over. It's just the next step of my life," says Whitireia chief executive Don Campbell, who retired last week.

College at odds with Govt on rebuilding 

The board of a large central Auckland school has refused to engage with officials on a multimillion-dollar building programme.The Western Springs College board has informed Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Education...

30 April - 1 May 2015

Outstanding young Māori receive scholarships 

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata today presented five Māori students with a prestigious tertiary scholarship in honour of the 28th (Māori) Battalion. The students who were presented with the Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship in a ceremony at Parliament are: ...

Speech to Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Award ceremony

Hekia Parata | Education
On behalf of the Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board, I wish to welcome you all here this evening. Among our guests are fellow board members, ministers of the Crown, Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association National Vice President Bob Hill, Chief of the Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Mike Yardley, members of the Iwi Chairs Forum, ministry and government agency representatives, members of the Alumni Establishment Committee, parents, whānau and friends. ...

Māori students receive prestigious scholarship

Māori Television
Education Minister Hekia Parata has presented 5 young Māori students with the Ngarimu VC and Māori Battalion scholarships. The students whom received the scholarships were Tahlia Kingi, Te Rerekohu Tūterangiwhiu, Hine Kawana, Coralie Takuira ...

Top 5 issues education decision makers must consider

Educators NZ
“The Wi-Fi approach may have some schools doing math on how many routers they need – and budgeting for whether a classroom can share a router with neighbouring rooms,” it says. “All of these solutions can create bandwidth issues and affect ... Print...

Ministry of Education backs digital tech for teaching

Educators NZ
Working with Network for Learning (N4L), the Ministry is able to rollout the government-funded Managed Network internet service to schools and provide Pond as a digital hub for teachers seeking educational resources. Already, schools are using digital ...

Rising ECE participation for Māori and Pasifika

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed an increase in the proportion of Māoriand Pasifika children participating in early childhood education (ECE) before starting school. “Between March 2012 and March 2015, Māori ECE participation increased by ...

Early childhood education: Increase in Maori and Pasifika children

The education minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality.Hekia Parata today released statistics saying the Maori participation...

Playgrounds advocates say kids need more risk

Kiwi kids are being wrapped in cotton wool and need to learn how to deal with risk.

Schools eager to share expertise

Auckland stuff.co.nz
"Often teachers have to move out of the classroom to progress. This is another pathway." One Tree Hill College acting principal Mark Barlow says while the finer details are hazy "you have to start every initiative somewhere". The diverse group of ...

Preschool uptake nears Govt target 

The Education Minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality. Hekia Parata yesterday released statistics saying the Maori participation...

Ministry of Education has 'no intention' of closing struggling Salisbury School

Stuff.co.nz
The Ministry of Education says it has no intention to close Salisbury School, despite its declining roll. The specialist school for girls with high needs has just nine students currently enrolled; down from 15 in July last year and 22 in 2013. On ...

Editorial: We all benefit if students learn second language 

Eight years ago, a new primary and secondary school curriculum spoke glowingly of the benefits of knowing another language. In that, it was absolutely correct. Yet the same document did not go so far as to offer much of an incentive...

Are smartphones a vital education tool?

Educators NZ
New research from a University of Canterbury PhD education student says universities and schools are realising the advantages of cellphones as an integral part of learning. Mazhar Syed says his ongoing research, supervised by Dr Wendy Fox-Turnbull, ...

Universities and schools realising advantages of cell phones

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Universities and schools are realising the advantages of cell phones as an integral part of learning, a University of Canterbury PhD education student says. Mazhar Syed says his ongoing research, supervised by Dr Wendy Fox-Turnbull, shows that 99 ...

Students congratulate world-ranked universities

The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA), which speaks on behalf of the interests of New Zealand’s 400,000 tertiary students, congratulates New Zealand’s eight universities for their stellar performance in the QS World University ...

Students say university is risking quality

Victoria University's Students' Association says the university is sacrificing quality in a race for government funding and international students.

Education researcher calls for Gloriavale School to be closed

Stuff.co.nz
Because it is a private school it sets its own curriculum and is not measured on national standards

Expanding community education in New Zealand

Chalkle has partnered with UNESCO to support 3 community champions across New Zealand to kickstart learning communities.

Ten subjects ranked in top 200

Ten subjects taught at the University of Waikato have been recognised as among the best in the world.

Tool launched to improve outcomes for Māori students

Tool launched to improve outcomes for Māori students A self-review tool to help boards of trustees to improve outcomes for Māori students by evaluating and improving cultural responsiveness in their school has just been jointly launched by the Ministry ...

How to keep even non-sporty kids active

Julz Darroch has worked for 20 years in the fitness industry. She has been a fitness trainer, gym owner, and has worked in community organisations in education and training. She's also been a contributor to parenting magazines and websites.

Expanding community education in New Zealand

Chalkle has partnered with UNESCO to support 3 community champions across New Zealand to kickstart learning communities.

Wellington schools want pool funding reinstated 

The days of passing the school pool key around may dry up if someone doesn't step in and pick up the bill. 

Community spirit strong at Owairaka School

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Owairaka school principal Brenda Williams was "blown away by the generosity of the community" after recieving a cheque for $2155.37 on April 28. The donation was raised as part of the Mount Roskill Warehouse Bags for Good campaign which saw locals ...

Rebuilding relationships with iwi key to Witt's future

Taranaki Daily News
On Monday, a hui held at New Plymouth's polytech attracted more than 40 Maorileaders from across a range of sectors, including business, education and the social services. It was an opportunity for the group to discuss ideas about how Witt could work ...

Rototuna Junior High appoints two deputy principals 

The staff at a new Hamilton school has grown with the addition of two deputy principals.

'Let your ADHD kids fidget' says new study

3News NZ
A new study shows that children with ADHD should be allowed to fidget because it helps them learn. This means toe-tapping, leg-swinging and bouncing on medicine balls while doing a task could help them remember things better. Clinical Psychologist and ...

27-29 April 2015

Internationalisation key to student success

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The growing need to internationalise the world’s universities to properly equip today’s students for our globalised world was highlighted by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce at the FAUBAI international education conference in Cuiabá, Brazil, today. Mr Joyce provided a New Zealand perspective on the Brazilian Association for International Education conference themes of partnerships, equity and internationalisation. ...

Event recognises International education links

Louise Upston | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Louise Upston has tonight highlighted the importance of Chinese international students in Christchurch. Speaking this evening’s opening ceremony for Cultural China – Splendid Sichuan at the Air Force Museum in Wigram, Ms Upston recognised the passionate interest the Sichuan and Christchurch regions share. ...

Digitisations means educators need to adapt teaching styles

Educators NZ
The study aimed to gauge the state of mobile technology adoption in the classroom and the importance of mobility and digital tools in education. “Surprisingly, the study found that far from being reluctant to admit mobile devices to classrooms ...

Strong Māori response to UE change

Radio New Zealand
He said some schools or students may not have received or fully understood the changes, but the Ministry of Education and schools were already working on ensuring it did not happen again. Figures from Universities New Zealand show 70 per cent of ...

Fewer pupils learning language

The percentage of students learning a second language in New Zealand secondary schools has dropped to its lowest in over 80 years.Last year, just one in five students, or 20.3 per cent, were enrolled to study a second language -...

Martin East: Monolingualism - inflexible, insensitive and arrogant

Lincoln Tan makes an important, and worrying, assertion when he writes that the percentage of students learning an additional language in New Zealand's secondary schools

Ministry videos to help deaf education

Educators NZ
The Ministry of Education has released the last of a series of videos containing guidance for deaf youth and others involved in their education. The Ministry of Education last year held a National Deaf Youth Hui, bringing together deaf youth aged 12 ...

Problem solving in a modern world

Educators NZ
The seminar will take teachers and educators through a creative process that will help them design for better results in the classroom and equip students to be shapers of knowledge as opposed to passive learners. At the event educators will learn about ...

NZ universities rank in world’s top 100 in subject rankings

New Zealand’s universities rank amongst the best in the world with all eight universities making the top 100 in at least one subject according to an international report released today.

Massey University gains high placings in world subject rankings

Massey University has received a top honour, with three of its subjects being ranked in the world's top 100.

Otago becomes first NZ university to make top 10 in world list

Otago University has ranked eighth in the world for its Dentistry course - the highest-ranked subject from any New Zealand university in the latest world university rankings.

University students take a stand against racism

3News NZ
"I, Too. Am Auckland" is a video study highlighting the offensive slurs and discrimination Maori and Pacific Island students experience. They collated stories from 40 students detailing their sometimes shocking experiences of discrimination. Sarah ...

Teaching our youngest: Getting care right isn't child's play

It's 11am on a Thursday at Mt Albert Playcentre and a toddler has just covered most of herself in red paint. Another child is splashing happily at the wet area playing "cafes", while nearby, a mum reads a book with her child at an...

Editorial: Baby needs at odds with older tots' learning

Our investigation of early childhood education last week found a problem that invites an obvious solution. A frazzled teacher told us she was ready to quit over working conditions so intense she felt she could not give the children...

School's doors were never closing

Auckland stuff.co.nz
The focus at Wesley Intermediate is to improve the board's responsibilities in student achievement, overseeing the quality and design of the curriculum and as an employer. Assistant principal Lou Reddy says being the staff representative on the board ...

Awanuiārangi welcome new CEO

Māori Television
Earlier this year after an inquiry, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi was cleared of any mismanagement of funds which saw them repay $5.9 million to the Tertiary Education Commission. Doherty says, “We addressed the issue and why it happened and to ...

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa celebrate 30 years

Māori Television
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa held their 30th Anniversary in Te Awamutu, with a student a part of the first intake, to a current student who still sees the values it was built on. Celebrating three decades of a Māori led institution that is built on Māori values.

Gloriavale - what exactly is being taught in school?

Educators NZ
Liz Gordon, co-convenor of the Quality Public Education Coalition, today released information stemming from three years of research into what kind of education was taking place at the community's Gloriavale Christian Community School. In a statement ...
Gloriavale Christian Community School: What does it teach?

Salisbury School fears end as roll drops to nine

Teaching kids to care about the environment

Stuff.co.nz
Newbury Primary School teacher and leader in the enviroschool, Scott Higginson, and Horizon Environmental educator, Helen Thomas, show off the school's weta hotel, which is part of its successful enviro schools curriculum. 

Thursday 23 April 2015

NZ schools to welcome more Penguins 

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced New Zealand has been chosen as the preferred destination to host secondary school students from Chile on the Chilean Government’s scholarship scheme ‘Penguins Without Borders’. In July approximately 80 students will be welcomed to at least 40 schools in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland. ...

New $53 million Rolleston School unveiled

Stuff.co.nz
The school is expected to start with a roll of 225 year 9 students, with 1040 students by 2021. It will have a 500 seat theatre and an international netball sized gym. Establishment Board chairwoman Jackie Freeman said the board felt plenty of pressure ...

Peter Hughes: Parents can place their trust in early childhood education

There has been a lot of debate about how good New Zealand's early childhood education is in these pages this week. That's a good thing. You are entitled to hear every side of the story when it comes to the care of your kids. But not...

Mum forced to re-enrol boy

A mum who removed her 3-year-old from childcare because he hated it so much he was making himself sick was warned by Work and Income to re-enrol him or have her benefit cut.The woman was so stressed about finding a new place for...

Why some kids are more likely to be popular at school

Stuff.co.nz
Children who are good at predicting what people are thinking and feeling are more likely to be popular in school, says a new Australian study. Lead author Virginia Slaughter, professor of psychology at the University of Queensland said: "Our findings...

Thousands of Auckland students affected by education reforms

Thousands of students in Auckland suburbs including Ellerslie, Lynfield and Te Atatu will be part of a radical education reform that aims to spread the best teaching and leadership.Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced another...

Teachers continue to reject controversial $359m education pl

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The latest announcement that just 129 further schools have expressed interest in the Government's controversial $359 million Investing in Educational Success scheme is a clear indication of the lack of confidence that teachers and principals have in ...

Hutt secondary schools lifting student achievement

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority recently published student NCEA achievement data for every school in the country. “It's great to see an increased number of students in the Hutt achieving NCEA Level 1. That's a vital first step on the road to ...

College students build Gallipoli into a video game

Dozens of Auckland teenagers have spent thousands of hours painstakingly recreating a virtual 1915 Gallipoli.

Teachers continue to reject controversial $359m education pl

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The latest announcement that just 129 further schools have expressed interest in the Government's controversial $359 million Investing in Educational Success scheme is a clear indication of the lack of confidence that teachers and principals have in ...

Aged 15 – 18? Want to make a difference?

The free programme aims to increase confidence, provide job opportunities and develop new friendships for young people, via a variety of team activities and creative projects that will provide challenges and opportunities for attendees to develop key life ...

Wednesday 22 April 2015

Next wave of Communities of Schools 

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata says 129 schools from across the country have signed up for the second round of Communities of Schools. The schools, which together have more than 45,000 students, will form 18 new Communities of Schools dedicated to systematically lifting the quality of teaching and learning in their classrooms. “I’m delighted that these new communities will join the first 11 that I announced in December. This brings the total number of communities formed to 29,” Ms Parata says. ...

Field of Remembrance established

Hekia Parata | Education

Education Minister Hekia Parata today helped students at Titahi Bay’s Ngāti Toa School establish a Field of Remembrance as part of a nationwide project to highlight the service and sacrifice of young New Zealanders during World War One. Ms Parata says she was delighted to participate in the exercise. “World War One was a defining point in New Zealand history. It is important that today’s generation learn of the sacrifice of their forebears and the part the war played in establishing New Zealanders’ sense of national identity.” ...

Joyce to strengthen links in Latin America

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Strengthening education and trade links will be the focus of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce’s first visit to Latin America. This afternoon Mr Joyce departs for a 10-day visit to Chile, Colombia and Brazil with a delegation of university representatives and the Executive Director of Universities New Zealand. ...

Early childhood teacher ready to quit

Rana became an early chilhood teacher because she wanted to help give children the best start in life.But less than three years after graduating, she is ready to quit, frustrated with working conditions that mean she can't give...

Growing call for early education inquiry

Calls for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education have been met with support from opposition parties, but the Government says it isn't warranted.Those involved in former reviews were hesitant to back a further investigation,...

Tech expo to showcase new tech in NZ schools

Educators NZ
The Tech Expo is a digital enablement event that will support growth for SME business and schools and enhance consumer awareness of digital technologies that support living in a technologically advanced world. Ann Verboeket, chair of the Kapiti Digital...

New Whanau Ora approach could "overturn" Maori welfare

Stuff.co.nz
An investment approach to funding Whanau Ora projects could "overturn the social service industry" and push Maori towards higher education, the Maori Development Minister says. Te Ururoa Flavell has lauded the early efforts of commissioning agency Te ...

New Principal Appointed at Wairoa College

Scoop.co.nz
Current Principal Brian Simpson and his staff have significantly raised student achievement and Brian leaves the college with solid foundations for building on success. Dr Allen begins in the position on 2 June 2015 and looks forward to a long ...

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Teaching our youngest: Fears profit put before kids

Educators fear profits are coming before kids as the number of commercial operators entering the early childhood market continues to grow.Critics say the large, for-profit franchises are driving out community organisations, including...

NZEI calls for inquiry into quality of early education

The rapid rise of market-driven early childhood education is putting many children at risk of missing out on quality learning in their early years.

Teachers' union calls for early childhood ed inquiry

A teachers' union has called for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education in the wake of a series of Herald stories.NZEI believes the rapid rise of market-driven early childhood education is putting many children...

Core Education looks to empower Maori with e-learning

Educators NZ
At the beginning of next month, Core Education is hosting an event called, 'Modern Pathways to Raising Maori Achievement'. Targeted at teachers and leaders in both primary and secondary schools, the seminar will explore ways schools can create ...

BYOD in the classroom: The benefits

Educators NZ
However, a growing number of educators are saying it's important for education systems to provide students and staff with the tools they need to build proper schools for the 21st century, and this means integrating technology into the classroom ...

Is our childcare up to scratch?

Otago Daily Times
... acceptable," Ms Wells said. The minister said she was focused on both participation and quality. "Along with their education and care," Ms Parata said, "the health and safety of every child attending an ECE service or kohanga reo is of the...

Learning from the past

It was meant to be an academic research project looking at the portrayal of the Anzac legend in New Zealand schools.