Latest Education Policy Headlines

New Zealand Education Resource for Future China Business

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:57:40 +1300 | Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Today's China business summit at the Langham Auckland brought together key business leaders from New Zealand and China to review opportunities for doing business in China moving forward.More >>

Martin Doyle cartoon: Ko to maatau moni tenei

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:52:11 +1300 | Martin Doyle

Education Minister Hekia Parata is strong to probe into the finances of the Kohanga Reo. More >>

New advisory group to support prisoner education

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:16:31 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says an expert advisory group has been appointed to support a new education strategy for prisoners, as the Government continues its focus on reducing reoffending through rehabilitation.More >>

Christchurch secondary school announcement

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:34:13 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today that, following an extensive consultation process, all Christchurch secondary schools will remain open because the schools are well located and provide good access for students.More >>

Lack of answers from Parata shows contempt for schools

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:32:07 +1300 | New Zealand Labour Party

Hekia Parata's refusal to answer basic questions about the closure and merger of schools in Christchurch shows her utter contempt for the communities she is tearing apart, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says. More >>

Education NZ supports Wellington-based eLearning software

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:44:26 +1300 | Storypark

Local Wellington social enterprise Storypark is excited to be one of the few selected recipients of Education New Zealand’s International Growth Fund. More >>

Report shows further evidence of National Standards failure

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:34:28 +1300 | NZEI

Suggested changes to the reporting of National Standards by a Government advisory group show that the Government has been reduced to “spin” in order to fix the unfixable.More >>

The Buck stops with the Minister

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:32:37 +1300 | Green Party

The Green Party has stepped up its call for the Minister of Education to resign following the release of official information revealing new levels of distrust of the Minister and of the Government’s education agenda.More >>

Time for Civics and Citizenship education in our schools

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:23:16 +1300 | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

“The very low voter turnout for the local body elections this year points to the urgent need for Civics and Citizenship education in our schools. This has been a serous gap in New Zealand’s education system for a long time and the recent election ...More >>

New contract great news for Ako Aotearoa

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:19:25 +1300 | Ako Aotearoa

A formal signing ceremony today involving a further five-year funding agreement confirms strong support from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for Ako Aotearoa – The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence.More >>

Kohanga story not the full picture - trustee

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:15:28 +1300 | Waatea News

A Kohanga Reo trustee is accusing Maori Television’s Native Affairs programme of being used by senior staff out to get revenge. More >>

Seminar will discuss new pathways in teacher education

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:18:15 +1300 | University of Auckland

Professor Pam Grossman of Stanford University’s School of Education believes that teacher education should be organised around the core practices of teaching. Professor Grossman will present a seminar on the changing ways teachers are taught to teach.More >>

First 21 schools for managed network named

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:46:31 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced the first 21 schools in New Zealand to sign agreements with Network for Learning (N4L) to connect to its managed network.More >>

Putting the public back into public education

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:38:10 +1300 | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC

“The High Court decision on the proposed merger of Phillipstown School is a victory for common sense and the little guys”, says Quality Public Education Coalition Chairperson, Bill Courtney.More >>

Judgment: Phillipstown School Trustees v Minister of Ed

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:01:34 +1300 | New Zealand High Court

These failures of process mean that the Minister has not lawfully merged Phillipstown with Woolston. Her decision is declared unlawful and is not valid. More >>

Phillipstown School: Victory for the community and democracy

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:50:15 +1300 | Yani Johanson

Christchurch City Councillor Yani Johanson has today welcomed the decision by the High Court that the Crown acted unlawfully in deciding to merge Phillipstown School with Woolston School.More >>

Two Western Bay of Plenty schools join speed limit trial

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:26:24 +1300 | New Zealand Police

Pyes Pa School and Pahoia School have joined the NZ Transport Agency’s rural schools road safety programme which identifies high risk rural schools on state highways. A series of initiatives are being implemented to improve the safety outside schools, ...More >>