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Preschoolers Matter too Minister
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 8:45 am | Early Childhood Council
Minister Mallard has seen sense and agreed to cease closing schools, he should now act quickly to remove the threat of closure from preschools as well. More >>
Parents Do Know Best
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 4:48 pm | Early Childhood Council
Mark Harrison's book Education Matters: Government, Markets and New Zealand Schools, launched in Wellington today, adds more weight behind those who argue that parents are best placed to make decisions about the education of their children, Early Childhood ... More >>
Over supply of primary teachers a disgrace
Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:09 pm | Early Childhood Council
It is nothing short of astonishing that the NZ taxpayer has funded the training of twice as many primary teachers than are needed to meet demand and yet here in NZ we have an immediate shortage of some 1700 early childhood teachers. Mallard notes ... More >>
Bad Timing for Employment Bill
Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:07 am | Early Childhood Council
"The Education sector will effectively have just four weeks in which to consider the impact of the Employment Relations Reform Bill", says Early Childhood Council Chief Executive Officer Sue Thorne. More >>
Education Minister’s Grants Build White Elephants
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 3:01 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council President Ross Penman questions the $8 million in capital grants Œre-announced yesterday by the Minister of Education, which will apparently be used to extend or build more community managed early childhood centres. "This ... More >>
A Wee Note from Damien O'Connor
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 1:40 pm | Early Childhood Council
You do have to wonder about the value for money we get from providing taxes from our beloved leaders in Wellington. Every early childhood centre has by now received a letter from Damien O¹Connor, Minister of Racing telling us what an excellent opportunity ... More >>
ERA Amendments Not Welcome
Friday, 5 December 2003, 10:17 am | Early Childhood Council
"New employment relations legislation tabled in Parliament today that promotes collective bargaining and multi employer agreements above individual agreements is unwelcome by early childhood sector employees and employers," says ECC CEO Sue ... More >>
Early Childhood Cl questions super scheme fairness
Thursday, 20 November 2003, 11:38 am | Early Childhood Council
"NZEI's spokesperson Colin Tarr's press release, in which he tries both to defend the Government's discriminatory actions towards early childhood teachers and attack the Early Childhood Council as a bad employer, shows he must be visiting from another ... More >>
Robbing Peter to bribe Paul
Monday, 17 November 2003, 11:35 pm | Early Childhood Council
Already struggling to match the pay and conditions of teachers in the kindergarten sector, employers in the rest of the early childhood sector have taken another body blow with the introduction this month of the new taxpayer funded retirement scheme ... More >>
Union's narrow view of quality challenged
Monday, 20 October 2003, 10:39 pm | Early Childhood Council
NZEI are on their soap box yet again extolling the virtues of full training to a three year diploma level for all staff in the early childhood sector in yet another push to make the ECE sector a replica of the failing school model, says Sue Thorne, ... More >>
'A New Deal' will be a 'Better Deal' for Children
Friday, 17 October 2003, 4:07 pm | Early Childhood Council
Early Childhood Council CEO Sue Thorne today endorsed the Education Forum Report 'A New Deal' saying "The document provides some simple but powerful strategies to reform schools and redress declining educational performance." More >>
"Look at us" say the early childhood sector
Monday, 13 October 2003, 11:15 am | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council congratulates Deborah Coddington on her new book "Let Parents Choose". CEO Sue Thorne says she is thrilled that it is finally being recognised that a regulatory and funding model that takes the power away from politicians ... More >>
Schools of Excellence Welcomed
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 9:21 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council welcomes the National Party's 'Schools of Excellence' consultation document which provides an eagerly awaited opportunity for the education sector and parents to give input into major alternative education policy development. More >>
Early Childhood Council
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 9:07 pm | Early Childhood Council
Sue Thorne, Chief Executive Officer of the Early Childhood Council says the recently released report from Independent Schools of NZ advocating funding all schools at the same per student level reinforces what the early childhood sector has known for ... More >>
Ministry of Education swallows ECD
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 5:27 pm | Early Childhood Council
³The Early Childhood Sector has been taken completely by surprise by the Minister's announcement to merge the Early Childhood Development agency into the Ministry of Education says Sue Thorne, Chief Executive Officer of the Early Childhood Council, ... More >>
Parity for Kindergarten Teachers & families
Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 9:20 am | Early Childhood Council
The Government's own officials, the Minister's own industry advisory group and New Zealand's largest early childhood provider organisation warned against the serious flow-on effects of funding one type of early childhood service at a higher rate than ... More >>
Early Childhood Council joins the Education Forum
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:35 am | Early Childhood Council
ECC President Ross Penman says, "The invitation reflects a growing acceptance of the importance of early childhood education as an integral part of education in New Zealand with a vital contribution to make in the later success and happiness ... More >>
Report Masks Success of Education and Care Centres
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 9:09 am | Early Childhood Council
Media Release – Early Childhood Council Flawed Report Masks Success of Education and Care Centres “The Early Childhood Council is appalled by the flawed report released by Linda Mitchell today on staff qualifications in the education and care sector,” ... More >>
ECC Speaks out on Minister's Plan
Thursday, 12 September 2002, 2:59 pm | Early Childhood Council
ECC acknowledges the good intentions of the Minister in attempting to provide some coherency in the planning of government policies that relate to the early childhood education sector. More >>
South Auckland Centre Hit By Education Strategy
Wednesday, 28 August 2002, 1:41 pm | Early Childhood Council
A South Auckland early childhood centre with a glowing Ministry of Education report is struggling to survive under a new government education strategy which disadvantages privately owned facilities. More >>
