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School funding freeze drives support staff to union meetings
Friday, 24 February 2017, 10:19 am | NZEI
The government’s freeze on school funding and its impact on their pay negotiations will drive teacher aides and other school support staff to nationwide paid union meetings in March. More >>
Collaboration not competition drives educational success
Friday, 17 February 2017, 2:20 pm | NZEI
Naming and shaming schools and then pitting them against each other in a competitive, profit-driven environment is a failed recipe for improving education, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
Educators would welcome a non-partisan vision for education
Friday, 17 February 2017, 2:17 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed New Zealand First’s proposal for an Education Hui to develop a strategic plan for education for the next 30 years, involving the entire sector. More >>
Stop Education Bill until children are consulted - NZEI
Friday, 3 February 2017, 12:18 pm | NZEI
NZEI TeRiu Roa is joining calls by the Children's Commissioner to stop the progress of the Education Amendment Bill until children have been consulted and concerns about children's rights addressed. More >>
Colourful next stage of Better Funding, Better Learning
Friday, 3 February 2017, 12:09 pm | NZEI
Educators from early childhood to secondary school will on Tuesday launch the next phase of the joint campaign to secure better funding for education this election year. More >>
All children deserve to learn Te Reo Maori - NZEI
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 12:24 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the Green Party's goal for every New Zealand child to learn Te Reo Maori at school, and is calling for the professional development and training of teachers needed to make this possible. More >>
Costs of education to parents increased
Friday, 20 January 2017, 4:06 pm | NZEI
Children will be the biggest losers if a Government freeze on education spending this year increases the costs of education to parents, NZEI Te Riu Roa warned today. More >>
New NZEI President’s “to do” list
Wednesday, 18 January 2017, 4:25 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa’s new President, Lynda Stuart, today (18 January) begins her two-year term leading New Zealand’s largest education union. More >>
ERO finds hundreds of ECE services are substandard
Sunday, 18 December 2016, 7:23 pm | NZEI
ERO finds hundreds of ECE services are substandard 18 December 2016 NZEI Te Riu Roa is concerned about the quality of safety, care and learning of thousands of young children enrolled in 220 ECE services identified as substandard. More >>
Eliminate poverty, raise achievement - NZEI
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 11:35 am | NZEI
The latest Child Poverty Monitor report is proof that without major action to reduce child poverty, educational targets alone will never work to raise achievement, NZEI TE Riu Roa says. More >>
Increase in parent donations shows funding boost is needed
Saturday, 10 December 2016, 3:07 pm | NZEI
The marked increase in parental donations over the past year shows an urgent need to spend public money on increased education funding, not tax cuts, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
PISA results show more resourcing needed
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 9:19 am | NZEI
The fact that New Zealand has more low performing students at age 15 in science than six years ago reflects the serious problem we have with child poverty and inequality in New Zealand and the failure of the Government's education reform agenda, NZEI ... More >>
Cuts to early childhood education revealed
Friday, 2 December 2016, 9:24 am | NZEI
Cuts to early childhood education funding have been confirmed by the latest Ministry of Education figures , which show annual per-child funding has dropped by more than $500 since 2009/10. More >>
Schools contemplate hikes in parent donations
Sunday, 27 November 2016, 7:22 pm | NZEI
Schools contemplate hikes in parent donations, cuts to teacher aides in reaction to Government funding freeze for 2017 More >>
Educators welcome significant step towards fair pay
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 11:31 am | NZEI
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the government’s decision today to implement the Equal Pay Principles, a framework for women workers to address gender pay discrimination. More >>
Teachers need a say in funding of the Education Council
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 12:13 pm | NZEI
The Government's decision to increase funding to the Education Council while imposing new accountability mechanisms underscores the need for teachers to have a democratic say on the future of their own professional body, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
Lift pay of support staff to that of prison officers - NZEI
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 3:42 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the Government to acknowledge low paid women "working for free" from today, by lifting the pay of education support workers and teacher aides to equal that paid to corrections officers. More >>
NZEI calls on MPs to defend public education today
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 2:05 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on MPs to vote for the future of public education today, by using a one-off opportunity to make American-style charter schools history. More >>
NZEI launches new push for end to ECE freeze
Monday, 7 November 2016, 9:28 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has today launched a major new early childhood education campaign, demanding a commitment in Budget 2017 to restore quality teacher funding, and end a six-year funding freeze More >>
ECE survey shows children and families paying
Sunday, 6 November 2016, 10:08 pm | NZEI
ECE survey shows children and families paying for funding cuts 6 November 2016 A new survey shows a six year funding freeze is threatening the quality of ECE as services say the freeze is forcing increases to parent fees, cuts to teacher pay, deteriorating ... More >>
