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School support staff take Novopay to ERA over pay
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 9:31 am | NZEI
The Employment Relations Authority will today hear the case against a Novopay decision that reduces the take-home pay every fortnight of around 6000 school support staff. More >>
ECE quantity targets are meaningless without funding
Friday, 18 March 2016, 12:57 pm | NZEI
News that the Wellington region has hit the government’s early childhood education participation target is cold comfort to educators, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Government needs to fix education underfunding
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 2:04 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says the Government is missing the point in its education funding review. It needs to fix the underfunding of New Zealand’s schools and early childhood services, right across the board. More >>
Another Novopay debacle hits 6000 school support staff
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 9:54 am | NZEI
Novopay is again incurring the wrath of educators, after it unilaterally decided to reduce the fortnightly pay of 6000 school support staff by almost 4 percent for a year. More >>
ERO report raises quality issues in early education
Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 10:27 am | NZEI
An Education Review Office report on early childhood education shows that a significant number of services are in breach of important regulations and this is having an impact on quality. More >>
Principals frustrated by charter school bonuses
Monday, 29 February 2016, 12:56 pm | NZEI
More much-needed teacher aide time, providing more digital devices in the classrooms and supporting the cost of outdoor excursions are just some of the ways principals at public schools would spend a $20,000 bonus if they received one. More >>
Report shows need for policy shift to address child poverty
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 12:37 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa Te Riu Roa National President Louise Green says a report released today is further evidence that the government is failing to address the impact of its policies on poor children. More >>
Teacher aides – another case of education underfunding
Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 12:40 pm | NZEI
Revelations that teacher aides are among the worst off occupations over the course of their working life is a direct result of continued school and early childhood education underfunding, says NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Louise Green. More >>
OECD report shows huge impact of poverty on education
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 12:51 pm | NZEI
A new report from the OECD has again highlighted the negative effects of poverty, showing that disadvantaged children in New Zealand are more than six times more likely to underachieve in maths than children from wealthier homes. More >>
NZEI survey shows special needs students missing out
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 9:16 am | NZEI
NZEI TE Riu Roa is warning that thousands of children will be missing out on equal access to quality education this year because of a lack of resourcing for students with special education needs. More >>
High regard for schools and teachers
Friday, 5 February 2016, 11:17 am | NZEI
New Zealand’s teachers and primary schools continue to enjoy very high levels of confidence and respect, according to UMR Research’s latest Mood of the Nation survey. More >>
Teachers support new campaign for children’s rights
Sunday, 22 November 2015, 11:53 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is backing Unicef’s new campaign for children’s rights, Make My Future Fair- Meinga tōku āmua kia tika. More >>
Future of learning more important than flag debate
Monday, 2 November 2015, 11:25 am | NZEI
Today’s announcement of a review of the Education Act introduces an important opportunity to debate and build a strong national consensus around what is needed to ensure we have a high quality, free public education that meets the needs of every child, says ... More >>
World Teachers Day protest over ECE funding cuts
Friday, 30 October 2015, 1:47 pm | NZEI
A crowd of about 100 braved Wellington’s early morning chill to celebrate World Teachers Day and call on the government to reverse funding cuts in early childhood education. More >>
Parliament protest over cuts to early childhood education
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 9:55 am | NZEI
Teachers, children and concerned parents will be gathering outside Parliament early on Friday morning to protest ongoing funding cuts that are starting to bite in early childhood services. More >>
Public schools starve as charter schools get funded
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 3:10 pm | NZEI
Many school principals are appalled at reports that charter schools are receiving funding for students they don’t have enrolled while public schools are desperately short of resources for vulnerable children. More >>
NZEI supports moves to lift pay for thousands of women
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 4:09 pm | NZEI
NZEI is welcoming the government’s decision to begin negotiations over equal pay for women. More >>
Underfunding leads to big rise in early learning complaints
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 11:41 am | NZEI
A big spike in complaints about early learning services are a direct result of five years of government underfunding, says NZEI President Louise Green. More >>
Government to blame for kindergarten teacher cuts
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 4:02 pm | NZEI
NZEI says the funding crisis forcing kindergartens to cut qualified teachers is a direct result of the government policy that puts quantity ahead of quality in early childhood education. More >>
Early childhood teachers back “factory-farming” report
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 3:33 pm | NZEI
A report highlighting the growing concern about quality in early childhood education endorses what ECE professionals have been saying for several years. More >>
