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NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes Green Party commitment to fairness
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 9:40 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the Green Party's commitment to making work fairer and more equitable, saying it would also result in tangible benefits for children and their learning. More >>
Primary teachers and principals vote to put kids first
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 3:17 pm | NZEI
Teachers and principals have voted overwhelmingly against the Government’s controversial “Investing in Educational Success” policy, including proposed highly-paid principal and teacher roles. More >>
NZEI says education cuts will damage children's learning
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 12:34 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government’s plans to slash education spending over the next three years will be very damaging for children’s education, particularly for those from poorer backgrounds. More >>
NZEI welcomes Green Party's tax policy
Monday, 18 August 2014, 1:00 pm | NZEI
The Green Party’s plans to invest in children and reduce the harm done by child poverty will have a big impact on educational success, says NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Judith Nowotarski. More >>
Teachers welcome extra science training
Friday, 1 August 2014, 3:22 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the government’s announcement today of $160,000 for science workshops for primary and intermediate teachers. More >>
Teachers wary over review
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 7:17 pm | NZEI
A taskforce to consider “Regulations Affecting School Performance” has reported back to Cabinet, raising concerns amongst teachers about the narrow goals it has for our schooling system. More >>
Schools would see positive impact from minimum wage increase
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 12:02 pm | NZEI
Labour’s promise to raise the minimum wage by $2 an hour to $16.25 if it wins the election would have a noticeable impact for low-paid school and pre-school support staff and low decile school students, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
What are National Standards really being used for?
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 2:44 pm | NZEI
The National Government needs to come clean about its plans to link controversial National Standards data, such as those released today, to future decisions about school funding and teacher pay. More >>
NZEI supports Green party’s commitment to quality ECE
Monday, 21 July 2014, 1:57 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming the Green Party’s plans to boost the quality of early childhood education by restoring funding for centres with 100 percent qualified staff. More >>
Educators call for better spending to tackle inequality
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 10:56 am | NZEI
More than 200 Maori school leaders meeting in Dunedin this week have condemned the government's failure to invest in real solutions to improve outcomes for Maori students. More >>
Labour’s education policies will raise quality teaching
Monday, 7 July 2014, 12:36 pm | NZEI
The Labour Party’s plans to screen prospective student teachers will help ensure quality teaching and learning for children. NZEI National President Judith Nowotarski says this will go a long way to ensuring that teaching remains highly professional ... More >>
Smaller class sizes will be a big boost to student learning
Monday, 7 July 2014, 8:26 am | NZEI
Smaller class sizes would make a huge difference to the quality of teaching and learning and is an important key to helping students succeed at school. More >>
Minister out of touch on school donations
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 4:24 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is concerned that the Minister of Education may not appreciate the financial pressure on schools or realise that schools frequently spend parent donations on essentials rather than “extras”. More >>
Teachers and principals welcome Labour’s plans
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 12:02 pm | NZEI
The Labour party’s plans to give an additional $100 per pupil to schools in lieu of parent donations would make a real difference to many schools and would help address the growing inequality in our school system. More >>
Benefits of charter schools for Pasifika kids questioned
Sunday, 29 June 2014, 8:25 pm | NZEI
Charter schools may put the quality of education Pasifika students receive at risk, participants at a Pasifika education fono warned this weekend. More >>
PM must reject ACT's "supermarket schooling" policy
Sunday, 29 June 2014, 7:58 pm | NZEI
Prime Minister John Key should immediately reassure parents about his commitment to quality public education by ruling out ever doing a deal with ACT over its latest education policy of state schools "opting in" to become charter schools, ... More >>
Baby charter schools raise more questions
Friday, 27 June 2014, 4:09 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says concerns around the potential of new charter schools being extended to babies and pre-schoolers show that the government needs to come clean about the full extent of its plans for the education sector before the election. More >>
Pasifika education leaders focus on tackling inequality
Thursday, 26 June 2014, 12:05 pm | NZEI
Tackling inequality will be a key focus of a two day fono in Auckland later this week where Pasifika education leaders will be looking at how recent Government education policies are likely to impact on Pasifika children. More >>
NZEI welcomes Labour’s commitment to prioritise education
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 3:29 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes Labour’s plan to make real and much-needed new investment in children’s futures, announced in its fiscal policy today. More >>
Support for recommendations in child welfare report
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 4:20 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa fully supports recommendations released today aimed at ensuring all New Zealand children receive high quality, culturally appropriate early childhood education. More >>
