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Early Childhood Education Pioneer Remembered
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 6:14 pm | NZEI
Marie Bell will be remembered as a truly inspirational woman with a passion for young children and education that has left a lasting mark on New Zealand’s early childhood education sector, NZEI Te Riu Roa National Executive member Judith Nowotarski says. More >>
Millions Paid By Taxpayers Sign of Things To Come
Friday, 2 November 2012, 2:38 pm | NZEI
2 November 2012 Immediate Release Millions Paid By Taxpayers To Bail Out Wanganui Collegiate A Sign Of Things To Come With Failing Charter Schools, NZEI says The Government’s decision today to integrate Wanganui Collegiate into the state school network - costing ... More >>
Registering unqualified teachers – wacky National-ACT idea
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 3:26 pm | NZEI
The extraordinary suggestion that unqualified people be given official teacher registration is yet another example of how quality teaching is seriously at risk under the Government’s policy direction. More >>
Closure of Christchurch, Nelson Special Schools devastating
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 5:33 pm | NZEI
The Government's decision to close two of the country's four residential special schools is devastating for students, their families and staff, NZEI President Ian Leckie says. More >>
Listen to Christchurch March - 31 October
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 11:36 am | NZEI
30 October 2012 Media Advisory Listen to Christchurch March - 31 October 4-6 pm starting at Hagley Park netball courts The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata will receive a strong message from the Christchurch community tomorrow that the Government needs ... More >>
Minister and Ministry chief at odds over education system
Monday, 29 October 2012, 3:55 pm | NZEI
Claims by the new Education Secretary Lesley Longstone that New Zealand does not have a world class education system has put her at odds with Education Minister Hekia Parata’s comments just last Friday, says NZEI National Secretary, Paul Goulter. More >>
Stand up to retain our quality teaching
Friday, 26 October 2012, 1:32 pm | NZEI
26 October 2012 Immediate Release Stand up to retain our quality teaching - World Teachers’ Day World Teachers Day (celebrated today, 26th October) is an opportunity to celebrate the people who are pivotal to the success of New Zealand’s world ranking ... More >>
Controversial Charter Schools Experiment To Be Debated
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 3:42 pm | NZEI
Controversial Charter Schools Experiment To Be Debated NZEI Te Riu Roa believes charter schools are an unnecessary and dangerous experiment which will not help children and their learning. More >>
Art Competition Winners Announced
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 3:24 pm | NZEI
Students from all around the country, who entered the competition, uploaded more than 2000 artworks to the NZEI Education Aotearoa’s “I Love Learning” website, generating huge volumes of traffic. The quality of the artwork again demonstrates ... More >>
MoE's new pay system still unacceptably flawed
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 1:00 pm | NZEI
17 October 2012 Immediate Release Ministry of Education’s new pay system still unacceptably flawed Systemic failures in the Ministry of Education’s new 26-million dollar pay system are still placing an unacceptably high level of stress on school ... More >>
Withheld information means Christchurch rethink is vital
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 7:58 pm | NZEI
More revelations of wrong and withheld information over the closure of Christchurch schools show the need for the Government to go back and start its consultation process again. More >>
New Zealand opening the door to dangerous era in education
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 4:27 pm | NZEI
Legislation introduced into Parliament this week sets New Zealand on course for a dangerous new era in education. The legislation paves the way for the establishment of charter schools which will be allowed to employ unqualified people to act as teachers. More >>
Payroll Errors Will Blight Return To School
Friday, 12 October 2012, 2:18 pm | NZEI
Teachers and support staff will be returning to school to be greeted by ongoing errors in the Ministry of Education’s new pay system Novopay. More >>
How many more ambulances can fit at the bottom of the cliff?
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 4:01 pm | NZEI
11 October Immediate Release How many more ambulances can fit at the bottom of the cliff? More >>
Feeding hungry children will help lift educational outcomes
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 11:01 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Ian Leckie says it is extraordinary that the Government cannot find $2.6 million to extend the fruit in schools programme yet is able to spend many times that amount on untried, untested and ropey National Standards. More >>
Hawera head teacher elected to NZEI presidency
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 4:01 pm | NZEI
4 October, 2012 Immediate Release Hawera head teacher elected to NZEI presidency Hawera kindergarten head teacher Judith Nowotarski is to be the new national president of NZEI Te Riu Roa. Judith was voted in at the institute’s annual meeting in Rotorua ... More >>
More reasons why Government needs to start again in Chch
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 9:47 am | NZEI
Revelations of further mistakes by the Ministry of Education in its report on the future of education in Christchurch are more reasons why the Government needs to start the process again. More >>
NZEI backs call for closing National Standards website
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 3:31 pm | NZEI
3 October 2012 Immediate Release NZEI Te Riu Roa backs call for closing National Standards website NZEI Te Riu Roa says it strongly supports the call for the National Standards website to be closed following revelations that nearly half of National ... More >>
An attempt to ramp up support with a set of dodgy data
Friday, 28 September 2012, 1:04 pm | NZEI
NZEI says the publication of primary schools’ National Standards data on a Ministry of Education website is just an attempt for the Government to ramp up support after a series of failed education policies. More >>
Govt needs to start again over Christchurch education plan
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 11:53 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the Education Minister Hekia Parata to stop the sham consultation process over the future of education in Christchurch and start again – and this time do it properly. More >>
