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Labelling students as failures “offensive” - NZEI Te Riu Roa
Monday, 27 August 2012, 5:30 pm | NZEI
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa agrees with the Minister of Education that labelling students as failures is offensive - but asks what part of calling a child “well below standard” would most people regard as “succeeding”. More >>
Teachers helping students achieve despite shameful poverty
Friday, 24 August 2012, 2:19 pm | NZEI
24 August Immediate Release Teachers helping students achieve despite shameful poverty The National Government should be hanging its head in shame at the disgraceful figures on child poverty, says NZEI National President Ian Leckie. Research from the Ministry ... More >>
Long term planning/investment needed for vulnerable children
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 10:13 am | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says it welcomes the Government’s acknowledgement that it needs to provide better intervention for young vulnerable children. NZEI early childhood education spokesperson, Judith Nowotarski says young vulnerable children, especially ... More >>
Teachers/parents preparing for action on charter schools
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 3:37 pm | NZEI
Parents, teachers and educationalists from early childhood to tertiary commit to organising action against National/Act policies around education (public meeting at Kelston community centre - 21st August, West Auckland, initiated by NZEI primary ... More >>
Charter Schools - A Threat To Our Quality Public Education
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 11:47 am | NZEI
PRESS STATEMENT Public meeting : What’s happening to our kids’ education? Charter schools a threat to public education (see below for speakers, including Martin Thrupp Professor of Education Waikato University). This is part of a series of meetings ... More >>
Parents need quality information about schools
Monday, 20 August 2012, 1:39 pm | NZEI
20 August 2012 Immediate Release Parents need quality information about schools The Education Review Office must provide parents with clear information about the social and economic contexts in which schools operate if it is to give a fair assessment ... More >>
Public Meeting Over Threat To Public Education
Monday, 20 August 2012, 9:02 am | NZEI
This is part of a series of meetings being organised by NZEI. These meetings are intended to inform and encourage our communities to actively protect New Zealand’s high quality local schools, as reflected in OECD rankings for maths and literacy ... More >>
Teachers “gobsmacked” at Minister’s poverty claims
Friday, 17 August 2012, 1:49 pm | NZEI
Teachers and principals from schools in poorer areas are shocked and astounded at the Social Development Minister’s claims that measuring poverty is “too difficult because people move in and out of poverty on a daily and weekly basis.” More >>
National Standards approach could publicly identify students
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 4:15 pm | NZEI
Leaders of principals’ and teachers’ groups say the Government's plans to publish National Standards data reveal that there is a serious risk of publicly identifying individual primary school students and teachers. More >>
New era of unfair education league tables a step closer
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 12:50 pm | NZEI
8 August Immediate Release New era of unfair education league tables a step closer The move to publish untested National Standards information through a new website is a step towards unfair league tables and a big step backwards for quality public ... More >>
Education groups unite to condemn use of unqualified teacher
Monday, 6 August 2012, 5:05 pm | NZEI
For immediate release 6 August 2012 Education groups unite to condemn use of unqualified teachers More >>
Parents overwhelmingly support need for qualified teachers
Friday, 3 August 2012, 11:50 am | NZEI
A survey of New Zealanders shows that the overwhelming majority believe that charter schools should not be allowed to hire unqualified teachers. More >>
Why should NZ children be exposed to unqualified teachers?
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 6:50 pm | NZEI
John Key – why is it ok for NZ children to be exposed to unqualified teachers? More >>
Government allows non-qualified teachers into school system
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 11:11 am | NZEI
The Government has confirmed today that it will allow unregistered and qualified teachers to teach at schools in New Zealand. NZEI President Ian Leckie says he can’t imagine any parent wanting to send their child to a school that employed unqualified ... More >>
No surprise Kiwis are losing trust in Government
Monday, 30 July 2012, 1:55 pm | NZEI
30 July 2012 For Immediate Release No surprise Kiwis are losing trust in Government’s education agenda NZEI Te Riu Roa says it’s not surprising that recent polls have shown that an increasing number of New Zealanders distrust the Government’s education ... More >>
Taxpayers may fund cult schools under school experiment
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 3:52 pm | NZEI
The Government’s Charter School experiment may allow the Destiny Church to set up a school that can flout the New Zealand curriculum and ignore quality teaching practices. More >>
Teachers improve learning outcomes in early childhood
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 4:37 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the findings of a recent study which has found that qualified teachers make a big difference to the educational outcomes of young children. More >>
Scotland could provide answers for Teachers Council reform
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 1:48 pm | NZEI
17 July Immediate release Scotland could provide answers for NZ Teachers Council reform - NZEI New Zealand should look at the experiences of countries such as Scotland when it comes to reviewing the NZ Teachers Council, NZEI Te Riu Roa President Ian ... More >>
One of strongest messages yet about unfair league tables
Monday, 16 July 2012, 4:06 pm | NZEI
More than a hundred of the country’s leading education academics have called on the Government to abandon its plans to introduce unfair and unreliable league tables. More >>
Look at the real reasons why some children are not achieving
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 2:29 pm | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa says that the Government needs to invest more in quality early childhood education and sound education policies if it is to make a difference to vulnerable children living in poverty. More >>
