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Legal Action Against Education Ministry Over Pay
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 10:31 am | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is pursuing legal action over the Ministry of Education’s refusal to honour an agreement to rollout a skills-based pay model for primary teachers. More >>
Parents Will Lose Out Of Tipped Changes to ECE
Monday, 17 May 2010, 1:44 pm | NZEI
Parents will be the losers if the government moves to change funding for thousands of early childhood services, according to the union for early childhood teachers – NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Deep Irony in National Standards Advisory Group
Friday, 14 May 2010, 3:50 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa believes it’s deeply ironic that the Government’s advisory group on national standards wants to listen to the voice of the wider sector, when the Government has worked so hard to ignore it. More >>
Govt Must Act on Pay and Employment Inequity
Friday, 7 May 2010, 10:55 am | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on the government to take action and address issues of pay and employment inequity for women working in schools. More >>
“Black Budget” For Early Childhood Education
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:10 pm | NZEI
The government indicated last week it will move to contain the cost of early childhood education but has not yet released details. It has also been revealed that it is slashing childcare funding for thousands of families. More >>
Government Set to Ruin Party for Early Childhood
Thursday, 29 April 2010, 3:16 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says it is ironic that as early childhood teachers celebrate the huge strides made in early childhood education, the government looks set to pull back on its investment. More >>
Go Pink And Take A Stand Against Bullying
Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 1:54 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is urging schools and communities to go pink on Wednesday 28 April in support of Pink Shirt Day and bullying awareness. More >>
Teachers Consider Pay Amid Standards Confusion
Sunday, 25 April 2010, 1:26 pm | NZEI
Thousands of primary and intermediate school teachers will be attending meetings over the next three weeks to decide on their pay claim and discuss the ongoing confusion around National Standards. More >>
Confusion Reigns Over National Standards
Monday, 19 April 2010, 3:29 pm | NZEI
As schools go back for Term Two, confusion reigns over the implementation of National Standards, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Safeguards Needed to Protect Public Education
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 2:42 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says safeguards must be put in place to protect public education from profit-driven private investment. More >>
Will Standards Harm NZ's Early Childhood Syllabus
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 12:10 pm | NZEI
When discussion and debate began around National Standards it didn’t take long for those of us in the early childhood sector to start wondering what they would mean for our youngest learners. More >>
Sharples Ignoring Majority of Maori Students
Friday, 26 March 2010, 10:44 am | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is challenging the Associate Education Minister to explain why he is ignoring the 80 percent of Maori children who will be affected by the government’s untrialled National Standards policy. More >>
Fix It As We Go Approach To Education Unacceptable
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 9:47 am | NZEI
March 24 2009 For immediate release ‘Fix It As We Go’ Approach To Education Unacceptable More >>
School Support Staff Will See Pay Packet Increase
Monday, 22 March 2010, 12:54 pm | NZEI
Thousands of school support staff will see a boost in their pay packets this week after the ratification of a pay settlement reached last year. More >>
National Standards Rollout in a Shambles
Friday, 12 March 2010, 2:19 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says parents, schools and communities know that far from going well, the implementation of National Standards is in a shambles. More >>
Teachers, Parents Ignored in Advisory group
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 4:30 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says it is deeply disappointing that the Education Minister has ignored the voices of teachers, principals and parents in appointing an independent advisory group on National Standards. More >>
School Choice Report Equals Bad Choice
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 4:02 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government should make the right choice for education and ignore an ideologically-driven report on school choice. More >>
Changes to Gym Creche Licensing Could Put Children
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 3:52 pm | NZEI
A government move to take away licensing requirements for gym crèches is a backward step which could put children at risk, according to the union representing early childhood teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
PM Misses the Point on Education Reform
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 5:24 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the Prime Minister is clearly missing the point by promising further educational reform around an untried system of National Standards. More >>
Standards Trainers to Explain Unexplainable
Tuesday, 9 February 2010, 12:59 pm | NZEI
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is questioning how the Education Minister can expect professional trainers to successfully train schools to implement National Standards when the Standards are completely untried and untested. More >>