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Gender Pay Gap No Surprise to Education Support Workers
Saturday, 4 October 2014, 11:39 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Statistics released today * showing the widening gap between the earnings of men and women will come as no surprise to education support workers in early childhood education. More >>
Taonga welcomed home as part of World Teachers Day
Friday, 3 October 2014, 11:44 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Teachers, school support staff and their communities will gather at dusk on Gisborne’s Midway beach on October 5 to welcome the return of a rakau korero (talking stick) that left Aotearoa one year ago. More >>
Government continues its obsession with testing children
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 1:31 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary teachers and principals say testing students in their first two years of secondary school would stifle creativity and exacerbate the damage caused by National Standards in primary education. More >>
Government gets arrogant and reckless over charter schools
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 4:56 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Judith Nowotarski says she’s flabbergasted that the government is throwing more money at its woeful charter school experiment a week before the election and just days after revelations of mismanagement at a charter ... More >>
Greens’ special needs education plans will benefit children
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 1:59 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Green Party’s plans to provide more support for children with special needs targets education investment to where its needed, says NZEI Te Riu Roa National President Judith Nowotarski. More >>
Charter School Shambles Show Government’s Failing Experiment
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 1:52 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The shambles surrounding the Northland charter school are another indication of just what a gross waste of taxpayer money the Government’s charter school experiment has been. More >>
Teachers stand up for kids rather than pay packets
Friday, 5 September 2014, 5:12 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Thousands of primary teachers, principals and supporters have rallied at MPs' offices around New Zealand today to reject the government's Investing in Educational Success policy and push for A Better Plan. More >>
Teachers and principals vote on Govt’s education proposals
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 2:18 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary school teachers and principals are voting this week on whether or not to reject the government’s controversial $359m "Investing in Educational Success" policy. More >>
Government Novopay buy-out too late and schools still paying
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 1:06 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa says that while the Government buy-out of Novopay from Talent2 is a welcome decision, it should have been made at least a year ago. More >>
Schools would welcome solar power
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 5:20 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa believes schools would welcome the opportunity to save money on power bills through the Greens’ Solar in Schools policy. More >>
Govtt continues bid to remove teachers' independence
Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 5:14 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The government has ignored the overwhelming concerns of New Zealanders in its bid to quash the political independence of the teaching profession. More >>
Upper Hutt schools latest to unite against govt plan
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 4:45 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The opposition of all primary principals and Boards of Trustees from Upper Hutt to the government’s $359m Investing in Educational Success policy reflects the growing resistance to the controversial scheme. More >>
Selective use of data in ERO report
Thursday, 26 June 2014, 1:43 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Parents and schools should treat ERO’s use of data in its latest report on raising achievement in primary schools with caution because ideology is starting to trump evidence, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
Big pay gap for low paid education workers
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 5:16 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI says it is extremely frustrating that big gender pay gaps remain in the education sector six years after an investigation highlighted the issue. More >>
Thumbs down from school leaders for Govt education plan
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 4:48 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary school leaders today overwhelmingly expressed a lack of confidence in the Government’s $359m Investing in Educational Success policy at a forum in Wellington today. More >>
GERM agenda sucks money out of public education
Friday, 16 May 2014, 4:35 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Figures in yesterday’s Budget show that millions of dollars are being skimmed out of public schools to pay for the government’s ideological experiments with the Global Education Reform Movement . More >>
Poll: voters unimpressed with govt education performance
Friday, 9 May 2014, 1:29 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
A new poll shows that voters are unimpressed with the government’s handling of education so far, highlighting the importance of getting the 2014 Budget right next week. More >>
Donation ruling exposes the need for greater funding
Friday, 2 May 2014, 1:36 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa supports the Ombudsman’s ruling that a public education must be free. More >>
Teachers' strong opposition to Teachers Council revamp
Friday, 2 May 2014, 1:35 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Teachers have expressed strong opposition to the government’s plans to change the Teachers Council, because of concerns it will undermine quality teaching for New Zealand children. More >>
Novopay a clear winner in this year’s Roger Awards
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 3:27 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Talent2, the company that bought us Novopay, is a deserving winner of the People’s Choice Award in the 2013 Roger Awards for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. More >>
