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Significant change in ECE requires significant investment
Friday, 2 October 2015, 2:10 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
A report released today recommending significant changes to early childhood education will require significant investment to make real gains for the youngest New Zealanders, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Achievement based funding would be a disaster
Friday, 2 October 2015, 10:34 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Education Minister’s speech to the PPTA Conference yesterday raising the spectre of achievement data driving a new funding system would be disastrous for New Zealand children, says NZEI Te Riu Roa. More >>
Urgent action needed on teacher oversupply crisis
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 5:46 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Government needs to urgently tackle the looming crisis of a massive oversupply of beginner teachers. More >>
Study challenges Govt on “system failure” for special needs
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 5:33 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
A UK study which has found that teacher aides in some cases did not improve learning, challenges the New Zealand Government to come up with its own research, as part of a general system-wide “fix” of special education in this country. More >>
Government continues to fail students with special needs
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 5:27 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Children with special needs are continuing to miss out on inclusive education because of an under-resourced and underfunded system, says NZEI Te Riu Roa President Louise Green. More >>
Lack of evidence to support controversial education scheme
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 9:46 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Documents just released by the Ministry of Education provide further evidence that the government embarked on its controversial $359m Investing in Educational Success scheme without seeking advice or proper consultation. More >>
Maths report highlights need for professional development
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 2:07 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
A new report about primary school maths achievement highlights concerns about professional training and development that teachers have been flagging for a long time. More >>
Further evidence National Standards need to go
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:18 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
National Standards continue to damage children’s education and the government needs to urgently drop its failed experiment. More >>
Teachers continue to reject controversial $359m education pl
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 5:15 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The latest announcement that just 129 further schools have expressed interest in the Government’s controversial $359 million Investing in Educational Success scheme is a clear indication of the lack of confidence that teachers and principals have ... More >>
Kidicorp's rejection of corporate profit-making good news
Friday, 27 March 2015, 12:43 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa believes that Kidicorp’s decision to convert their early childhood education business into a non-profit charity is a positive development. More >>
Experts find IES evidence doesn’t stack up
Sunday, 1 March 2015, 11:28 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa
An academic review of the evidence used to support the government’s controversial Investing in Educational Success policy has highlighted areas of concern in the IES model, says NZEI. More >>
Teachers oppose plans to withdraw reference books to schools
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 5:16 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI is calling on the National Library to halt plans to withdraw its reference book service to schools. More >>
Opportunity to learn te reo Maori critical for success
Friday, 23 January 2015, 1:54 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
All New Zealand children should have the opportunity to learn te reo Maori, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
Growing inequality means more children at risk in the water
Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 4:12 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Many children from poorer backgrounds are missing out on developing swimming and water safety skills as schools find it increasingly difficult to ensure that all children get access to pools. More >>
Need to take heed of OECD report in school funding
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 5:27 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The Government needs to ensure that any review of school funding will take account an OECD report that says all children need equal opportunity to access quality education. More >>
Major new agreement to help all children's educational succe
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 1:57 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
NZEI Te Riu Roa and the Ministry of Education have agreed to work together on a new initiative that will support children’s education at every level of their learning. More >>
New decile ratings show more kiwi kids living in poverty
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 2:58 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
A shift of 8000 more children into lower decile schools is an indication that more New Zealand families are becoming poorer and that more children are likely to live in low income households. More >>
Changes to decile funding ignore the real issue
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 4:50 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
News that the school decile funding system will be reviewed ignores the real issue in primary school resourcing – a 7.5% reduction in funding between 2013 and 2018. More >>
PM’s downplaying of hunger in schools stuns principals
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 2:24 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
Primary principals are astounded by the Prime Minister’s latest comments about hunger in schools. More >>
Lack of housing badly affecting kids’ education
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 4:58 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
New Zealand’s lack of affordable, decent housing is preventing thousands of children from achieving success at school and NZEI Te Riu Roa hopes that the government will finally start to address what has become a crisis, particularly in Auckland. More >>
