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Under-staffing leads to over-crowded classrooms
Monday, 12 March 2012, 2:06 pm | PPTA
The current formula used to calculate secondary school staff funding no longer fits with the needs of 21st Century schools and needs an overhaul says PPTA junior vice president Angela Roberts . More >>
Charter school lolly scramble could close CHCH schools
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 1:11 pm | PPTA
PPTA is calling for a moratorium on the Christchurch charter school lolly scramble that could see quake stricken schools forced to close their doors. President Robin Duff was shocked to discover former Christchurch mayor Vicki Buck had put her hand ... More >>
East Christchurch Charter School not wanted – PPTA
Friday, 24 February 2012, 1:03 pm | PPTA
PPTA Canterbury regional chair Brigid Raymond is calling on Prime Minister John Key to explain why there is a need to establish a charter school in East Christchurch More >>
Great NCEA results in a difficult year
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 12:49 pm | PPTA
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark would like to congratulate students and teachers country-wide for excellent NCEA results despite a turbulent 2011. “It has been a difficult year for many with the Christchurch quakes and Pike River mining tragedy, ... More >>
PPTA’s history gifted to prime minister
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 11:32 am | PPTA
“Our latest book to John Key is the history of the PPTA. It is a reminder that secondary teachers have a powerful and long-term commitment to a fair and equal public education system,” says PPTA vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Frame’s life story sends a clear message to prime minister
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:09 pm | PPTA
PPTA says its latest book to the prime minister is a real example of education operating as a public good. “ To the Is-land by Janet Frame is a rare insight into education in the 1930s, and adds to the reading John Key has just done on C.E Beeby’s life ... More >>
Take a lesson from history; the danger of charter schools
Monday, 19 December 2011, 4:52 pm | PPTA
“We’re sending the prime minister a slice of New Zealands’ education history because we don’t want to see a repeat of the past through the introduction of charter schools”, says PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Rumoured government plans to gag principals will backfire
Monday, 19 December 2011, 4:02 pm | PPTA
Rumoured government plans to gag principals will backfire, says PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Charter schools a form of dangerous exploitation, says PPTA
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:13 pm | PPTA
“We’re creeping dangerously into territory where public education is seen as charity and not the right of every student,” says junior vice president Doug Clark. “Our latest book for the prime minister is Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, ... More >>
No golfing manual for Prime Minister
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 1:33 pm | PPTA
“The prime minister has indicated he would prefer to be gifted a golfing manual, PPTA is continuing to send books that provide comment on education,” says junior vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Charter schools are like a mixed up chameleon
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 12:10 pm | PPTA
Prime Minister John Key has a lot to learn from the character in The Mixed-Up Chameleon says PPTA junior vice-president Doug Clark. More >>
A lesson on the poverty gap
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 12:44 pm | PPTA
“We hope John Key addresses the growing poverty gap in New Zealand with our latest gift to him, The Grapes of Wrath, says PPTA president Robin Duff. “In the novel, those in control cynically manipulate things to their advantage to preserve their ... More >>
Shakespeare warns John key against duplicity and ambition
Monday, 12 December 2011, 12:47 pm | PPTA
“We’ve gifted the prime minister a copy of Shakespeare’s Macbeth , trusting he will reflect on this tale of a popular and respected general’s ambition for power leading to ruin for his country and his own downfall,” says PPTA president ... More >>
Hekia Parata worthy of education portfolio
Monday, 12 December 2011, 12:25 pm | PPTA
Media Release 12 December 2011 Hekia Parata worthy of education portfolio Secondary teachers will be looking forward to a constructive relationship with the newly appointed education minister Hekia Parata after developing a good working relationship with ... More >>
PPTA Book Letter to PM (Two)
Friday, 9 December 2011, 1:45 pm | PPTA
Dear Prime Minister As promised yesterday, we are gifting another book to you, this time for the second day of Christmas. The book we have chosen is the famous renaissance political treatise, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. As well as serving as a useful ... More >>
PPTA gifts books to John Key in the spirit of Christmas
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 2:09 pm | PPTA
8 December 2011 In the spirit of Christmas PPTA is committing itself to help John Key build up his supply of holiday reading. “In the 12 working days remaining before Christmas we are undertaking to send Mr Key a different item of instructive literature ... More >>
ACT’s ignorance will be a disaster for our students
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 2:58 pm | PPTA
John Banks’ mistaken claim that Onehunga High School is a charter school was a shameful gaff for an associate minister of education and demonstrates ACT’s ignorance of how an education system works, says PPTA president Robin Duff. More >>
Charter schools are a failed experiment
Monday, 5 December 2011, 6:45 pm | PPTA
Media Release 5 December 2011 Charter schools are a failed experiment Charter schools failed when introduced in countries such as the US and the UK and they will fail here too, says PPTA president Robin Duff. “A proposed school charter system outlined ... More >>
National plans big cuts to secondary school budgets
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 1:33 pm | PPTA
Buried in the vague wording of National Party education policy is what looks like further cuts to secondary school staffing and funding, says PPTA senior vice president Kate Gainsford. More >>
National party preoccupied with national standards
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 11:18 am | PPTA
PPTA president Robin Duff is disappointed the National's education policy persists with a battle with primary educators over national standards and neglects secondary education. More >>
