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Bum note for music teachers
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 12:04 am | PPTA
The Government has struck a bum note with teachers involved in an iconic secondary school music programme. More >>
PPTA moves forward as Government reinvents wheel
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 12:22 am | PPTA
PPTA moves forward as Government reinvents wheel. With the future of secondary students at risk of becoming a political football, the PPTA is putting a practical foot forward. More >>
Schools Plus resourcing to be watched very closely
Sunday, 20 April 2008, 2:00 pm | PPTA
Media Release 19 April 2008 Schools Plus resourcing to be watched very closely. Education Minister Chris Carter has assured teachers the Government’s Schools Plus education plan will be properly resourced – A promise the PPTA certainly plans to hold him ... More >>
Forward thinking teachers impress academic
Saturday, 19 April 2008, 12:21 am | PPTA
Media Release 18 April 2008 Forward thinking teachers impress international academic. When the radio was first invented it took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million. Television took 13 years and the personal computer four. It took six hours for the ... More >>
Teachers shouldn’t be blamed for social problems
Friday, 18 April 2008, 2:25 pm | PPTA
Over-emphasis on the quality of teaching ignores the wider social causes of underachievement, University of Waikato professor of Education Dr Martin Thrupp says. More >>
You can’t always believe what you read
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 3:45 pm | PPTA
An ERO report looking at Hutt Valley High shows what the PPTA has been saying all along – it is a safe and settled school. More >>
Taxpayers should not be funding private education
Monday, 14 April 2008, 5:27 pm | PPTA
If parents choose to enrol their children in private schools, taxpayers should not be asked to foot the bill, New Zealand Secondary Principals’ Council chairman Arthur Graves says. More >>
Teachers need time to teach
Monday, 7 April 2008, 4:11 pm | PPTA
Parents have an unrealistic idea of what schools and teachers are funded for and are able to do, PPTA president Robin Duff says. This comes after it was revealed police had been called in by parents to investigate whether Hutt Valley High School ... More >>
Breakaway union plans misguided
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:47 am | PPTA
Plans for a breakaway principals’ union are misguided and legally fraught, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Heavy response ignores underlying funding issues
Monday, 31 March 2008, 8:18 am | PPTA
The Minister of Education should be spending more energy addressing serious funding shortages in schools than publicly chastising principals, PPTA Secondary Principals Council chair Arthur Graves says. More >>
Schools Plus spotlight shadows resource concerns
Monday, 31 March 2008, 12:29 am | PPTA
While the Government shines the spotlight on its new Schools Plus project, it appears to be ignoring resourcing issues that already exist, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Research fund won’t address shortage in sciences
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 3:02 pm | PPTA
Government plans to pump nearly a quarter of a billion into scientific research will not work without the scientists, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Beginning teachers need support – PPTA
Friday, 7 March 2008, 2:09 pm | PPTA
Mr Duff is concerned about what he sees as the “constant berating” of new secondary teachers in government reports and reviews. More >>
OECD report useful but flawed – PPTA
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 3:43 pm | PPTA
The OECD report released today on jobs for New Zealand Youth will help add to the debate over the future of education in this country – but it also has some serious flaws, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Schooling system inquiry irrelevant – PPTA
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 11:03 am | PPTA
A select committee inquiry into New Zealand’s schooling system has produced results that are almost “cosmically irrelevant”, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Katherine Rich sad loss to National – PPTA
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 2:52 pm | PPTA
The resignation of National MP Katherine Rich will be a sad loss to the education sector, PPTA President Robin Duff says. More >>
Schools not set to become prisons
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 4:50 pm | PPTA
Suggestions that secondary schools are set to become prisons with students shackled to their desks until they turn 18 are simply ludicrous, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Realising Youth Potential a positive step
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 5:15 pm | PPTA
Helen Clark’s positive attitude towards youth development is welcome but structural problems need to be addressed for it to work effectively, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
John Key needs to do his homework – PPTA
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 4:41 pm | PPTA
John Key’s State of the Nation speech shows the National Party leader needs to do some serious homework on the educational programmes already available, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Students Start New Year in Crammed Classrooms
Monday, 28 January 2008, 4:40 pm | PPTA
Many parents relieved to be sending their kids back to secondary school may be less pleased to find them in classes of more than 30. More >>
