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Schools need more resources for troubled teens

Thursday, 11 September 2008, 12:08 am | PPTA

Schools need more resources for troubled teens – PPTA Schools already struggling to deal with troubled teens will need a huge cash injection if government plans to remove early leaving exemptions go ahead. More >>

Anti-bullying resources a good start

Thursday, 3 July 2008, 2:15 pm | PPTA

Media Release 3 July 2008 Anti-bullying resources a good start The Ministry of Education’s newly launched anti-bullying strategy is heading down the right track, but more staffing resources will be needed for it to really succeed. More >>

Secondary teaching job applications hit new low

Wednesday, 2 July 2008, 1:19 pm | PPTA

Media Release 2 July 2008 Secondary teaching job applications hit serious low - PPTA Job applications in the secondary sector are dropping to worrying levels, Secondary Principals’ Council chair Graeme Macann says. More >>

Education policies must be made clear

Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 3:56 pm | PPTA

With five months to go until the election it is high time all political parties come clean with their education policies, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>

New leadership team for SPC

Thursday, 19 June 2008, 5:06 pm | PPTA

After two-and-a-half years at the helm of the Secondary Principals’ Council, chairman Arthur Graves will hand over leadership to a team of two – Graeme Macann and Julia Davidson. More >>

An open letter on secondary school resourcing

Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 11:33 am | PPTA

In responding publicly to the recent open letter from North Shore principals you suggested their concern over the inadequacy of the resourcing to secondary schools was limited to a small group. More >>

Digital revolution slowed by standards –PPTA

Monday, 26 May 2008, 6:09 pm | PPTA

At a time when ICT skills are in high demand, the absence of meaningful computing standards shows a failure to recognise our best and brightest students, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>

Budget ignores secondary staffing needs - PPTA

Thursday, 22 May 2008, 5:07 pm | PPTA

Today’s bitterly disappointing budget announcement was a blow to secondary teachers who had hoped against hope for staffing relief, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>

Operations increase not enough without staffing

Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 11:58 am | PPTA

Today’s announcement of a 5% increase in school operations funding needs to be followed by an increase in staffing to make sure the money gets to where it is most needed, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>

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 >>