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PPTA welcomes future-focused schools policy
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 5:18 pm | PPTA
Labour’s schools policy emphasises the importance of a well-funded public education system as the key delivering the best possible learning opportunities for all young New Zealanders, PPTA general secretary Kevin Bunker said today. More >>
It’s the putting right that counts
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:22 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers will be pleased to know that the State Services Commission has validated their concerns about NZQA and the NCEA and has begun a process to get things fixed, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Simple loans policy deserves plaudits
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 4:23 pm | PPTA
Labour’s interest free student loan policy is a simple and straightforward way to ease the debt burden for a generation of young and new teachers with student loans, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
ECE proposals undermine quality and access
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 1:16 pm | PPTA
National’s early childhood education proposals merely confirm the party cares more about appearing to save money through tax cuts than providing quality, affordable education for all New Zealand children. More >>
QPEC resource adds depth to the education debate
Friday, 10 June 2005, 2:53 pm | PPTA
PPTA hopes a series of education fact-files launched today by the Quality Public Education Coalition (QPEC) will add much needed depth to the debate around education in the lead-up to this year’s election. More >>
Vote of no confidence at NZ’s largest school
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 2:10 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers at The Correspondence School say they no longer have confidence in the CEO and the Board of Trustees and are calling on the Board to engage in constructive and meaningful dialogue to restore lost trust. More >>
Budget: more teachers, PD and funding
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 3:04 pm | PPTA
PPTA wants this year’s Budget to deliver more staffing for schools, professional development for teachers across all levels of the NCEA, and operations funding that reflects the real costs of curriculum delivery. More >>
PPTA supports decision to stand down
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 12:26 am | PPTA
PPTA is supporting associate education minister David Benson-Pope’s decision to stand down while allegations made by some former students are investigated. More >>
SSC report hard-hitting but fair
Friday, 6 May 2005, 11:03 am | PPTA
PPTA is welcoming a hard-hitting report from the State Services Commission (SSC) designed to improve the operation of the Scholarship exams. More >>
Sombre mood at Correspondence School
Friday, 6 May 2005, 10:46 am | PPTA
Correspondence School teachers are saddened by the decision today to disestablish the positions of 39 of their colleagues. More >>
Minister should halt unnecessary staff cuts
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 12:32 am | PPTA
Correspondence School PPTA members have called on associate education minister David Benson-Pope to intervene to stop the school’s board cutting nearly 40 support service and guidance teacher positions. More >>
Correspondence students’ pastoral care at risk
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 12:44 am | PPTA
A drive to cut costs at the Correspondence School will drastically reduce pastoral care services and put student welfare and learning of students at risk, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Where are the facts, Mr English?
Monday, 18 April 2005, 10:50 am | PPTA
Bill English’s outburst on the Teachers Retirement Savings Scheme clearly demonstrates that he will never let the facts get in the way of political point scoring, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Yesterday’s policies, yesterday’s schools
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:20 pm | PPTA
Never have so many of yesterday’s failed educational policies been crammed into a single document, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Further action needed on NCEA trouble spots
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 3:58 pm | PPTA
The Government must immediately address other complex problems with the NCEA now that a way forward has been proposed for Scholarship, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Teachers talk about NCEA
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 3:24 pm | PPTA
PPTA will this Thursday launch the results of Teachers talk about NCEA, a research report highlighting the views of teachers about the NCEA after its first three years of implementation. More >>
Widen inquiry, teachers say
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 11:27 am | PPTA
The inquiry into the NCEA scholarship exam doesn’t go far enough and should be widened to investigate exam variability at all levels of NCEA, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today. More >>
Stop bleating over teacher non-contacts
Friday, 11 February 2005, 5:39 pm | PPTA
Claims by the Secondary Principals Association that schools have not been funded to provide teacher non-contact time are ill-informed and reflect a lack of understanding on the part of a few principals, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Stop bleating over teacher non-contacts
Friday, 11 February 2005, 5:39 pm | PPTA
Claims by the Secondary Principals Association that schools have not been funded to provide teacher non-contact time are ill-informed and reflect a lack of understanding on the part of a few principals, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
Blame the system, not teachers
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:33 am | PPTA
Blaming teachers for discrepancies in the number of scholarships awarded for some subjects is passing the buck for a systems failure, says PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti. More >>
