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Paid union meetings called over EDUCANZ attack on profession
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 1:07 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will be holding paid union meetings (PUMs) next month as preparation for making submissions on legislation that attacks the teaching profession. More >>
Collaborative strategy good news for schools– PPTA
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 2:30 pm | PPTA
Government plans to put resources into teaching and learning rather than finance and administration are being greeted with optimism by PPTA. More >>
Govt ignores advice and PISA rankings drop
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 9:47 am | PPTA
The government knew back in 2009 what it would take to keep New Zealand on an educational footing with the rest of the world, but chose to ignore international advice. More >>
Govt can stop students going to exams hungry – PPTA
Monday, 11 November 2013, 9:44 am | PPTA
This week there will be students going in to their NCEA exams hungry, something the government has the opportunity to fix. On Wednesday the Feed the Kids Bill will have its first reading, and PPTA urges all parties to support it to go to Select Committee. More >>
PPTA standing firm against charter schools
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 3:49 pm | PPTA
Members voted to support a paper presented at today’s PPTA annual conference that will give them the strength to see off the charter school threat. More >>
Professional development pounded out of existence
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 4:58 pm | PPTA
The most effective system intervention to raise student achievement has been privatised, restructured and pounded out of existence, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. More >>
Fighting poverty through schools as community hubs
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 9:47 am | PPTA
Equipping schools to fight poverty by making them the centre of their communities is a very real way of addressing the achievement gap between rich and poor students, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. More >>
Teachers council overhaul a major assault on the profession
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 3:14 pm | PPTA
An overhaul of the New Zealand Teachers Council at the whim of the education minister could see a major assault on the teaching profession, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. More >>
PPTA annual conference – finding answers; fighting back
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:22 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will be exploring solutions to threats “aimed squarely at the heart of public education” during the association’s annual conference this week. More >>
We will fight charter schools every step of the way
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 11:56 am | PPTA
PPTA plans to fight the establishment of the newly announced charter schools every step of the way, with a paper heading to annual conference exploring how they will do it. More >>
Decile divide – has govt given up on free public education?
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 2:15 pm | PPTA
The most challenged students are ending up in the schools that can least afford to support them, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. This is the legacy of the school decile funding system and an issue set to be addressed at PPTA’s annual conference ... More >>
Minister ‘blacks out’ what’s really happening with Novopay
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 12:58 pm | PPTA
Tomorrow marks a black day for teachers nationwide, with the pay period that begins a second year of Novopay woes. More >>
$200 million wasted on inadequate professional development
Friday, 12 July 2013, 9:32 am | PPTA
The government is spending $200 million a year on woefully inadequate teacher professional learning and development (PLD) that does not help lift student achievement. More >>
Research reveals 1 in 5 failure claim inaccurate
Monday, 8 July 2013, 6:24 pm | PPTA
“One in five students is failing” is a catch cry used so often that PPTA commissioned research to get to the bottom of it. More >>
Voters say no to unregistered teachers - PPTA survey
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 12:37 pm | PPTA
An overwhelming number of respondents to a new survey on charter schools do not want unregistered teachers and private profiteering in taxpayer-funded schools. More >>
Want to raise achievement? Extend paid parental leave
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 12:13 pm | PPTA
If the government is as serious as it says about raising student achievement extending paid parental leave should be a no-brainer, says PPTA president Angela Roberts. More >>
Select committee ignores submissions on charter schools
Friday, 12 April 2013, 4:48 pm | PPTA
The Education and Science Select Committee’s decision to recommend the government’s plan to establish charter schools (outlined in the Education Amendment Bill) with only minor changes flies in the face of public opinion says PPTA president Angela ... More >>
PPTA launches group legal action over Novopay
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 11:15 am | PPTA
With the government still dithering over helping those hit by the Novopay nightmare, PPTA is launching a group legal action on behalf of its members. More >>
Thanks minister Joyce but sympathy doesn't pay the mortgage
Friday, 22 February 2013, 2:53 pm | PPTA
Minister in charge of Novopay Steven Joyce is showing no sense of urgency over the human cost of Novopay, PPTA president Angela Roberts says. More >>
Public response to charter school threat overwhelming
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 1:08 pm | PPTA
New Zealand’s education unions have been overwhelmed by an outpouring of submissions against the National/Act charter school experiment. More >>
