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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 >>
More Hypocrisy from John Banks – PPTA
Friday, 11 January 2013, 10:57 am | PPTA
PPTA president-elect Angela Roberts says it is “rankly hypocritical” of John Banks to be encouraging people to make submissions on the legislation setting up charter schools when he has deliberately excluded the public from the process up ... More >>
Rennie should be disqualified from secretary appointment
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 12:16 pm | PPTA
State services commissioner Iain Rennie should consider his role in recent appointments and reflect on whether he is the appropriate person to be approving a new secretary for education. More >>
Longstone forced to progress toxic agenda
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 1:36 pm | PPTA
Secretary for education Lesley Longstone’s resignation is a symptom of the toxic political agenda she was imported to promote, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Secondary teachers’ collective agreement ratified
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 12:38 pm | PPTA
PPTA members have voted to ratify a new secondary teachers’ collective agreement (STCA). The settlement includes the protection of all current provisions and an average pay increase of 2.66% over two-and-a-half years, PPTA president Robin Duff said. ... More >>
Longstone scapegoats collective over Novopay blunder
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 5:04 pm | PPTA
Imagine what would happen if the already shambolic Novopay system had to deal with a hundred thousand individual contracts – the result would quite simply be chaos. More >>
Attacks on teaching and learning conditions off the table
Friday, 23 November 2012, 5:17 pm | PPTA
After several weeks of negotiations PPTA has managed to head numerous attacks on teaching conditions off at the pass. More >>
Parata robbing from the poor to give to the rich
Friday, 2 November 2012, 4:43 pm | PPTA
The government is so short of cash it can’t afford to keep special schools open or provide extra staffing for low decile schools – yet it seems to have a spare $3 million to prop up ailing private school Wanganui Collegiate. More >>
Novopay training timing a joke – PPTA
Friday, 2 November 2012, 12:45 pm | PPTA
Schools crying out for help after the botched Novopay payroll system created a massive workload increase have been given just a days’ notice of a ministry training roadshow. More >>
Longstone must talk to her bargaining team - PPTA
Monday, 29 October 2012, 6:24 pm | PPTA
Secretary for education Lesley Longstone obviously needs to share her concerns about fairness and equity for all New Zealand students with her ministry’s bargaining team, says PPTA general secretary Kevin Bunker. More >>
Education bill for privateers not pupils – PPTA
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 4:36 pm | PPTA
The government appears to be ashamed of its latest attack on public education, shunting out its education amendment bill at 5pm yesterday. Unregistered teachers, double-bunking and the usual spin were all characteristics of the bill which PPTA president Robin ... More >>
Training teachers to recognise abuse just the start
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 12:16 pm | PPTA
Moves to train teachers to recognise signs of child abuse are being welcomed by the PPTA - as long as there are back-up services available. More >>
