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Minister plays press release hide and seek
Friday, 22 June 2012, 1:37 pm | PPTA
It appears Hekia Parata’s communications team had a re-think about who they were sending their press releases to. They decided it was not “in their best interests” to have teacher unions on the mailing list because they tended to respond straight ... More >>
Minister’s bullying letter anti-democratic – PPTA
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 12:06 pm | PPTA
A letter passed on to PPTA by a distressed member reveals an unacceptable level of bullying from the minister of education, president Robin Duff says. More >>
PPTA meetings cancelled in wake of govt u-turn
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 5:02 pm | PPTA
The New Zealand Post Primary Teachers association has called off nation wide paid union meetings in the wake of the government’s u-turn on staffing cuts. More >>
PPTA paid union meetings – regional dates
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:42 pm | PPTA
Paid union meetings (PUMs) kick off around the country next week as PPTA members tackle government attacks on frontline teaching staff and class sizes. More >>
Frontline attacks prompt paid union meetings
Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 3:12 pm | PPTA
PPTA members will hold paid union meetings next month in a bid to combat government attacks on frontline teaching staff and class size. President Robin Duff said the cuts amounted to a $300 million claw back of school staffing over the next five years. More >>
Budget “King Hit” On State Secondary Schools
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 4:56 pm | PPTA
24 May 2012 Budget “King Hit” On State Secondary Schools The 2012 Budget has delivered a king hit on state secondary schools, parents, teachers and students, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
Teacher Freeze on Books Since 2009 – PPTA
Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 2:39 pm | PPTA
23 May 2012 Teacher Freeze on Books Since 2009 – PPTA Evidence has come to light that frontline teacher staffing cuts have been in the government’s sights since 2009 – making a mockery of claims they are all about investing in quality teaching. More >>
Banks’ charter school cronyism
Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 10:37 am | PPTA
Claims by ACT party leader John Banks that the Charter School Working Group will be an independent “arms-length body” are laughable in light of newly released OIA material, PPTA president Robin Duff says. More >>
PPTA congratulates ministry for firm stance
Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 1:53 pm | PPTA
PPTA president Robin Duff congratulates education minister Hekia Parata for taking a firm stand against the board of Northland’s Moerewa School . More >>
Academics Not Afraid To Critique Bad Policy
Friday, 13 April 2012, 12:19 pm | PPTA
Media Release 13 April 2012 Academics Not Afraid To Critique Bad Policy PPTA president Robin Duff congratulates a group of Massey University academics who have not bowed to political pressure over the National/Act charter schools experiment. The university’s ... More >>
Time for govt to front up over teacher cuts
Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 12:14 pm | PPTA
It is time for the government to front up about teacher staffing cuts that every family and school will feel, PPTA president Robin Duff says. The recent announcement by Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf that student achievement could be improved ... More >>
Under-staffing leads to over-crowded classrooms
Monday, 12 March 2012, 2:06 pm | PPTA
The current formula used to calculate secondary school staff funding no longer fits with the needs of 21st Century schools and needs an overhaul says PPTA junior vice president Angela Roberts . More >>
Charter school lolly scramble could close CHCH schools
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 1:11 pm | PPTA
PPTA is calling for a moratorium on the Christchurch charter school lolly scramble that could see quake stricken schools forced to close their doors. President Robin Duff was shocked to discover former Christchurch mayor Vicki Buck had put her hand ... More >>
East Christchurch Charter School not wanted – PPTA
Friday, 24 February 2012, 1:03 pm | PPTA
PPTA Canterbury regional chair Brigid Raymond is calling on Prime Minister John Key to explain why there is a need to establish a charter school in East Christchurch More >>
Great NCEA results in a difficult year
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 12:49 pm | PPTA
PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark would like to congratulate students and teachers country-wide for excellent NCEA results despite a turbulent 2011. “It has been a difficult year for many with the Christchurch quakes and Pike River mining tragedy, ... More >>
PPTA’s history gifted to prime minister
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 11:32 am | PPTA
“Our latest book to John Key is the history of the PPTA. It is a reminder that secondary teachers have a powerful and long-term commitment to a fair and equal public education system,” says PPTA vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Frame’s life story sends a clear message to prime minister
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:09 pm | PPTA
PPTA says its latest book to the prime minister is a real example of education operating as a public good. “ To the Is-land by Janet Frame is a rare insight into education in the 1930s, and adds to the reading John Key has just done on C.E Beeby’s life ... More >>
Take a lesson from history; the danger of charter schools
Monday, 19 December 2011, 4:52 pm | PPTA
“We’re sending the prime minister a slice of New Zealands’ education history because we don’t want to see a repeat of the past through the introduction of charter schools”, says PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Rumoured government plans to gag principals will backfire
Monday, 19 December 2011, 4:02 pm | PPTA
Rumoured government plans to gag principals will backfire, says PPTA junior vice president Doug Clark. More >>
Charter schools a form of dangerous exploitation, says PPTA
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:13 pm | PPTA
“We’re creeping dangerously into territory where public education is seen as charity and not the right of every student,” says junior vice president Doug Clark. “Our latest book for the prime minister is Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, ... More >>
