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Launch of Results of Education Research Project
Friday, 10 June 2005, 12:47 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
We have now published the outcome of a major piece of research we commissioned on the key issues involved in privatisation of education in New Zealand and internationally. More >>
Education the Big Loser in 2005 Budget - QPEC
Friday, 20 May 2005, 9:18 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The small spending increases on education mean it is the big loser in the 2005 budget. More >>
Govt Research Condemns Tertiary Saving Scheme
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 9:56 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Today’s Labour Government decision to seek expressions of interest from companies willing to provide a tertiary education savings scheme is deeply offensive. More >>
Special Ed Announcement Deeply Disappointing
Friday, 15 April 2005, 8:24 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Today’s announcement by the Associate Minister of Education David Benson-Pope of an increase of $30.7 million in government funding for special education is welcome but is still deeply disappointing in terms of the quantum needed for children with ... More >>
Timing of Special Education Announcement Worrying
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 8:31 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
This afternoon (Thursday) the Associate Minister of Education David Benson-Pope is to make an announcement on Special Education. It seems this will most likely encompass the release of the special education district reports which were compiled late last ... More >>
National Party - Half Way House to Selling Schools
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 8:30 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The proposals in the National Party Education Policy for the development of “Trust Schools” mirrors the development of the State Owned Enterprise model for public services developed in the 1980’s by the 4th Labour government. More >>
Still Waiting….. Special Education District Report
Monday, 4 April 2005, 10:14 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Still Waiting….. Special Education District Reports After being told the nationwide district reports – 16 in all – on special education services were expected to be released in February we are now in April and still waiting. More >>
Points from the QPEC School Funding Meeting
Monday, 21 March 2005, 8:53 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Summary of points from the QPEC School Funding Meeting 15 March 2005 Chair Sir Paul Reeves More >>
Do Public Schools Get Enough Government Funding?
Monday, 14 March 2005, 3:54 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
There is a passionate consensus across education on the need for substantial increases in school operations grant funding in the 2005 budget. The budget is to be announced in May but to influence the big decisions we need to act now. More >>
Creeping Privatisation of Public Schooling
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 9:19 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The government’s response to community alarm at the growing cost of “free” public schooling is deplorable. More >>
Special Education District Reports
Friday, 28 January 2005, 10:09 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Group Special Education has informed us that the nationwide district reports on special education services are now completed and the national report which is to follow is near completion. More >>
NCEA Confidence Crisis Challenge for New Minister
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 9:42 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The crisis of confidence in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is a critical challenge for the new Associate Minister of Education David Benson-Pope. More >>
Mallard Misses the Point over School Funding
Friday, 17 December 2004, 12:02 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Minister of Education Trevor Mallard’s announcement yesterday of his intention to remove the ethnic element from decile based funding for schools misses the point. More >>
Maharey – A Wimpish Ministerial Failure
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 2:29 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The decision of the Tertiary Education Commission to allow student fee increases of up to 10% for some tertiary courses such as medicine at Otago University are a shocking sign of failed ministerial leadership on the part of Tertiary Education ... More >>
Child Poverty Action Report Welcomed
Monday, 15 November 2004, 8:31 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
QPEC welcomes the Child Poverty Action Group’s report which outlines the minimal changes which the government’s 2004 budget package will bring for many families. More >>
Scholarships: The anxious wait for an envelope…
Monday, 8 November 2004, 8:29 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Anxiously checking the mail for an envelope is familiar to students waiting for exam results. At this time of year however other envelopes are awaited by many school students with just as much anxiety. These letters will tell them whether or not they ... More >>
Special Education Resourcing QPEC Report released
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 8:36 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Attached with this media release is a copy of the report of a nationwide survey undertaken by QPEC on special education resourcing in New Zealand schools. More >>
“Closing the Gaps” in Special Education Resourcing
Monday, 18 October 2004, 8:16 am | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
On Tuesday morning the Quality Public Education Coalition will release the results of a nationwide survey of special education resourcing in New Zealand schools. More >>
A Profound Failure of Leadership
Saturday, 25 September 2004, 2:26 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Minister of Education Trevor Mallard’s attacks on schools over alleged sexism and time-wasting during powhiri reflects not a problem in schools but a profound failure of leadership in education. More >>
Cambridge and the NCEA
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 2:50 pm | Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
The irony of the debacle over NCEA credits at Cambridge High School is that this will not rebound on Cambridge students as much as it will rebound on tens of thousands of students attending schools in low-income communities around New Zealand. More >>
