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Former principal gets community work
Former Fraser High School principal Martin Elliot has been sentenced to 40 hours of community work.
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Ex principal sentenced for fraud
A once high-profile Hamilton secondary school principal has been sentenced to 40 hours community service after he pleaded guilty to using school funds to pay for building work on his personal property.Martin Elliott, who resigned...
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Crackdown planned for Dunedin's rowdy scarfie parties
Authorities are planning a blitz on rowdy student street parties in Dunedin.The city council yesterday agreed to a liquor ban that would permanently include the North Dunedin student area, and allow police to end events such as...
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Brian Fallow: Failings at school will hurt our economy
Businesspeople as much as anybody should be pressing the Government for more effective action on the twin issues of child poverty and the fat tail of failure in the school system.If only for the sake of their future labour supply.Right...
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Parents divided on controversial daycare report
A controversial new report that claims daycare could be harmful to children has revealed a deep divide among parents on how best to raise their kids.The report, from conservative lobby group Family First, found separating children...
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New degree to boost te reo
The country's first university degree for teachers in Maori immersion schools will address a "critical shortage" in the number of Maori teachers, says the course's designer.
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ACT banks on charter schools
Lone MP John Banks says the future of the ACT Party depends on the success of a charter schools trial.
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New degree to boost te reo
The country's first university degree for teachers in Maori immersion schools will address a "critical shortage" in the number of Maori teachers, says the course's designer.
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Mums harming kids through daycare - report
A controversial psychologist has been criticised for a new report that says New Zealand mothers could be harming their children by sending them to daycare.The report Who Cares? Mothers, Daycare and Child Wellbeing in New Zealand...
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Mark Oldershaw: Skills for the future
When Prime Minister John Key announced his new Cabinet line-up late last year, one of the most significant changes went largely unnoticed in the public arena.Much was made of Steven Joyce's rise in the rankings, but there was less...
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Critics dispute Family First findings on day care
Conservative lobby group Family First is using a report from a controversial academic to claim day care is detrimental to children.
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Government gives itself glowing report for NCEA success
Student success in the latest NCEA exams is being touted by the Government as a result of its hard work over the last three years.Education Minister Hekia Parata told Parliament today that NCEA results from 2011 showed improvements...
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Massey education students' year begins
Students will head back to Massey University today as education students start semester one, three weeks before their counterparts in other courses.
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Principals give Govt an 'F' on class sizes
Taranaki principals have given the Government's latest education cost-cutting proposal a resounding thumbs down.
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Kerre Woodham: A tough elitist approach is in students' best interest
So, Treasury has recommended that interest on student loans be reintroduced and tertiary funding be targeted at younger students and higher-level qualifications. Amen to that.The number of young people being sold false promises...
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Christchurch schools use recruitment firm
Canterbury schools are spending thousands of dollars on private consultants to help oversee the recruitment of principals.
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Proposal for more pupils per teacher
The Treasury says student-teacher ratios in schools could be increased and some schools closed - with the savings used to improve the quality of teaching.Finance Minister Bill English has not ruled out implementing the advice given...
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Charter school policy lambasted by Pacific community leader
A Pacific community leader has slammed the Government's charter school policy, saying there was no consultation with those families who would be mostly affected - the Pacific community.Chairman of the Auckland Council's Pacific...
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Maori-based school sets sights on high achievers
A tikanga Maori-based secondary school with a focus on technology and innovation where students will exercise before class each day opens in Hamilton next week.Tai Wananga Ruakura principal Toby Westrupp said the school at the Ruakura...
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Boy genius may finish school at 15
Many teens dream of finishing school by the age of 15 but for Frano Stanistic it could become reality.
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