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Early childhood education (ECE) has been under the spotlight. The New Zealand Herald’s Kirsty Johnston recently reported major quality issues, with 150 ECE providers rated by the Education Review Office (ERO) in 2014 as “requiring further development”. Read more
It was about this time last year that Education Minister Hekia Parata, in the context of a discussion about decile funding, said she was interested in reviewing the funding system for schools. Her office subsequently made it clear that any review would not happen until after the election. Read more
Wellington (16 April 2015): The New Zealand Initiative has welcomed a review of the controversial decile funding system for schools, reported by the Sunday Star Times last weekend. Minister of Education Hekia Parata announced the government will review how it targets educational resources. Read more
Last week Parliament passed the Education Amendment Bill, creating a new professional body for teachers, Educanz, which replaces the New Zealand Teachers’ Council (NZTC). The secondary teachers’ union president Angela Roberts said “teachers will not take this lying down”. Read more
The review of troubled Whangaruru facility should be released to help the rest, writes Rose Patterson. One of New Zealand's first charter schools is failing, abysmally, and the Ministry of Education must stop dodging questions. Read more
The role of a school principal in New Zealand is an incredibly demanding one. Our self-managing schools model means that principals are not only pedagogical leaders, but chief executives responsible for overall school management including property, finance and human resource matters. Read more
International research shows the best education systems enable teachers to learn from each other about how to enhance student learning and lift achievement. No School is an Island is the story of a New Zealand model of this kind called Learning and Change Networks (LCN), where schools have banded together as networks to collaborate with each other. Read more
Should teachers be paid on their students’ NCEA achievement or National Standards results? Should they be let go if they can’t get their results up to scratch? Read more
We live in a time of immediate gratification, and at election time, political parties love to pander to what we want, right now. A recent 3 News Reid Research poll asked voters what they prefer for education. Read more
Last week some Aucklanders in the double grammar school zone (Auckland Grammar and Epsom Girls’) were upset to see that One Tree College and Selwyn College were looking at including them in their school zones too. They fear this may lead to Auckland Grammar and Epsom Girls’ shrinking their school zones, excluding their children from entry to these sought-after schools. Read more