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Documents reveal school system revamp

Bulk funding and performance pay could improve student performance, say internal Ministry of Education documents released to the Listener.

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Education: Testing times

STAR reading and e-asTTle writing tests are important in primary and intermediate schools. About 1200 schools are using STAR, and in term four last year about 80,000 students sat e-asTTle most...

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Grade-inflation alarm sparks Ministry probe

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into why a widely used writing test it runs is producing surprisingly high results.

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Editorial: Teach your children well

Although the process has been mismanaged, Christchurch schools do need to change, and grandstanding wont help.

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NCEA: All shall pass

Do buoyant NCEA pass rates signal a rise in learning or simply a lowering of standards? We investigate the risks of the Governments new policy.

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Eton exam question: “You are the prime minister”

Eton College, wellspring of 19 prime ministers, asks pupils to put themselves in the shoes of the top guy.

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NCEA: Cheating, exam-shunning on the rise

Catherine Woulfe unpicks a new report on pass rates, cheating and teachers' dubious marking.

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Schools steering Maori and Pasifika away from uni, says ERO

The Education Review Office confirms some schools are using the pass-boosting tactic that Parata earlier dismissed as "rubbish".

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Editorial: not like the others

Without sufficient scrutiny, how can we be confident that charter schools really raise achievement?

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Home schooling: missing the mark

Numbers of home-schooled children are ballooning, but there are no regular checks on how well theyre being taught if at all.

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Is five too young to start school?

A groundswell of education experts are backing a British campaign to increase the starting age to seven.

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Editorial: back to basics

This countrys high level of child poverty is unacceptable. So, what are we going to do about it?

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Anna Fifield in Boston: ABC of equality

The US takes a faltering step towards free preschool education.

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The superstar learner

Powerful new findings about how the brain learns are emerging from modern psychology.

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The Mozart effect, and four other learning myths

Some ideas about learning gain widespread acceptance despite evidence to the contrary.

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The best start

To do better by all our children, we must tap into the profound potential of parents.

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True merit

The UK education system’s backtrack has important lessons for New Zealand.

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Earn & learn

For many of our country’s young and hungry, apprenticeships and trade qualifications provide a direction, a career and a clear path to success, setting them up for life.

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School of hard knocks

China’s archaic education system pushes its students to breaking point.

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Quality not quantity

The impulse to glean meaning from a comparison of results at charter and state schools is sound. But it is impossible to actually do so. The post Quality not quantity appeared first on New Zealand...

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Charter schools and NCEA

Three of the new and highly controversial charter schools offered NCEA last year. Their results have made for easy headlines – think “glowing report card” - and easy ammunition in the House. The post...

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Charter school results 2014

A breakdown of 2014 charter school results obtained under the Official Information Act. The post Charter school results 2014 appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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Portal a big learning curve

An innovative online education project for New Zealand teachers could ultimately go global. The post Portal a big learning curve appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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Cowboys and Indians

The Indian export education sector is worth about $2b a year to our economy, but exploitation of students could slow its growth. The post Cowboys and Indians appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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How statutory intervention works

After the events at Rangiora High School, Sally Blundell explains how statutory intervention works. The post How statutory intervention works appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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Sweetless and light

If schools cut kids’ sugar intake, they would strike a blow against obesity and for better learning. The post Sweetless and light appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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Editorial: Why the Government’s new education funding system doesn’t pass the...

The Government’s new funding system for schools would be good, as far as it goes, if only it did what it says on the tin. The post Editorial: Why the Government’s new education funding system doesn’t...

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Six ways to enhance your kids’ cognitive ability

University of Otago professor Jim Flynn suggests six tips. The post Six ways to enhance your kids’ cognitive ability appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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200 years ago today, New Zealand’s first school opened

At the first school in New Zealand, which opened 200 years ago this week, the real learner was the teacher. The post 200 years ago today, New Zealand’s first school opened appeared first on New Zealand...

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How a young multilinguist learns new languages

If the language has a different alphabet, he learns that first. The post How a young multilinguist learns new languages appeared first on New Zealand Listener.

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