Documents reveal school system revamp
Bulk funding and performance pay could improve student performance, say internal Ministry of Education documents released to the Listener.
View ArticleEducation: 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...
View ArticleGrade-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.
View ArticleEditorial: Teach your children well
Although the process has been mismanaged, Christchurch schools do need to change, and grandstanding wont help.
View ArticleNCEA: 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.
View ArticleEton 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.
View ArticleNCEA: Cheating, exam-shunning on the rise
Catherine Woulfe unpicks a new report on pass rates, cheating and teachers' dubious marking.
View ArticleSchools 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".
View ArticleEditorial: not like the others
Without sufficient scrutiny, how can we be confident that charter schools really raise achievement?
View ArticleHome 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.
View ArticleIs five too young to start school?
A groundswell of education experts are backing a British campaign to increase the starting age to seven.
View ArticleEditorial: back to basics
This countrys high level of child poverty is unacceptable. So, what are we going to do about it?
View ArticleAnna Fifield in Boston: ABC of equality
The US takes a faltering step towards free preschool education.
View ArticleThe superstar learner
Powerful new findings about how the brain learns are emerging from modern psychology.
View ArticleThe Mozart effect, and four other learning myths
Some ideas about learning gain widespread acceptance despite evidence to the contrary.
View ArticleThe best start
To do better by all our children, we must tap into the profound potential of parents.
View ArticleEarn & 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.
View ArticleSchool of hard knocks
China’s archaic education system pushes its students to breaking point.
View ArticleQuality 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...
View ArticleCharter 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...
View ArticleCharter 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.
View ArticlePortal 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.
View ArticleCowboys 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.
View ArticleHow 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.
View ArticleSweetless 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.
View ArticleEditorial: 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...
View ArticleSix 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.
View Article200 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...
View ArticleHow 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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