http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Education headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:05 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=35 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10633129&ref=rss She may have been up to three years younger than all the other competitors, but that didn't stop 10-year-old Michelle Yao from beating more than 700 other students in a prestigious music examination.Michelle, a student at Diocesan... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10633077&ref=rss Some of New Zealand's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.The Education Ministry introduced national standards in schools at the beginning of this... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:06:40 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632946&ref=rss When 13-year-old Rennie Qin arrived from China four years ago she couldn't speak English and her parents couldn't afford to send her to the "good schools" - but that wasn't enough to stop her from striving for the top.And now,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632717&ref=rss When Parliament suddenly goes pin-droppingly silent - as it did yesterday - it is a fair bet someone is in serious strife or at least teetering on the brink of it.Such a funereal hush enveloped the chamber during ministers' question... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632588&ref=rss SPOKANE, Washington - Parents who fear that buying a video game system will hurt their kids' schoolwork might be right.Young boys who receive their first video game system don't progress as quickly in school as boys who don't... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:05:14 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632508&ref=rss A Rotorua student who was kicked in the head and dragged along the ground by her hair by a group of girls is angry a video of the attack is making its way around the city. The 15-year-old Rotorua Girls' High School student was... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632464&ref=rss An Auckland college is to delay the start of the school day by an hour once a week so staff can undergo curriculum and professional development training.From the start of term two, Western Springs College, which has nearly 1000... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632405&ref=rss "Of all the constituents of the human body, bone is the hardest, the driest, the earthiest, and the oldest; and excepting only the teeth, it is devoid of sensation ... for in the fabric of the human body, bones perform the same function... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632309&ref=rss Otago University students have abandoned their legal challenge to the university's controversial code of conduct.The code was introduced in 2007 after an escalating number of disorder incidents involving Dunedin students. It gave... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:00:09 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10632221&ref=rss Take a minute and, at random, pick three specific memories with teachers from your school years. Choose the first memories that come to mind. Try it before you read on.Once you have those three moments in hand, ask yourself, why... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10631773&ref=rss Tertiary students failing more than half their papers may be given a two-year time limit to prove they are worthy of keeping their student loans.Tertiary Minister Steven Joyce has floated plans to make obtaining student loans... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10631672&ref=rss About 120 athletic young Pacific men and women sit at the back of a big marquee at the New Lynn cricket club, resplendent in shiny new black uniforms.Proud parents, aunts, uncles and community leaders stream in for the Village... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10631670&ref=rss Whatever you think of Anne Tolley and her trenchant advocacy of national standards, the Minister of Education deserves some credit for having the good grace and fortitude to front this week's announcement of the restructuring of her... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10631662&ref=rss Hopes that New Zealand will ever be able to compete in the cut-throat field of spectacularly pointless research are fading fast following the Government's announcement that a quarter of the courses on offer in our tertiary institutions... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200