http://www.stuff.co.nz/4833210a11.html By EMILY WATT – The Dominion Post | Friday, 30 January 2009 The Government has sacked a second school board in a fortnight after revelations its teachers were hitting, swearing at and denigrating pupils. Education Minister Anne Tolley dissolved the board of South Auckland’s Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate yesterday…
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Minister orders action on truants
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4831079a11.html Minister orders action on truants By LANE NICHOLS – The Dominion Post | Wednesday, 28 January 2009 The Government is demanding urgent action on truancy amid revelations that officials have little or no idea how many thousands of children cut class each day. Education Minister Anne Tolley is instructing…
Hardcore truants by the thousand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4798639a11.html Hardcore truants by the thousand By LANE NICHOLS – The Dominion Post | Saturday, 20 December 2008 Thousands of the most at-risk children are still missing from classrooms, forcing education officials to act as detectives hunting long-term truants. Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft said the “unexploded time bombs”…
Failing students a costly burden
Extra funding will NOT solve these problems. Get your children out and home educate them: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4703349a11.html Failing students a costly burden By JOHN HARTEVELT – The Press | Wednesday, 24 September 2008 Troublesome students cost the education system 10 times as much as others, a government report on the state…
Government Schools in New Zealand
Government Schools are Revolting! Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 9:43 am Press Release: Libertarianz Party http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00110.htm PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Education Government Schools are Revolting! Libertarianz spokesman Phil Howison is completely unsurprised that 15 Auckland principals are “deeply concerned about the future of New Zealand’s schools” due to the…