From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:TheSchoolDaily@;TheSchoolDaily.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TheSchoolDaily for Thursday, 17 October 2002
TheSchoolDaily for Thursday, 17 October 2002 "Building a networked learning community of parents, teachers and friends of schools." ******************************************* Please support our sponsors and advertisers ******************************************* TheSchoolDaily is sponsored by: * ASCD http://www.ascd.org/index.html?schooldaily ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- EDUCATION NEWS DENTISTS TURN AWAY CHILDREN IN FEES SCRAP http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16317 Children in agony with acutely painful teeth are being turned away by dentists who claim the Government is paying them a pittance for providing free dental services reports the New Zealand Herald. INTERNET SAFETY http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16314 The NZ Government is to assist ECPAT (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking) in a nationwide campaign to improve internet safety awareness, Justice Minister Phil Goff announced last week. WORKPLACE LITERACY TRAINING http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16313 A new report highlights the value of targeted investment in workplace learning reports the office of NZ Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey. STUDENT FAMILIES GRANT http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16312 New Zealand students with dependents who face financial hardship as they move from study to looking for work are now able to get additional help from StudyLink reports the office of Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey. STUDENT LOAN SCHEME REPORT http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16311 Half of all New Zealand student loan borrowers have a loan balance of less than $9,069, according to the annual report of the student loan scheme that was presented to Parliament last week. FEES FROZEN AGAIN http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16310 Students at all public tertiary institutions and most private training establishments will not face fee rises again next year reports the office of NZ Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey. NCEA INQUIRY WILL EXPOSE FAILURE http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16308 (16 Oct) ACT New Zealand, the only political party in parliament that has consistently opposed the National Certificate in Education Achievement, is delighted that the education select committee is conducting an inquiry into the qualification, Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. CARNARVON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HERE TO STAY. http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16342 Western Australian Education Minister Alan Carpenter has moved to quash rumours and reassure the Carnarvon community that Carnarvon Senior High School would retain its status as a senior high school. DIFFERENTIAL FEES POINT THE WAY FORWARD http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16315 Richard Brown is chief executive of the British Council for Industry and Higher Education which is publishing reports on tuition fees in the US and on financial returns and tuition fees in the UK. He expresses his views in this report in the Guardian. A-LEVEL UPGRADES BENEFIT 168 PUPILS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16316 Estelle Morris, the British education secretary, yesterday announced emergency funding to ensure that students opting to switch university after being awarded the wrong A-level grades are not out of pocket reports the Guardian. 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Who created the Peanuts comic strip? 2. Who wrote the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels? 3. Which English author wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover? 4. In the Tintin comic series, what is the name of TinTin's white dog? Answers... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---LEADERSHIP/ADMINISTRATION NZCER Views and News: New Media Award Announced http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=15920 The New Zealand Council for Educational Research announces a new media award to mark the centenary of the birth of Clarence Beeby. The award is for excellence in educational reporting. Young Enterprise Certificate Approved by NZQA http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16306 The Young Enterprise Certificate has been approved by NZQA. The qualification is to be known as the Young Enterprise Certificate. It has been approved as a Level 3, 24 credit qualification. This is a first for Enterprise New Zealand Trust (ENZT) and for NZQA, who have only recently been able to grant course approval for "other body" (non-private training establishment) courses. "It demonstrates the spirit of recognizing learning experienced through enterprise education," said Lyn Morris, the ENZT Examination Manager. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- PARENTS/FRIENDS Dominic Baron comments on yesterday's NZ Herald smacking article http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=16341 Let's get this vital fact clear: It is up to us, THE PEOPLE, to decide on the rules by which we wish to live, NOT the ursurping thing that calls itself "parliament". Only we, THE PEOPLE, can decide whether to allow or to stop the smacking of children by their parents, not the tiny group of self-appointed "legislators" who are in thrall to minuscule pressure groups or who kow-tow to the "governess" and the parasitical "legal profession"... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Articles from the latest 'Good Teacher' and NZ Information Literacy Archive http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com Try ASCD's Professional Development Online http://www.ascd.org/framepdonline.html?schooldaily DIGITAL SCHOOL BELLS with a 7-day Time Clock: compact, reliable, accurate and functional. http://www.jenkinson-electronics.co.nz/ Read&Write 6 Gold - just released toolbar for literacy and study support http://www.texthelp.co.nz/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- To subscribe to TheSchoolDaily please go to http://www.theschooldaily.com/subscribeNewUser.asp ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. 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