News/Media
For media enquires contact Philippa Lagan (plagan@ppta.org.nz) or call 021 548 357.
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Documents
PPTA News: the Magazine
Against hatred we send love
Messages from PPTA members to their Christchurch colleagues and the Muslim community
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PPTA News: the Magazine
Women's rights at work - time to join the conversation
WRAW chat - Introducing a new tool to help PPTA women make their workplaces safer and better
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Class size, average class size, and pupil-teacher ratio; truth, lies and government statistics
The OECD reports the ratio of teachers to students in New Zealand secondary schools as 1:14. Rob provides some explanations of the measures of class size - the number of students in a class.
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Are we doing enough to make our schools safe?
Instances of student violence, bullying and harassment appear to have become all too frequent in our media of late – but do such stories stand out because they buck the general trend for our schools and communities, or are they just the tip of the iceberg?
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