Locke says a bonsai upbringing stunts children's development, as they never learn how to adapt to different or difficult circumstances. ... "A child who has been given the perfect childhood can't cope with the less than perfect realities of adult life ...
Unitec staff face job cuts - Stuff.co.nz
While Unitec was a "profitable financially healthy institution," student numbers had dropped recently but the changes were primarily about modernising the institution, Joyce said. "Students these days, especially adult learners, want a more flexible ...
Te reo 'is in good hands' - Stuff.co.nz
... Why I learned te reo Learning te reo for the first time OPINION: Is change finally coming for ...
Gloriavale School teaching Victorian-era values
New information on Gloriavale Christian Community School shows that they are teaching a Victorian-era agenda of domestic servitude that should not be funded by the Government, the Green Party revealed today. Official Information Act documents obtained ...
Teachers need to pay up before the debt collectors call - Joyce
The government is resorting to debt collectors to retrieve more than 2.5 million dollars, which was paid to teachers three years ago during the Novopay fiasco.
Editorial: Assessment not just for students
The secondary teachers' union has welcomed one Auckland school's decision to abandon international examinations and offer only the NCEA. The Post Primary Teachers' Association would like to ban schools using the International Baccalaureate...
Xequals web developers win video game startup
A Wellington game developer hopes to become the next digital export after winning a game startup competition.
Rox Flame, director of web development company Xequals, won the KiwiGameStarter prize for his puzzle platform game Dynabrick.
Girls studying the 'soft' options?
Schools should persuade girls to ditch studying psychology and switch to "hard sciences", an education leader says.Barnaby Lenon, who chairs the Independent Schools Council and was headmaster at Harrow, said too many girls were...
Small syllabus, big cost sinks Destiny bid
Destiny School's bid to become state-integrated was rejected because the proposed syllabus was too small and the cost of conversion too high, education papers reveal.Documents show the Education Ministry was not prepared to inject...
Gloriavale's science ban
Not one student at Gloriavale school has gone beyond Year 11 in the past three years and they have only 17 subjects to choose from, sparking fresh calls for an investigation.Documents obtained by the Herald on Sunday show the...
Science programme shines light on bright future for Kiwi kids
When it comes to hooking young Kiwis on science, there might be no brighter way than making things glow in the dark. Over the next week, pupils and scientists across the country will be taking part in Illuminating NZ - Te Koanga,...
Ngā Manu Kōrero celebrates 50 years
Past winners of Ngā Manu Kōrero will be in Porirua today, marking 50 years since the speech competition began.
Message of ground-breaking classroom resource: we all belong
RainbowYOUTH today announced the launch of Inside Out , the first ever curriculum-aligned resource in New Zealand created by Kiwis at a national scale. Inside Out ’s aim: to help increase understanding and support of sex, gender and sexuality diversity .
NZ migration number increase driven by students
Foreign students have been a boon to New Zealand education businesses, with their contribution growing faster compared to fees generated by localstudents. In the latest year, student visas rose by 6400 to 26,800. Of those, 10,600 were from India and ...
Schools should persuade girls to ditch studying psychology and switch to "hard sciences", an education leader says.Barnaby Lenon, who chairs the Independent Schools Council and was headmaster at Harrow, said too many girls were...
Small syllabus, big cost sinks Destiny bid
Destiny School's bid to become state-integrated was rejected because the proposed syllabus was too small and the cost of conversion too high, education papers reveal.Documents show the Education Ministry was not prepared to inject...
Gloriavale's science ban
Not one student at Gloriavale school has gone beyond Year 11 in the past three years and they have only 17 subjects to choose from, sparking fresh calls for an investigation.Documents obtained by the Herald on Sunday show the...
Science programme shines light on bright future for Kiwi kids
When it comes to hooking young Kiwis on science, there might be no brighter way than making things glow in the dark. Over the next week, pupils and scientists across the country will be taking part in Illuminating NZ - Te Koanga,...
Ngā Manu Kōrero celebrates 50 years
Past winners of Ngā Manu Kōrero will be in Porirua today, marking 50 years since the speech competition began.
Message of ground-breaking classroom resource: we all belong
RainbowYOUTH today announced the launch of Inside Out , the first ever curriculum-aligned resource in New Zealand created by Kiwis at a national scale. Inside Out ’s aim: to help increase understanding and support of sex, gender and sexuality diversity .
NZ migration number increase driven by students
Foreign students have been a boon to New Zealand education businesses, with their contribution growing faster compared to fees generated by localstudents. In the latest year, student visas rose by 6400 to 26,800. Of those, 10,600 were from India and ...
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