Monday, January 9, 2012

Shifting Thinking | New Zealand Council for Educational Research

URL: Shifting Thinking | New Zealand Council for Educational Research
The Shifting to 21st Century Thinking project has been established by a group of researchers and thinkers within the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. The group thinks deeply about education in the 21st century, and what ...

Caution urged over school drug testing - TVNZ

URL: Caution urged over school drug testing
TVNZ
The ministry had published Promoting Student Health and Wellbeing: A Guide to Drug Education in Schools for school boards of trustees, principals and drug education teachers, he said. "It is part of the health and physical education curriculum. ...

Teens reject 'safe sex' education - poll - Voxy


Stuff.co.nz
URL: Teens reject 'safe sex' education - poll
Voxy
When asked "Do you think sex education in schools should teach values, abstinence and consequences such as pregnancy, or just teach safe sex?" only 19% supported just the 'safe sex' message currently being taught in schools, with one in three (34%) ...

Repairs to leaky classrooms are under way - Manawatu Standard


Manawatu Standard
URL: Repairs to leaky classrooms are under way
Manawatu Standard
RAINPROOF: Work on fixing up a leaky classroom block at Central Normal School in Palmerston North should be completed next month. Photo: MURRAY WILSON/FAIRFAX NZ Pupils at a Palmerston North primary school forced to move from their leaky classrooms ...