Violence In New Zealand’s Schools: Delay In Acting Upon The Behaviour Summit

In March of this year a Taumata Whanonga – ‘Behaviour Summit’ was held at Te Papa in Wellington to discuss student behaviour in schools. The conference needed to focus on bullying and intolerance because a major international report released in December last year ranked New Zealand second worst (to Tunisia) among 35 countries for bullying…

"NZ Schools Put Children On Path To Crime"

From Infonews.co.nz “Traditional ways of dealing with dyslexia in the classroom are a formula for failure – creating low self-esteem and pushing kids towards a life of crime, according to a visiting international dyslexia expert. Neil Mackay is in New Zealand to host a sold-out nationwide series of workshops for teachers and parents during Dyslexia…

New Zealand Scores Second Worse in World for Bullying in Schools

Source Stuff.co.nzDecember 2008 NZ Schools Lead World in bullying “Three-quarters of primary school children have been bullied in the past month, ranking New Zealand 34th of 35 countries in a major international study. More evidence of an endemic bullying culture comes as teachers call for law changes to single out the most troublesome students and…

New Zealand Scores Second Worse in World for Bullying in Schools

Source Stuff.co.nz December 2008 NZ Schools Lead World in bullying “Three-quarters of primary school children have been bullied in the past month, ranking New Zealand 34th of 35 countries in a major international study. More evidence of an endemic bullying culture comes as teachers call for law changes to single out the most troublesome students…

New Zealand Scores Second Worse in World for Bullying in Schools

Source Stuff.co.nz December 2008 NZ Schools Lead World in Bullying   “Three-quarters of primary school children have been bullied in the past month, ranking New Zealand 34th of 35 countries in a major international study. More evidence of an endemic bullying culture comes as teachers call for law changes to single out the most troublesome…