| Education revolution hits South Auckland |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| An education revolution is winning global attention in one of the most unlikely places - the Maori and Pacific island state house kids of Auckland's Tamaki. In Glen Innes, long written off as ghettos of poverty and crime, children are reaching national norms in reading, writing and mathematics. In the decile-1 schools children are rampaging through the national syllabus before the year is out and teachers are coming up with new and innovative ways of teaching. It has been done with a charitable trust that, with parents, has come up with a way for every kid to have a computer notebook and eventually 24/7 access to high speed wireless. ''It is a big change in the way teaching is done,'' says Pat Snedden, chairman of the $4.5 million public, philanthropic and commercially funded Manaiakalani Education Trust. ''One of the poorest communities in New Zealand has decided to be one of the biggest investors in their own kids.'' While middle class families angst over school computer technology, Tamaki has done it for themselves. |
| Source: Auckland Now (NZ) | Published: March 4th, 2012 |
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