New Zealand: Conference focuses on boys' education

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-07-07 18:16

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'The school holidays might have begun but the work has not stopped for a group of teachers from all around the world who have gathered in Hawke's Bay for an international conference.

They are here to deal with one of New Zealand's education systems most pressing problems, lifting boys' academic achievement.

It comes as new research shows Kiwi boys are further behind girls than any other developed country.

Hundreds of international educators gathered at Lindisfarne College on Tuesday to learn how to best teach boys.'

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