On Thursday, 4 June Minister of Education Hekia Parata will launch our new report. The report investigates a programme introduced to New Zealand primary schools 15 years ago that changed the way maths is taught, and tracks maths achievement over that time.

Jeff Greenslade, CEO of Heartland Bank, will share his views on this publication and the implications for financial literacy. Rose Patterson asks: Do New Zealand schools have the balance right between traditional and modern maths teaching methods? Are children in the top-performing East Asian countries topping the charts because they simply rote-learn for tests? And are our primary school teachers confident enough in maths themselves to teach the new methods?

Join us for a presentation of the research, and to hear the Initiative’s unique ideas for supporting teachers to solve the maths problem.

Date: Thursday, 4 June 2015
Time: 5.45 PM - 8.00 PM
Location: Te Wharewaka Function Centre 15 Jervois Quay Wellington Waterfront