EDITORIAL: It's Waitangi Day and you've got time on your hands. It's the blueprint for how we teach our children and future leaders, from year 1 all the way to year 13. READ MORE:* Petition reignites debate over teaching colonial history* School system 'racist' for failing to teach colonial historyBut not one reference to history. Graeme Ball, who chairs the History Teachers' Association, is a passionate educator seeking a greater slice of school time for history, particularly of this country. Ball and other history teachers want more support from the ministry, although he sensibly stops short of calling for compulsion.

Source: Stuff February 05, 2019 15:56 UTC