School management systems can evolve and change. This is the story of how two principals came to share the power and responsibilities of the top job at Selwyn College, Auckland.

School grounds have considerable influence on children's attitudes and behaviour—not only in terms of the grounds themselves, but also in relation to the school as a whole.

The proposal that professional development can empower teachers as curriculum leaders and thus enable them to transform curriculum practice is based on the authors' experiences at Australian National Professional Development Program workshops.

Social competencies have been highlighted in New Zealand's new curriculum documents, but what criteria do teachers of five-year-olds use when they think about social behaviours?

A comparison of the ages and year levels of students in different school systems.

Schools on both sides of the Tasman are being wooed by the corporate world. Is the invasion reshaping the nature of schooling?

When a school acknowledges its cross-cultural differences and reaches out to all parents, the students can achieve better academically. This success story comes with the warning that improved home/school communication needs to be maintained for the benefits to continue.

Today's learners do not need to be confined to the traditional classroom setting, thanks to new interactive telecommunications technologies. The implications of being in the "Information Age" are far reaching.

For teachers and schools not yet connected to the Internet, here are some signposts to guide you along the information superhighway.

Is the traditional folklore that parents and teachers are on different sides of the fence still valid? Is there a case for "them" and "us"?