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Every morning I would feel overwhelmed by the noise level
Dr Sarah Alexander warns systemic failures in New Zealand’s early
Who is Who and Does What in Relation to the
Nearly 800 serious incidents in ECE Services in 2024
NEWS/ANALYSIS.
3 July 2025.
Alleged cases of child abuse or neglect, accidents, fraud and weather events were among 796 serious incidents early childhood education services reported to the Ministry of Education last year.
Health and safety issues were the most common type of incidents in ECE reported to the Ministry of Education
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Funding Not Going to Teachers and Children. October 6, 2019. Is it acceptable for an ECE company to cry for more public funds to enable
Guest speaker: Dr David Brody (Israel), author of “Men who Teach Young Children“. Introduction by Dr Sarah Alexander (NZ). The Symposium was held on 15
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Group Size in Early Childhood Centres. Dr Sarah Alexander. May 11, 2011. Definitions: Licence size means the total of the number of children a centre can
Early childhood education services in general do not do well when it comes to being inclusive of dads and supporting and involving fathers. Services could be doing better if teachers and service operators knew how.
New Zealand families are gradually changing and men are becoming more involved in raising their children.
However, public reali
Compulsory Vaccinations for Children? March 14, 2017. By Dr Sarah Alexander. Children who are not immunised are to be banned from attending early childhood education
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