Work output assessments don't overlap the grades the teacher will give. One auditor noted that Tu Tangata frequently allows problems to be talked out in a group instead of in isolation. As I watched, heard and read about Tu Tangata one thing bothered me. It boosted test scores remarkably but after students left the program and went into the higher grades they fell back. There is at least talk that an adaptation of it might succeed if carried into higher grades.
Parkway conforms with national education goals and the national curriculum framework.
It is funded under the national system of per capita grants per student administered by local school boards except for national teacher salary setting. The audit noted a need for better coordination among government contributors. Puketapu contends long-term savings in truancy officers, imprisonment costs and crime reduction will more than justify Tu Tangata expenditures. In Hawaii, the Queen Emma Foundation, created by a 19th century queen, operates Queen's Health Systems which in turn oversees Queen's Medical Center. Its present board chair, Kenneth Brown, an architect who is Hawaiian, is broadening its health mission for Hawaiians by considering health and personal well-being as interactive.