Nine To Noon for Monday 24 September 2012
09:05 The publication of controversial national standards data
Lorraine Kerr, president of the School Trustees Association; and Geoff Lovegrove, principal of the decile 3 Lytton Street School in Manawatu.
09:20 National standards data confirms boys are lagging behind girls at primary school
Massey University education professor Michael Irwin is the author of the book Educating Boys: Helping Kiwi Boys Succeed at School and the organiser of two national conferences on boys' education.
09:35 Youth unemployment pilot
Marion Short, CEO of the Foundation for Youth Development, which has just launched a pilot of their new Career Navigator programme at a high school in Manurewa in Auckland.
09:45 Africa correspondent David McKenzie
10:05 Eowyn Ivey - Author of The Snow Child
10:35 Book Review with Phil Vine
Hope Street, Jerusalem by Irris Makler
Published by HarperCollins, $36.99
10:45 Reading: Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones
The tale of a destitute mother's courage, told in fragments by those who encounter her as she crosses Europe in search of her child stolen from her soon after its birth. (Part 11 of 12)
11:05 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Josie Pagani
11:30 Guest chef Simon Bryant, from Adelaide, Australia
Recipes:
Asparagus and Black Garlic with Quinoa
Pea Rice Pancakes
Where to get black garlic
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey
Living small.
Links:
Shrink to Fit, the New York Times
Efficiencies wanted, The New York Times