Nina Hood
New subjects for NZ school curriculum from 2028
Educator Nina Hood talks with Melissa about the new school curriculum Audio
A broken system: Report says education system failing
A just released report paints a dire picture of the state of support being provided to neurodivergent children in our education system. Audio
What is structured literacy and why is the government talking about it?
Education minister Erica Stanford has announced that New Zealand schools will be pivoting to teaching structured literacy. Dr Nina Hood joins Nights to explain the approach. Audio
Curriculum shake up on the cards as new school year begins
Parents and teachers are gearing up for the new school year, with a big curriculum shake up on the cards.
The coalition government has signalled it will be working to improve numeracy and literacy… Audio
What's causing Kiwi teens' PISA scores to drop?
Kiwi teens have slipped down the international rankings of reading, maths and science again. To explain what this means for students beginning NCEA - founder of the Education Hub, Dr Nina Hood. Audio
Making maths add up: the neuroscience behind how children learn
As children's numeracy continues to decline, there's an argument to introduce traditional teaching methods earlier, like lining up numbers in columns. One maths consultant has been critical of the way… Audio
Education expert on NZ curriculum and National's plan
Are our children failing, or is the education system failing them? National's revealed it will rewrite the school cirriculum if it gets into government.
It follows recent pilot NCEA tests of year 10… Video, Audio
The Panel with Ali Mau and Simon Pound (Part One)
Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Ali Mau and Simon Pound discuss the decision by Immigration New Zealand to allow the controversial British activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as… Audio
Alarming results from trial NCEA literacy tests
Schools are concerned over the results of a trial of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. In June, year-10 students trialled the tests, which are due to become compulsory from 2024. Principals spoken… Audio
The week in Detail: Infrastructure, sanctions and Trevor Mallard
The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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The week in Detail: Infrastructure, sanctions and Trevor Mallard
The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioReading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining? Audio
Reading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining?
AudioDamning report exposes declining literacy rates
Now I don't know my ABC - the perilous state of literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That's the title of new report from the Education Hub think tank which examines the reasons why over a third of… Audio
Impacts of learning online during lockdown
With Covid case numbers in Auckland remaining stubbornly high, teachers, students and their parents are beginning to think it could be next term before schools reopen. Nina Hood is a University of… Audio
Lessons from lockdown
A new report on learning in the first lockdown finds inequities in the education system were highlighted and made worse. The report by The Education Hub, a non-profit organisation set up to promote… Audio
Teachers isolated, can't access research: study
Kathryn Ryan talks with Dr Nina Hood, founder of The Education Hub, a new non-profit organisation set up to promote cooperation with the education sector. She says teachers are isolated and find it… Audio