Education
The Panel with Aimie Hines and Mike Williams (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Aimie Hines and Mike Williams discuss anxiety surrounding school field trips, employers ghosting job applicants, and Democrats pressuring President… Audio
Kiwi founder of online private school plans to apply for online charter school
Crimson Global Academy chief executive Jamie Beaton says the company wants to extend its online model to a charter school.
Schools install cameras in bathrooms to eliminate vaping
Several schools said younger students feel intimidated by groups of older students who vape inside bathrooms so are forced to hold on or find a different bathroom instead. That's led to some high… Audio
School's Taylor Swift raffle nets more than $100k
It helps when the world's biggest superstar is involved. Audio
Why red tape might end the great Kiwi school trip
Analysis - Anxiety about legal liability and the burden of paperwork are affecting teacher attitudes to taking trips outside the classroom.
Leaked emails on rewriting curriculum: 'Robustness is missing'
The emails have fuelled secondary school English teachers' fears about the likely content of their rewritten curriculum. Audio
Leaked emails deepen teachers' curriculum fears
Leaked emails have deepened teachers' fears about the future of the secondary school English curriculum. The emails sent to RNZ anonymously indicate a ministerial advisory group tried to take control… Audio
New literacy standards are coming, but what about conversational literacy?
Soon children aged three to six in the Nelson region will be given the chance to take part in a pilot programme which covers the skills involved in talking, using words and conversing with others. Audio
Two high-needs schools still unsure of future, despite lifeline from govt
One of the South Island schools says rebuild plans have changed, while the other is yet to learn what its redevelopment actually entails.
The Panel with Alexia Russell and Chris Clarke (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Alexia Russell and Chris Clarke discuss families rationing power usage due to high costs and the impact large exam halls have on student ability. Audio
Rebuild uncertain for high-needs schools
Just weeks after they were thrown a lifeline by the new coalition government, two South Island schools for high needs students still don't know what the future holds, Samantha Gee reports. Audio
Wellington school auctioning off Taylor swift trip
Would you enter a raffle to to see Taylor Swift in London, with flights and seven nights accommodation included? Wellington's Clyde Quay School is guessing a lot of people will... with the raffle on… Audio
Early childhood centre seeks to overturn move to cancel licence
The Early Childhood Council spoke out against the ministry move as heavy handed.
Rural early-childhood centre's licence cancelled
Country Kindy's license will be cancelled by the Ministry of Education next Monday, meaning 22 children will have to move somewhere elsewhere.
Rural Manawatu early childhood centre facing closure
Country Kindy, between Feilding and Palmerston North, will have its licence cancelled by the Ministry of Education from 5pm on Monday. However, the Early Childhood Council is criticising the move as… Audio
Matthew Chanwai, spoilt for choice
Spoilt for choice: Hamilton based Matthew Chanwai is about to become an organ scholar at Cambridge University, but he's already principal cellist with the NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Audio
Serious assault at Wellington Girls' College
A person has been being treated for injuries after an assault at Wellington Girls' College this morning. RNZ reporter Nick James speaks to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Teachers criticise government delay on charter schools info
Secondary school teachers say the government is taking too long to release official information about charter schools, making it hard for anybody to make a well-informed select committee submission -… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for 4th July
On today's episode, a New Zealand woman named as Patricia Mckay has been run down and killed during a gunpoint robbery in California. A witness to the crime speaks about what happened during the… Audio
Education Minister addresses concerns over phonics testing
Erica Stanford has acknowledged phonics testing will be "one very small part" of making sure young readers are on track. Audio
