Education
Parenting : language development of pre-schoolers
Speech and language therapist Christian Wright talks to Kathryn about what parents can do to stimulate pre-schoolers language development. We'll also look at how to identify when there might be delays… Audio
School building projects face delays and cost blowouts
An Auckland high school where leaks have been falling on students' heads for years is among those that have undergone a review into building project problems. Audio
Fewer parents applying to home-school children following pandemic
Monthly approvals to home-school were much lower this year than at the end of 2021 and start of 2022.
Auckland high school struggles with building project delays
An Auckland high school is struggling with leaky roofs and falling ceiling tiles, four years after the Education Minister announced a multi-million-dollar repair programme.
Botany Downs Secondary is… Audio
Collation of decades of rainbow research a first of its kind
Decades of Auckland University of Technology (AUT) rainbow research has been collated in a new online portal which the university hopes will make it accessible to everyone.
Teachers grade Labour's efforts to fix education
RNZ asked school principals what impact nearly three years of Labour government have had on their schools. Audio
'I'm not mucking around': Luxon defends Waikato Uni input into medical school policy
Proper processes have been followed in National's decision to base a third medical school at Waikato University, the party leader says. Audio
Principals provide feedback on 6 years of Labour
Under the current administration, schools have ditched decile numbers, coped with a pandemic and started to get to grips with NCEA and curriculum changes.
But, after three years of a Labour… Audio
Rangiora High School installs cameras to crack down on vaping
Rangiora High School, in Canterbury, is installing cameras and sensors near toilets in an effort to crack down on vaping.
School principal Bruce Kearney says students vape in large groups and… Audio
Union 'dismayed' at National's involvement in proposed medical school
The Tertiary Education Union says it's dismayed at the extent the University of Waikato's Vice Chancellor worked with the National Party on its proposal for a new medical school in Hamilton.
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Disagreement over how to tackle the education crisis - or if it even exists
Education researchers are divided over the state of the school system as it comes under increased scrutiny.
Education researchers warn voters over 'crisis' claims
Some education researchers are warning voters to treat with caution politicians' claims the school system is in crisis.
New Zealand children's scores in international tests have never been worse and… Audio
Documents show head of Waikato University involved in National policy
The head of Waikato University was intimately involved in National's policy of establishing a medical school at the university and told one of its senior MPs it could be a "present" to a National… Audio
New medical school a 'present' to future National government - uni boss
The chancellor of the University of Waikato was intimately involved in helping National develop policy, raising questions about independence.
School rallies to get teenager to London for major brain surgery
Carson Harvey was an active teenager, cramming in as many sports around his school schedule as he could. But his world changed two months ago when he suffered a brain bleed that requires major surgery… Audio
Struggling psychology clinic welcomed by University of Waikato
A struggling psychology clinic has been brought back from the brink after being welcomed by the University of Waikato.
Dodgy concrete product causing English schools to close unlikely to affect NZ schools
New Zealand schools are in the clear from a concrete product that has seen more than 100 schools in England have to close over collapse fears.
NZ universities sets deadlines to eliminate disparities
NZ universities sets deadlines to eliminate disparities among Maori and Pasifika. Audio
Commission refused to defer university funding clawbacks - briefing
A briefing paper said the TEC expected reduce the funding of Massey, Victoria and Otago universities, AUT and Te Pūkenga's polytechnics due to low enrolments.
Tertiary providers must be held to account for reaching parity targets, Māori student rep says
Some universities are reluctant to set deadlines for ensuring Māori and Pacific students are as successful as other groups of students.
