Education
Advocates want faster work on school disputes panel
Youth advocates warn that children are being kicked out of class without good reason while the government dallies on setting up a school disputes panel.
Youth Law and the Children's Commissioner say… Audio
More allegations of schools bullying failure
A primary school accused of badly handling complaints of sexual behaviour and bullying among its pupils, has a history of ignoring or minimising bullying complaints stretching back nearly a decade.
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'Just a bit of play': More allegations of school's bullying failure
A school accused of failures over repeated playground sexual incidents faces further allegations of ignoring or minimising bullying complaints.
'Students, families suffering needlessly' with delay in school disputes panel
Youth Law and the children's commissioner warn that children are being kicked out of class without good reason while the government dallies on setting up a school disputes panel.
Schools respond to sexual harassment survey: 'Incredibly confronting and saddening'
The head student of Avonside Girls High, one of two schools where a survey found more than 20 rapes or near rapes and thousands of cases of sexual harassment, says the results were not surprising. Audio
Thousands of sexual harassment cases in Chch schools survey
Surveys of students at two neighbouring Christchurch schools have revealed thousands of cases sexual harassment. Avonside Girls High School and Shirley Boys share a site and some common areas like the… Video, Audio
Auckland Grammar students face penalty over unpaid fees
Students at a prestigious Auckland secondary school with unpaid fees will be entered onto a list of defaulters.
Auckland Grammar School is threatening to withhold end-of-year reports from parents who… Audio
Students report sexual assaults at Chch schools
A new survey of students at the co-located Shirley Boys' and Avonside Girls' schools show many are being sexually harassed and assaulted.
Fewer than half the boys took part in the survey, but of… Audio
Survey of two Christchurch schools reveals scale of sexual harassment
A survey of pupils at two single sex secondary schools in Christchurch has found they are being sexually harassed at school, online, or when socialising outside school grounds.
Outward Bound at 60: Still pushing people to their limits
Outward Bound in New Zealand turns 60 this year - and in the time it's been running, some 70,000 Kiwis have gone through the programme. Kathryn is joined by Outward Bound's CEO Malindi Maclean and… Audio
National Party not happy with NCEA tests trial run
The National Party is highlighting what it calls an "education disaster" in the results of a trial run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests.
While there was an initial focus on the poor overall… Audio
Children coerced into sexualised incidents at school
When children say they are coerced into sexualised encounters at school, parents expect a response from the school's leaders. For two families, it's been a long struggle.
Māori education forum draws more than 1000 people
More than 1000 people attended an education symposium hosted by iwi in Whakatū Nelson which aimed to inspire leaders to look at education with a Māori lens. Audio
Boys' school cancels 'Wife Beater Wednesday' at 11th hour
St Bede's College students have shown "bad judgment" after choosing a "Wife Beater Wednesday" dressup theme that was shut down 24 hours before going ahead, the school says.
How racism impacts on education systems in Aotearoa
An education symposium hosted by iwi in Whakatū Nelson last week aimed to inspire leaders to look at education through a Māori lens. Dr Mel Riwai-Couch speaks to Jesse about the changes they would… Audio
Country's biculturalism attracting US students - Education NZ
American universities increasingly see New Zealand as a good place to send students to study diversity and indigenous issues, Education New Zealand says.
Student gardeners dig chance to bypass high vege prices
It's more than 20 years since a community garden began helping Canterbury University students grow vegetables.
New NCEA tests could jeopardise Māori and Pacific students' achievement rates
The warning comes from an independent evaluation of a trial-run of online tests in reading, writing and maths involving 16,000 mostly Year 10 students in July.
Only a third of teenagers passed trial literacy test
The country's teenagers have again recorded poor results in a trial-run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests.
Just 34 percent of students who attempted the writing test passed - similar to last… Audio
Rangatahi face unfair levels of disadvantage and exclusion - research
Rangatahi Māori face exclusion and disadvantage at a much higher rate than Pākehā youth, and researchers say action is needed. Audio
