Education
Large attendance variations in Auckland schools
Auckland schools are reporting wildly different attendance rates with some families refusing to send children back to class.
Officials urged to move faster on vaccinating children aged 5-11
The clock is ticking for the government to get children aged five to 11 vaccinated against Covid-19. Audio
Covid-19: Attendance at Auckland schools varying wildly
Auckland schools are reporting wildly different attendance rates with some families refusing to send children back to class.
It's just over two weeks since the region's classrooms were allowed to… Audio
“Dirty Dunners” – scarfie life at Otago University is recalled with affection
Student life at Otago University is one of the attractions for many who receive their tertiary training in the city. But why is this so? Joshua D'Silva seeks out answers. Audio
Peter Boghossian on starting up anti-woke, anti-elite school
Philosophy Professor Peter Boghossian speaks tells Jesse why he started a university that is proudly anti-woke. Audio
Commission pans attempts to close Māori, Pacific achievement gap
The Tertiary Education Commission says hundreds of initiatives aimed at improving Māori and Pacific students' tertiary education pass rates are poorly-targeted distractions that are not working.
New research into 'sweat equity' at our universities
There are concerns more post-grad students at our tertiary institutions will abandon their research because they simply can't afford to continue. A new paper out today analyses how the stipend portion… Audio
Changes fail to improve Maori, Pacific tertiary pass rates
Years of work and hundreds of intitiatives aimed at improving pass rates for Maori and Pacific tertiary students have achieved virtually nothing. In a briefing to the Education Minister Chris Hipkins… Audio
Call to be more inclusive of children in Covid-19 response
Child health researcher Julie Spray tells Jesse why we need to be more inclusive of children in our Covid-19 response. Audio
Charter schools use govt funding to pay $450k to owners before joining state school system
Auditor-General John Ryan has criticised the board of two former charter schools for paying $450,000 in government funding to the schools' owners just before they joined the state school system.
Stop saying children are 'resilient'
Dr Julie Spray, a medical and childhood anthropologist and a Research Fellow in the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland says it's time to Stop saying children are 'resilient'. Audio
International language sector says border reopening date for students too late
The government's decision to let vaccinated foreign students back into the country from 30 April has disappointed and frustrated some in the international education sector.
At-risk students taken in by Te Kura should be better supported by local schools and services- ERO
The Education Review Office has warned that a rapid increase in enrolments by at-risk students is stretching the Correspondence School, Te Kura.
Covid-19: Foreign student return date decision disappoints
A date for the return of foreign students has been agreed but it's left some in the international education industry disappointed and frustrated.
The end of April is two to three months after schools… Audio
Police investigating allegations of historical abuse at St Peter's School
Waikato police are investigating allegations of historical abuse at St Peter's School in Cambridge.
St Peter's sexual abuse apology likely to trigger further claims
The revelations of historical abuse at a prominent Waikato boarding school is expected to trigger more claims from former students.
Are New Zealand’s universities doing enough to define the limits of academic freedom?
Misinformation is incompatible with performing a role as critic and conscience of society Matheson Russell writes for The Conversation.
Cambridge's St Peter's School reveals details of child sexual abuse, apologises to former students
St Peter's School in Cambridge has revealed details of child sexual abuse at the college and apologised to former students for cases stretching back decades. Audio
St Peter's Cambridge school reveals details of sexual abuse
The St Peter's Cambridge school chair has told Checkpoint the police are investigating historical abuse against former students.
An investigation launched in 2019 at the prominent Waikato boarding… Video, Audio
No maths = economy suffers
An economic think-tank is warning our economy will suffer unless changes are made to the way maths is taught. Maths scores have been declining for the past twenty years, relative to other OECD… Audio
