Education
NZEI puzzled by $278m for Holidays Act compensation
A teachers' union is mystified by the conclusion that $278 million is the right amount to settle Holidays Act underpayments to school staff.
The Educational Institute says it has been working on the… Audio
Is health and sex education in schools a once-over-lightly?
Katie Fitzpatrick is an associate professor of education at the University of Auckland and the lead writer of relationship and sexuality education curriculum policy. She says more emphasis and time… Audio
Digital Boost launch, could AI shorten the work week
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to look at the newly-announced Digital Boost Alliance and what it hopes to achieve, new research into the impact AI could have on our work-lives… Audio
Civics and citizenship education being left to chance - academic
A civics and citizenship curriculum should be cemented in New Zealand schools because knowledge students are entitled to is being left to chance, says a leading academic.
IHC going to Human Rights Tribunal over education discrimination of disabled
IHC's legal team has started meeting with parents, educators and community groups ahead of a Human Rights Tribunal hearing.
IHC takes Education Ministry to court over disabled childrens' rights
The Minister of Education and his Ministry are being taken to court over the rights of intellectually disabled children to go to school.
The advocacy group IHC says the children are being… Audio
Is teacher confidence behind declining science results?
A new report from Nanogirl Labs has found teacher confidence is one of the key factors for science not being taught consistently in primary and intermediate schools. New Zealand is seeing declining… Audio
'Nowhere for him to go' - Expelled autistic boy still out of school seven weeks later
An autistic boy who was expelled from school despite appealing to the Children's Commissioner has now been out of school for seven weeks.
Expelled autistic boy hasn't been to school in seven weeks
An autistic boy who was expelled despite appealing to the Children's Commissioner has now been out of school for seven weeks.
His mother says she is hoping the Education Ministry will tell her this… Audio
Moriori fear their history will be left out of new school curriculum
Moriori are worried their story will be ignored when New Zealand history becomes part of the core curriculum for primary and secondary schools next year.
Moriori want inclusion in new NZ history curriculum
Moriori want to be included in the new Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum.
The Hokotehi Moriori Trust says the draft curriculum mentions Moriori only once and that is not good enough.
… Audio
Moriori want more mentions in NZ history curriculum
Historians warned the new school history curriculum could hurt and it has.
Moriori say they are pained that the draft curriculum for what will be a core subject from next year mentions them just… Audio
Act wants to give principals power to give high-performing teachers bonuses
The Act Party wants to give principals the power to award high-performing teachers potentially thousands of dollars for their work.
Budget 2021: Secondary principals pleased with wellbeing focus
The head of the Secondary Principals Association, Deidre Shea, says the government's wellbeing budget will make teachers' job easier.
She says the increased social spending in the Budget will help a… Audio
Budget 21: $2 billion in new education spending
Future changes and historic payroll mistakes are among the targets of more than $2 billion in new education spending in today's government Budget.
Helping new dads to be great parents
Kathryn checks in on a parenting programme pilot in Nelson set up to help new fathers. The free 10 week course is available to all new dads, step dads and also includes men awaiting the birth of their… Audio
Children taught in hallways due to lack of space at school
Children at a rural Te Tai Tokerau school are learning in the corridor, in the staffroom and sometimes even outside because of a lack of classrooms.
NZ history in schools could be confrontational, expert panel says
An expert panel has warned that compulsory New Zealand history lessons next year could upset some children and lead to difficult classroom discussions. Audio
A 'truancy crisis': 60,000 students chronically absent
Ministry of Education figures show more than 60,000 students are classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight. Almost 40 percent of pupils are not going to… Audio
Marlborough's first Maori language symposium held
Revitalising te reo Māori in a region with no native speakers starts with individual whānau.
That's the message being delivered to a sold-out audience of almost 500 people at Marlborough's first… Audio
