Education
How high school students have coped during lockdown
Lockdown - a time some of us might remember fondly - days spent with family, going for walks, pressing the reset button. For others, lockdown is something best forgotten - a time of stress, worry and… Audio
Growing a love of science
Rachel Rohloff is on a mission to grow a love of science among primary school children. She's a teacher, entrepreneur and now author. Audio
Do track and trace apps work, top Amazon engineer 'rage quits'
Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to look at whether contact tracing apps are delivering as promised, even as privacy is threatened. Tim Bray, a legend in technology circles, quit as… Audio
Ministry of Education reports points to zone and decile issues
Evidence that rich schools are able to cherry pick the best students from poorer communities. NZEI President Liam Rutherford joins the discussion. Audio
NZQA in talks about university entrance requirements after lockdown - Holsted
Northland schools have the lowest attendance rates after the Covid-19 level 4 and level 3 lockdown, with one only getting about quarter of their students back.
About 800,000 students were due back in… Video, Audio
People who lose jobs urged to consider trades apprenticeships
People who're losing their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being urged to consider signing up to a trade apprenticeship. Helen Stephens, Chief Executive at the Apprenticeship Training Trust… Audio
Deciles, zoning skewed by school choice for richer parents - ministry
School zones and school choice allow rich schools to skim the best students from poorer communities, concentrating disadvantage in some schools, a Ministry study has found.
Schools losing some of their best students due to zones and choice, report finds
An Education Ministry study has found strong evidence poor communities are losing some of their best students to schools in richer areas.
It says enrolment zones and school choice enable… Audio
Apps, attendance and the WHO
We check in with Dr Patricia Priest to understand the road ahead for Aotearoa, plus the latest news on a significant WHO meeting. Audio
Coronavirus: School fighting rumour mill to get students back
While schools reopened on Monday, many parents chose to keep their children at home.
Data collected from more than 1400 schools by the Ministry of Education showed an average national attendance rate… Audio
Covid-19: School children repeat steps from polio epidemic
As children return to school this week it may come as a surprise to learn their experience is remarkably similar to that of their forebears almost 100 years ago.
Children head back to school, most pleased to be back
All across New Zealand yesterday playgrounds were filled with the sound of school kids as schools fully opened up again for the first time in eight weeks. About 800,000 children were back in the… Video, Audio
Back to school after lockdown: 80 percent of children return to classes with hygiene rules
Hundreds of thousands of children returned to school and early learning today, squirting litres of hand sanitiser and putting carefully-developed hygiene plans to the test. Video
Some anxious parents as children return to school under level 2
And it wasn't just teachers and students feeling the first day nerves.
Parents of some of the children returning today felt a little anxious about jumping back into the school routine.
Anan Zaki… Audio
Covid-19: Schools, ECEs reopen after eight weeks
Hundreds of thousands of children returned to school and early learning today, squirting litres of hand sanitiser and putting carefully-developed hygiene plans to the test.
After eight weeks out of… Audio
What does ECE teacher funding boost mean for kindergartens?
What does the funding boost mean for kindergartens and those who work there?
The chief executive of He Whānau Manaaki Kindergarten Association in Wellington is Mandy Coulson. She talks to Lisa Owen.
…Top pay band restored for early childhood teachers
Meanwhile the government has restored a top pay band for fully trained early childhood teachers, committing $278 million over the next four years.
The 100 percent funding band for teacher-led ECE… Audio
Covid-19: Back to school, but things are a little different
Hundreds of thousands of children returned to very different classrooms and early learning settings today after an historic eight week break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
But things were a lot… Video, Audio
First day nerves for parents and children
Pscyhologist Jacqui Maguire talks about how people might be feeling as they head back to their offices and classrooms today. Audio
Students return to school for first time since March
Hundreds of thousands of children have returned to school today for the first time in eight weeks. There have been concerns that some children and parents would have a lot of anxiety about the return… Audio
