Education
Bring Your Own Device to school
The ministry of education's technology revisions are due back next year and one casualty could be a widespread walk-back of the Bring Your Own Device "craze", as Metro calls it,. Audio
Tech and children's relationships at school
Dr Mohamed Alansari speaks with Kathryn Ryan about how devices have changed the way children relate to each other at school. He says while technology is expanding children's horizons in the classroom… Audio
Government tops up on-the-job literacy and numeracy training fund
The government has committed $14.5 million more over four years for on-the-job literacy and numeracy training.
How you watch TV is about to change
Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at the big changes happening in the content world, with Disney kicking off their own service, the Rugby World Cup being mostly online and Apple getting in… Audio
Foreign students stranded as tertiary provider deregistered
Students at a private training institute have been left in the lurch after it asked the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to cancel its registration.
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Schools unsure of legal rights during emergency lockdowns
Principals and early childhood centres are worried they will break the law if they stop parents from collecting their children during emergency lockdowns.
Schools unsure of legal rights in emergency lockdowns
School principals are worried they could be breaking the law by stopping parents from collecting their children during emergency lockdowns.
They want clarity from the Education Ministry following an… Audio
Primary and intermediate principals accept pay offer
Primary and intermediate school principals have settled their long-running pay dispute with the Education Ministry.
Tracking disparities: Copy firms like Amazon, universities told
The Tertiary Education Commission believes educational disparities for Māori and Pasifika students could be removed by emulating the data-driven approaches of firms like Amazon.
Parents need lockdown guidelines: report
The Police and the Ministry of Education will draw up lockdown guidelines following a report into what happened when schools were ordered to close during the Christchurch massacre. The review found… Audio
Tertiary institutes look to tech firms to end ethnic disparity
Universities and polytechnics hope to end decades-long disparities in Maori and Pasifika students' pass rates in just a few years by copying big companies like Amazon. The Tertiary Education… Audio
Communication needs to improve during lockdowns - principal
A review of how schools in Christchurch handled a lockdown in the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks has found that poor communication caused confusion and fear. During the attacks, 221 schools… Audio
Canterbury schools ill-prepared for lockdown - report
Many Canterbury schools were ill prepared and confused when ordered to go into lockdown when the Christchurch mosque attacks began. A report has found many of the 221 schools and early learning… Audio
US university leads way in solving ethnic disparities
An American university has been showing New Zealand institutions how to dramatically lift pass rates for under-performing groups like Maori and Pasifika students. Georgia State University in Atlanta… Audio
Schools thought Chch terror attack lockdown was a hoax
A report on the Christchurch terror attack lockdown has revealed unpreparedness and challenges faced by schools - including the fact that some thought it was a hoax.
Little country school in Australia transformed by music
When Chris Morrison took over as principal of the small rural primary school at Yahl in South Australia five years ago, only six students played an instrument.
Disappearing students: How NZ is wasting opportunities with our Chinese graduates
More than 100,000 Chinese students have studied in New Zealand in the past 20 years. What impact do those graduates have on the China-New Zealand relationship and is New Zealand making the most of… Audio
MPs head back to school
New MPs are often suprised at the varied demands of the job so now there's a training course to help them out. Audio
MPs head back to school
New MPs are often suprised at the varied demands of the job so now there's a training course to help them out.
AudioMore action needed to realise Chinese potential
Business leaders are worried New Zealand is squandering the potential of the many thousands of Kiwi-educated Chinese now back in China. They say these graduates are increasingly valuable for companies… Audio
