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Technology with Mark Pesce
Futurist, writer, educator and broadcaster, Mark Pesce on the Elon Musk-funded Open AI and the danger of the infinite fake news machine. Also, what happens when our chips can't get any smaller? Audio
Principals seek guidance as students prepare for strike action
Principals are facing a dilemma over next month's school strike for climate change - should they punish students who wag school to protest, or encourage them?
Diversity needed in engineering: 'People don't understand what we do'
An engineering dean is pushing to change unwanted cultures and perceptions in the engineering sector, to provide much needed diversity to the industry.
Principals ready for major change to school system
Principals seem to be warming to a proposed overhaul of the school system but warn it will be a waste of time without political consensus. The Tomorrow's School Review taskforce is holding public… Audio
Parent unsettled by music centre's failure to vet tutors
A parent whose son went to the Wellington Music Centre is unsettled at the lack of communication about how it was failing to vet tutors. The centre has suspended its lessons after admitting it had not… Audio
Relief teachers: Music schools set to rethink hiring policies
Music schools will now be reconsidering who relieves their classes, after a Wellington music school potentially employed a sex offender as a reliever.
Alternative education centres appeal for government funding
Alternative education centres have told the government they urgently need more money and more support to help teenagers that have been kicked out of school. Audio
Government promises increased funding for alternative education
Organisations that provide last-chance education for at-risk teenagers are hoping the government will deliver on a promise of increased support for their sector.
'Lycra louts': Auckland Transport to try to educate cyclists
Auckland Transport will hold pit stops to try to educate the "lycra louts" who have led to a school cancelling its walking bus.
Students shunning alcohol
Thirty-six per cent of 16-24 year-olds in full-time education in the UK are not touching booze. They're joining teetotal clubs and opting for alcohol-free accomodation. High levels of debt and the… Audio
Rangitoto College mufti rules
Some Rangitoto College year 13 girls are upset they're being told to dress more modestly.Students and parents are accusing the school of encouraging "rape culture".A senior staff member from the… Audio
Parenting kids who have low self-control
The struggles of children who haven't yet developed 'executive skills' – and therefore are prone to being impulsive, chaotic, forgetful and inattentive – can exasperate parents and lead to dysfunction… Audio
Mandatory qualifications will drive early childcare underground - educator
The government's announcement of mandatory qualifications for home-based early childhood workers has divided the sector.
New qualification rule splits home-based ECE sector
More than 5000 early childhood carers are set to lose their government subsidies if they don't get qualified. The new rule has divided the sector with some companies saying it will force educators… Audio
University's Tauranga campus opens nearly a year early
Academic staff entered Waikato University's $55 million Tauranga campus for the first time today.
Early childhood educators will be forced to get qualified
The government has told home-based early childhood businesses to get their carers qualified or lose access to subsidies totalling more than $150 million-a-year. Audio
ECE businesses could lose access to $150m subsidies
At-home early childhood education businesses will lose access to $150 million a year in subsidies unless their staff are qualified. The Government says the mostly unqualified workforce of home-based… Audio
Speeding cyclists cause trouble for school children
Auckland primary school children have been verbally abused and almost hit by high speed cyclists on one of the city's most popular cycleways - that's supposed to be shared with pedestrians. Cycling is… Audio
Childcare providers face qualification demands
All childcare workers looking after under five-year-olds in family homes will now have to have early education qualifications. Home-based carers look after 18,000 children and have the oversight of a… Audio
