Education
We know dyslexia. What's dyscalculia?
Young people with dyscalculia have challenges acquiring arithmetic skills, even with a supportive home and school environment. It affects six percent of the population. Audio
The Panel with Chris Wikaira and Deborah Hart (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Chris Wikaira and Deborah Hart discuss "shocking" student achievement in maths and misinformation leading to far-right riots in the UK. Audio
Seymour celebrates school attendance stats - despite drop in rates
David Seymour is celebrating attendance statistics, despite it having dropped compared to the same period last term.
KidsCan charity says its waitlist is at record levels
The charity says the poverty line is shifting and people who didn't previously need help, now do.
Labour fears maths revamp will repeat past miscalculations
Labour is hoping changes to the way maths is taught keep in place strategies it says are working to lift achievement. Audio
Parents threatening to leave preschool in wealthy Auckland suburb
Parents are threatening to remove their children from Ponsonby's community preschool after a fiery feud with upper management.
Morning Report Essentials for Monday 5 August
On today's episode, Noah Lyles has won the men's 100m gold medal, Nathan Rarere brings us the latest from Paris, we also hear from Eliza McCartney ahead of her pole vaulting event, the Education… Audio
School principal on changes to maths curriculum
The Government has announced a suite of measures to remedy what the Prime Minister describes as a "total system failure" in mathematics education. School principal and union representative Martyn… Audio
'Very rapid pace' of change thrown at teachers a concern - education expert
An education academic is questioning the timing of the government's plan to overhaul the maths curriculum with changes for teachers coming thick and fast.
Education Minister Erica Stanford on new maths curriculum
The Prime Minister says last year's maths results among year 8 students showed New Zealand has a "total system failure". Education Minister Erica Stanford spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Labour on government's new maths curriculum rollout
The Government is bringing forward the rollout of a new maths curriculum, saying it's to ensure children do not continue to fall through the cracks. Labour's spokesperson for education, and ex… Audio
TEU on govt plans to group weakest polytechnics
The Tertiary Education Union says the devil will be in the detail of a government proposal to group together the weakest polytechnics but let the strongest stand alone. TEU's assistant national… Audio
Polytech reform goes against ministry's recommendation
The ministry recommended a different approach, saying what the minister is doing risks the failure of the institutions. Audio
Govt proposes merging weakest polytechnics
The government has proposed grouping the weakest polytechnics together and letting the strongest stand alone. Tertiary education and skills Minister Penny Simmonds spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Hundreds more doctors could be trained if government funded them - report
The dean of Auckland's Medical School says both Otago and Auckland are "ready to step up" if the government will fund extra places.
Small polytechs would be federated, others left to stand alone, under govt plan
The government has unveiled plans to group the weakest polytechnics together and let the strongest stand alone.
'Please listen': Charter schools would break labour laws, union says
The government's charter school legislation will break labour, human rights and free trade provisions, according to the Council of Trade Unions.
'Undemocratic and authoritarian' - Educators lash out at charter school plans
Charter schools are a recipe for disaster that will loot resources from state schools, MPs have heard.
MPs warned charter schools will loot resources
MP's have also been told the publicly-funded, private schools will breach human rights and international labour agreements. The warnings came in submissions to Parliament's Education and Workforce… Audio
Number of women entering trades increasing rapidly
The number of women entering the trades is increasing rapidly as the industry attitudes makes a dramatic shift. Tony Lemin from the Southern Institute of Technology spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
