NZ education - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:30:24 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg NZ education - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis launches $42 million fight against school racism https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/11/26/education-minister-kelvin-davis-racism/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 06:54:03 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=132724 Everything from class streaming to racism, "sown throughout" the system, could be kicked out the school gate in a $42 million programme launched by Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis. The Minister launched Te Hurihanganui at Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua - kicking off an anti-racism initiative for schools and communities, aiming to help Maori students. Davis Read more

Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis launches $42 million fight against school racism... Read more]]> Everything from class streaming to racism, "sown throughout" the system, could be kicked out the school gate in a $42 million programme launched by Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis.

The Minister launched Te Hurihanganui at Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua - kicking off an anti-racism initiative for schools and communities, aiming to help Maori students.

Davis said when he started as principal in a Far North school in 2001 and launched testing, there was a near-100 per cent failure amongst Maori students to reach an appropriate standard. Staff, he said, appeared to be resigned to the result. Read more

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