Kate Hawkesby: Can truancy be solved by student-led solutions?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Sep 5, 2022 · 2m

I saw a story yesterday that caught my eye because it was positive and seemed to be offering up a solution by way of cleaning up truancy rates. It’s a campaign being run in Northland, and according to the story I saw, it’s having great success at stopping kids from wagging school.

"Let's Get to School Tai Tokerau" is running in 150 schools across the region and at its heart are messages from children explaining why the classroom is a good place to be,” the story said.

So it’s student-driven which makes sense, and it’s putting fun back into learning, and viewing school as something you don’t…