Paying down the equity debt in our schools

Paying down the equity debt in our schools

Kataraina Nock, principal of Edmund Hillary School in Papakura, and Sarah Corson, of Painga Project. (Photo: Francesca Brugnoli) Creating and maintaining the conditions for learning for tamariki burdened by compounding hardship is a relentless and all-consuming challenge for school leaders. In Papakura, that burden is lightened by community partners who share a fierce commitment to educational equity. This is an edited excerpt from Hardship and …