Another big step towards equal pay for NZ women and men.

Early childhood teachers will get big minimum pay rises in the Budget.

Children won't be allowed back to school unless there is no one to look after them.

Principals have serious concerns about how 'voluntary' schooling will work.

She entertained NZ kids between 1990 and 2002 - now she's in front of a new generation.

Any at-risk children or teachers should stay away for 14 days.

Hercules the Unexpected was nearly half the height of a human and too big to fly.

Principal earns $250 a week less than her deputy.

Primary teachers accept pay deal, but primary principals reject it.

Avocado thieves are supplying a growing black market for sushi shops.

External assessment will increase from 30 per cent to 50 per cent in NCEA.

Whangārei principal Pat Newman elected to Teaching Council.

School group launches campaign to "say no to hubs" controlling schools.

Friday's attack has left hijab-wearing Muslim women scared to leave home.

Chinese student numbers in NZ schools are down 20 to 30 per cent this year.

Radical industry training plan goes way beyond anything discussed in consultations.

How the big shakeup affects students, apprentices, employers and staff.

Sixteen polytechnics will be merged into one entity that will take over industry training,

More Kiwis are embarking on a teaching career again because of the teacher shortage.

Regular school attendance improves slightly, but still shows yawning decile gaps.

Told to welcome "a real scientist", a child protested: "But we are all scientists!"

School boards could be stripped of power in new proposal.

Report finds progress between Years 4 and 8 is too slow in all subjects.

"Time to teach, time to lead" - workload claims are now dominating teachers' demands.

Teachers say $700m pay offer came too late to rearrange strike meetings.

Primary and intermediate teachers are going on strike tomorrow.

Primary teachers reject latest $700m offer and confirm strikes will go ahead.

Applications close next week - the same week primary teachers are due to go on strike.

Schools say teacher recruitment package too late for 2019 and won't work as planned.

Overseas teacher recruitment goes into overdrive.

Primary teachers who trained after 1996 earn $12,000 more than those who trained earlier.

NZEI survey finds many people are earning below the minimum wage of $16.50 an hour.

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Ministry offers more to experienced teachers, less to beginners.

More Pākehā are leaving school early to chase jobs, narrowing the qualifications gap.

A third of schools say there are no suitable applicants for jobs they are trying to fill.

UE pass rates have dropped, but those who get through are doing better at university.

PPTA claims an immediate $242m 15 per cent pay rise plus a $9.5m housing allowance.

Forest and Bird has shut its own reserves to dramatise a need to close all kauri forests.

Jump in second-half domestic enrolments relieves financially strapped polytechnics.

Deal with BestStart's 280 centres marks Lance O'Sullivan's jump to a nationwide service.

App will let students track their progress through school - then get an apprenticeship.

Tribunal has found that her actions breached "professional boundaries".

Family delighted at extra funding for children's health and education.

Manurewa family looks for Budget help for children and their education.

Ten voices from the Education Summit on how to improve our education system.

Expect higher funding for qualified preschool teachers, careers advisers, driving lessons.

An extra 1750 preschoolers will get specialist help in the coming year.

More than two-thirds of schools say they don't get enough support for all children.

Maori success rate rises impressively but still lags behind other groups.

Terms of reference for review of Tomorrow's Schools focus on responding to child's needs.

Russell McVeagh provided the president and many regional conveners for schools debating.

Draft guidelines issued after army let primary school kids handle guns last year.

Education summits in May will kick off wide-ranging reforms.

Fewer NZ children from poorer backgrounds are "beating the odds" to succeed at school.

About 143,000 students will be able to access their NCEA results online tomorrow.

Fees-free policy will help 30,000 at varsity and 50,000 in polytechs or industry training.

Open letter expressing concerns about the Level 1 maths exam signed by 118 teachers.

National Standards will go and NCEA is also up for review by the new Labour-led Government

A family is in tears after a boy was shot with a BB gun at Tauranga Boys' College.

Lynda Hodge's dream of becoming a paramedic has been dashed by a change of anaesthetic.

Teachers are struggling to cope with growing numbers of children who are violent.

'Hero to zero': Principal received Queen's Birthday honour, now may lose teaching licence.

Principals say school support staff hours may have to be cut if their wages are lifted.

A new study says international students are an "untapped opportunity" for NZ regions.

One in six Kiwi 15-year-olds is now online for at least six hours every weekday.

A boy with cancer can't get to school because of a severe shortage of disability taxis.

The Greens and some Labour MPs are calling for a national goal of making Māori language compulsory for all children in state schools.

Almost two-thirds of Aucklanders who don't own their own homes plan to buy their first homes outside the city.

The Government says it intends to sell a majority of Tauranga's state houses to a single buyer or consortium.

Tauranga and Whakatane have been New Zealand's fastest growing towns over the past 80 years.