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Patrick Walsh: A heavy bureaucratic blanket has been a dismal failure for learning support
OPINION: The most vulnerable and disadvantaged children have been poorly served.
Why NZ's brightest are heading overseas for university
The number of top achievers going overseas after school is at an all-time high.
How this teacher aide is helping a small rural school thrive
Ashley Steedman has 'fallen in love with the job'.
On The Up - Auckland private school buys multimillion-dollar waterfront farm
Saint Kentigern students will grow food and study ecosystems on the land.
Act MP can’t name one ‘race-based’ policy she’s trying to outlaw
The MP says policies for Māori and Pasifika students are unfair but struggles to name one.
Editorial: Rising intolerance casts shadow over our political landscape
OPINION: Education in this country is being increasingly divided by class.
Opinion: How students feel a year into the school phone ban
OPINION: Here's what young people really think about the ban.
University law school merger decision looms amid legal challenge threats
The proposal could go ahead despite overwhelming opposition from the university's senate.
Editorial: Wealth, not race, divides educational opportunities
OPINION: Education in this country is being increasingly divided by class.
$1b hub’s big payoff: NZ’s convention centre gears for economic impact
In a strong showing of early success, nine events have been announced for 15,500 people.
‘What happens next?’ Calls for local solutions to school lunch problems
Libelle Group's liquidation raises concerns about school lunch programme's stability.
School lunch provider in liquidation owes over $14.3m
Libelle Group went into liquidation last week, leaving more than 500 jobs in limbo.
Why new Māori student centre sparks debate among politicians
The centre offers tikanga-based care and kaupapa Māori wellbeing initiatives.
Revealed: Pita Pit and Subway were runners-up to school lunch Govt contract
Pita Pit and Subway were runners-up for the revamped school lunch contract.
More than 500 jobs at risk after Govt-funded school lunch supplier tipped into liquidation
Libelle Group is contracted to deliver approximately 125,000 meals daily.
School lunch programme ‘not at risk’ after provider liquidated, Seymour positive about its future
Libelle Group is contracted to deliver approximately 125,000 meals daily.
David Seymour on food provider Libelle Group
Associate Education Minister David Seymour on food provider Libelle Group going into liquidation. Video / Mark Mitchell
‘Frustrating’: The 15 Christchurch schools with unfinished projects in Govt rebuild delays
A total of 115 schools were slated for refurbishment after the 2010-2011 earthquakes.
‘Devastating theft’: $11k of equipment stolen from Auckland school’s food garden
The school claims more than $11,000 worth of garden equipment was stolen last month.
Fast-tracking granted for 4000-home Sunfield plans at Ardmore
'Construction prices are still to adjust to the current property cycle and remain high.'
Pre-planned police operation led to school lockdown
One person was arrested. Police remain at the scene.
Were these public sector leaders pressured out of their jobs? – Audrey Young
OPINION: Sir Brian Roche says he'd call out political pressure on public service leaders.
'Today, we get justice:' Sexually abused students tell teacher as he's sent to jail
Geoffrey Coker maintains he's a "scapegoat" for other teachers he claims abused pupils.
Nationwide investigation after student suffers second-degree burns from hot school lunch
'This child has basically had to be taken to A&E ... quite upset and in a bit of pain'.
Seymour, Stanford fail again to meet on school lunches amid diary issues
Seymour said the pair 'would get to it'.
Editorial: Change NCEA tests for low income schools but don’t drop standards
OPINION: While we need higher literacy and numeracy, testing must also be fair.
David Seymour on the ongoing school lunches saga
Associate Education Minister David Seymour on the ongoing school lunches saga and his missed meeting with Education Minister Erica Stanford. Video / Mark Mitchell