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NZ's loss-making universities have blamed underfunding for their problems.
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Scathing report calls for a total overhaul of the system and more funding.
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John Langley: Breaking the bruising cycle over teachers’ pay
OPINION: Why butt heads over wage negotiations every two or three years?
Leeann Watson: Immigration alone can’t bridge NZ’s ‘employability gap’
OPINION: The education system is failing both Kiwi kids and companies, says Leeann Watson.
Do young people leave school with basic skills for work? No, say employers
An employer asked an apprentice to sweep the workspace. They said no and phoned their dad.
Students to protest in support of teachers amid rolling strikes
The PPTA says strikes will keep going as it looks through the recommendations.
Kids Don't Come With a Manual - Reframing ADHD
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Opinion: Science education is dying
Opinion: Why have we abandoned teaching the very thinking that can save us?
Students want strikes to end: 'We are calling for our right to education'
“While you battle over pay and conditions, students are being sent home."
School staff get ‘long overdue’ backpay after Holidays Act mistake
Teachers and school staff are about to share over $38 million in partial compensation.
Brooke van Velden: Kids deserve fair shot at education
The curriculum should require real knowledge to be taught, in detail, to all.
'Shocked and appalled': University pays ex-Cabinet minister Steven Joyce nearly $1m
Invoices from Joyce Advisory total $966,000 between December 2019 and December 2022.
'No one's happy about this': Secondary teachers begin new round of industrial action
Students will be rostered home for the rest of the term.
Big drop reported in teacher trainees
Universities report a slump in students entering teaching programmes.
Email confirming Otago University cuts released 'prematurely'
University spokesman says proposed changes are not yet finalised.
Principal says teachers accepting govt offer paves way for future improvements
The changes could keep teachers in the profession, a Far North principal says.
Science and tradition merge for new parenting show for whānau
A new TV show is delivering traditional Māori parenting advice to whānau.
No more strikes: Primary teachers vote to accept government offer
The agreement follows a long negotiation campaign that included multiple strikes.
Andrew Rogers: Aversion to excellence is killing sciences
Opinion: Education programmes steadily dwindle as NZ embraces mediocracy.
Teachers union tells members to reject pay offer - strikes to begin again
The PPTA has told its members they should reject the offers.
Primary teachers' new pay offer: Lump sum of $4500, three pay rises
Teachers' union members meeting today to consider the latest offer.
Otago University withheld financial woes from staff
A $37 million funding gap went unexplained in budget documentation.
Revealed: Female sex offender teacher also inappropriate with other students
The teacher was convicted of engaging sexually with multiple students at the school.
Teachers strike actions suspended after talks with minister
The teachers union was planning to strike again this Thursday for certain year groups.
Childcare waitlist warnings as 20-hours-free scheme extended
Australia is trying to poach teachers as centres prepare for increasing demand.
Watch: Howick College bus showers broken glass on students
A driver has been stood down after broken glass from a bus window showed down on students from Howick College. Video / Supplied
Opinion: NCEA has value and portability
Opinion: An academic writes in defence of the oft-criticised education qualification.
Watch: Grant Robertson speaks to Mike Hosking ahead of Budget 2023
Finance and Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson reveals more details of Budget 2023 to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking. Video / Newstalk ZB
Focus: Act releases Alternative Budget featuring tax cuts, prison boosts
Party leader David Seymour reveals his Budget, “A Time for Truth”, including tax cuts, prison boosts and increased defence spending. Video / NZ Herald
Councillors want Gore Mayor gone, Hipkins set to meet Biden & another school ditches NCEA | Focus Morning Bulletin: 12 May, 2023
Pressure is building to oust the mayor of Gore, Hipkins set to meet Joe Biden in Papua New Guinea and why another school is ditching NCEA in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Mike Hosking: Education's a shambles, it's time for performance-based pay
OPINION: Why do they keep sticking with a model that clearly doesn’t work?
Focus: Mangatepopo tragedy principal reaches out to Whangārei High School after caving death
Elim principal Murray Burton has endured tragedy before when he lost six of his own students and a teacher in the Mangatepopo river, now he has reached out to Whangārei High School following Tuesday's disaster. Video / NZ Herald