Charter schools at odds over plans to abolish them
Whangarei trust denies ministers are giving it "preferential treatment".
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Charter School Closures: South Auckland Middle School
South Auckland Middle School students talk on saving their school. / Doug Sherring
Māori Party president: 'MMP yet to reach its potential'
Party needs to be centrist so it can ally with any others, Che Wilson says.
Law camp a safe, exciting weekend, student petition says
Some students disappointed controversial camp cancelled.
School debating competition drops Russell McVeagh
Russell McVeagh provided the president and many regional conveners for schools debating.
School farewells 'Uncle Bob' after 42 years of teaching
After 42 years a City College teacher has retired
Army banned from letting school kids handle guns
Draft guidelines issued after army let primary school kids handle guns last year.
NCEA debate: How can physics and tramping be valued equally?
The NZ Initiative argues that we have "placed a deceit at the heart" of NCEA.
Business thinktank: 'Bring back external exams for NCEA'
Research shows 40% of students with NCEA Level 2 fail basic literacy and numeracy tests.
Editorial: NCEA has room to improve
EDITORIAL: NCEA should raise the bar for some but keep its benefits for other.
NCEA credits comparison of Outdoor education verse Physics
Comparing NCEA credits for Outdoor education & Physics courses at Pukekohe High School.
Schools win toothbrushes in competition
"It is amazing how many kids don't brush their teeth and haven't got a toothbrush."
Frozen screens and broken passwords: NCEA's online exam fail
NZQA is working towards offering almost all exams online by 2020.
Banking error: Bulk funding education payments go out twice
Westpac banking error that cost Government hundreds of thousands of dollars reversed.
3, 2, 1... New Zealand school runs out of students. Now what?
A Wairarapa school that has no students is likely to close.
Opinion: Teachers' pay must be increased
Their pay will have to increase if the new Government is to recruit enough new teachers.
Education Minister on polytechs: 'There will be change'
Competitive model a failed ideological experiment of previous government, says Hipkins.
Competitive tertiary funding model expelled
From 2019 the $135 million funding will return to being based on student enrolments.
NZ universities place well in world rankings
Fancy yourself as the next Indiana Jones? Auckland's university is the place to study.
Sponsor saves school choir festival
School principals hope Auckland Council will help music fest after three-year deal ends.
Lower voting age to 16, urges Children's Commissioner
Young people are the only demographic without a voice, Andrew Becroft says
Four out of five polytechnics face losses by 2022
Polytech and vocational training leaders meet in Manukau tomorrow to map a survival plan.
Sickening discovery in daughter's school skirt
Extra thick lining in uniform skirt hid a disgusting surprise.
Parents offer nanny $4800 to teach kids about sex
The ideal candidate must be willing to cover sex between "two people who are in love".
The triplets that each won a scholarship to AUT
Triplets, Roselle, Chloe and Chanel Samaratunga, have all won scholarships to attend AUT in 2018. Video/Dean Purcell
Teacher shortage a 'ticking time bomb'
The number of people training to be teachers dropped 40 per cent in six years.
New four-level, $30m block for King's School
Students moved into the new four-level block last month.
Beck Vass: Please, go ahead and tell off my children
If my kid is being a brat, and my efforts to stop it are not working, please back me up!
Exclusive: Auckland will be short of 3000 teachers by 2027
Top secondary teachers' pay scale would have to jump 36 per cent to restore real 1979 pay.
Girl says she was bullied at school; school says her mother intimidated another child
"I was being treated like a downgrade of a person" - Amber Knight, aged 12.
Kavanagh College introduces agribusiness as subject
Agribusiness is now a subject to learn at Kavanagh College in Dunedin.
Mum shamed for 'late' school pick up
A working mum was reprimanded for collecting her child late from after school care.
New Kakaramea principal has Taranaki links
New principal has solid Taranaki education pedigree.
10 exams in three weeks, no sweat
Stepping into the big wide world made easier by winning scholarships.