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Parents stumped by kids' online learning
Survey finds only 37% of primary and intermediate mums and dads can see schoolwork online.
Bay teachers back rise for teacher aides
Bay teachers want funding and pay rises for valued school support staff.
Alan Duff: Encourage children's dreams
COMMENT: Too little commitment by leaders and lack of family support are barriers to kids.
Editorial: Gender matters in dress
Schools should not try to suppress gender distinctions in uniforms or other things.
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Kiwis back gender-neutral uniforms
Public opinion seems to be narrowly supporting gender-neutral options for school uniforms.
PM confused by gender-neutral debate
Parents mostly care about matching socks, PM says.
Teacher aides: higher pay, fewer hours?
Principals say school support staff hours may have to be cut if their wages are lifted.
Prime Minister to get chiefly title
Bill English will pick up another title when he visits Samoa this week.
Is it time for gender-neutral uniforms?
Schools are being advised to offer "gender-neutral" uniform, toilet and changing options.
Millions set aside to investigate pay
Tens of thousands of teachers and school staff could be owed holiday pay.
Wanaka schools to get $19M funding boost
About $19 million will be invested in Wanaka's school network.
Niki Bezzant: Cooking a basic life skill
Schools are an important place to teach life skills like cooking and nutrition.
Vandals ransack school, leave swastika
They stole the Maori flag, damaged the pool area and made a swastika out of tyres.
Girl accuses teacher of 'war crimes'
Her father wasn't sure whether to ground her or buy her ice cream.
Fed up students refuse to pay course fees
Course loses industry accreditation, now students are being chased by debt collectors.
Budget: Most students no better off
Tertiary students say an extra $20 a week in housing grants will help pay for bus fares.
The secret life of 4-year-olds
Now We Are Four study shows mothers rent and move often.
Family look to leave NZ despite tax cut
An average Auckland family says the Budget's tax tweaks do nothing to help them get ahead.
Schools win more - but less than inflation
Schools have won a funding increase - but less than the rate of inflation.
Budget 2017: Education - school funding freeze over
Budget designed to largely keep pace with booming student numbers and demand.
Joseph Parker to help hungry kids
Hungry kids got to meet their sporting hero yesterday through Eat My Lunch.
Kiwi cryptography whiz off to Oxford
A code-making young Kiwi has landed a coveted spot in an Oxford University programme.
Boys could mean more cash for schools
Documents released to the Herald reveal details of a proposed "disadvantage index"
Kids lose tech classes, playing fields
School overcrowding is shutting some students out of technology classes and playing fields
Bulging school rolls force zone shake up
School zones are being rewritten to cope with bulging rolls at 43 Auckland schools.
Quake aftermath: from palace to nursing
Alex Steele realised in the Christchurch earthquake that she wanted to care for others.
Budget 2017: What schools want
Education establishments are hoping for an end to freezes on funding.
Lead in school soil: delay questioned
The New Zealand Principals' Federation say schools should have been alerted sooner.
How kids are learning about germs with glitter
Whangarei students had fun learning about how germs spread for SneezeSafe Week.
Should schools ditch team sports?
Talking about physical education gets either: a happy smile, or a horrified shudder.
Young Maori to get global school boost
Young Maori can feel at home in prestigious universities, Shay Wright says.