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Larry Williams: Changes to decile system long overdue

Allan Vester: Decile shake-up must have funding review

NZ's long tail of educational underachievement will require a multi-faceted approach and any funding changes need to be significant to have any realistic chance of really making a difference, writes Alan Vester.

Schools shake-up: No more deciles?

EXCLUSIVE: Government evaluates plan to allocate cash based on students' risk of failure.

Kiwi teen nabs scholarship to Cambridge

Nina Jeffs, 17, scooped the Girdlers' Scholarship to the University of Cambridge - the only New Zealander to do so, as only one is granted per year.

School's race row festers

A member of the Dilworth Old Boys Association has labelled the handling of a recent race-related incident "a disgrace".

Preschool database vulnerable to failure

Information gathered on preschooler risks being wiped in a "catastrophic" shutdown because of problems with a $10 million education computer system.

Paul Spoonley: The cultural legacy of Ranginui Walker

The tangi for Ranginui Walker last week highlighted his achievements as a commentator and contributor to the renegotiation of Maori-Pakeha relations over the last 50 years.

Carol Anderson: Time right for education commissioner

The Education Act 1989 is being reviewed, so now seems an ideal time to address the lack of a specialist complaints review and resolution body for schools.

School staff hit by payroll change

More than 6000 support staff in schools are being paid less per week because of a once-in-a-decade payroll change.

Barry Soper: Only trouble with a laudable policy

They all suffer from it but some of them are more inflicted with it than others. Essentially it's the politics of convenience, writes Barry Soper.

School fee for ballot just 'a rort'

Two more prestigious Auckland schools have been outed for charging parents for enrolment applications.

Accused teachers can be named

Two teachers accused of serious misconduct with a 13-year-old pupil, who has since died, can now be named.

Brian Fallow: Learning about learning

Employers are among the stakeholders the Productivity Commission wants to hear from as it sets about a wide-ranging inquiry into tertiary education.

Mourners start farewell to Walker

More than 1000 people gathered on the first day of a three-day tangi for leading Maori figure Emeritus Professor Ranginui Walker.

School rolls fall as job loss mounts

All four schools in the Westport area have fewer students than they did this time last year -- a sign of the times say their principals.

Dive school to pay $200,000 after death

The family of a student who died at Intueri's diving school in 2014 will receive $150,000 from the company.

Alistair Shaw: End study loans and we all win

Fee-free education policy takes aim at major cause of life-long debt, Dr Alistair Shaw writes.

Watch: 55 nationalities in just one NZ school

That's a lot of different ways to say hello.