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Mike Hosking: Want university education? Expect to pay for it

Hosking: The hope I had when they introduced fees was that people would understand that anything that's got value has to have a level of investment.

Gloriavale school may lose millions

Gloriavale could lose millions of dollars in taxpayer funding over its opposition to identification numbers for preschoolers.

Targeted courses key to saving dropouts

They're called NEET - not in employment, education or training - a pool of youth which numbers around 75,000 nationwide.

Ordinary school shows how aiming high can be extraordinarily successful

Mt Roskill Grammar is a decile four school, and its student population is as varied as they come. And yet, it gets excellent results every year.

Cathy Wylie: Making more of our education strengths

We have to become a 'learning system' if we are to see real system-wide gains, writes Cathy Wylie.

Catherine Delahunty: Community hubs making education available

It's one thing to say that every child in New Zealand has equal access to a good education; it's another to make sure they can actually access it, writes Catherine Delahunty.

Peter O'Connor: The case for local schools

Personal academic achievement is oversold, and selling schools on this basis, grossly undersells schools, writes Peter O'Connor.

Auckland's universities on the ball

With three Universities in the all-important world rankings and a burgeoning international student market, Auckland has an excellent reputation for higher education.

Being Roskill

Series 3 Episode 3 - Questioning Brazil: The Brothers Ask Julio. Source: Mt Roskill/YouTube

New technology behind Unitec job losses

Up to 300 jobs are set to go at the tertiary provider - which has three campuses - over the next three years.

ECE report won't impact govt target

A report into early childhood education for under-threes will not have an effect on a key government target, despite finding half of services were not up to scratch.

'Ghetto' classrooms to be upgraded

A school with classrooms labelled "the worst in New Zealand" has been granted a $14 million redevelopment after a wait of more than five years.

Parata quiet on ECE quality failure

Education Minister Hekia Parata has not answered questions about whether she believes a report on learning for under-3s will affect a key Govt target.

Carmen Dalli: Early childhood report 'very sobering'

ERO's latest report on how well early childhood services are supporting infants and toddlers to be competent communicators and explorers is very sobering.

Should we put kids in care?

An ERO report says almost half of our centres are not doing enough for under-3s in vital developmental areas.

Harvard, 'Maori spice' in the mix

Making a difference in Maori health and pushing to get more young Maori into medicine has led one young doctor to the steps of Harvard.

Fake profile reportedly used to proposition woman

A fake Facebook profile set up in the birth name of Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian has reportedly been used to proposition a Greymouth woman.

Teacher threatens colleague's children

A senior teacher has landed in trouble after accusing a junior colleague of having an affair with her husband during several "emotionally heightened" states.