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Cash woes at campus

Ambitious building plans by Manukau Institute of Technology that would have transformed its campuses will likely not begin for at least 10 years.

Top chef feeds hungry kids

On Sunday night Michael Meredith was named Auckland's top chef. At 6am the next morning he started making sandwiches for hungry children in Mangere.

Religion in schools fight heats up

The county’s largest Bible-studies provider has won the right to weigh in on a legal stoush over religious instruction in primary schools.

Guilty teacher to be named

The former teacher found guilty of masturbating in a classroom during school hours has been denied name suppression - but will appeal.

Preschool fees to increase

Cash-strapped preschool services argue funding is lagging behind inflation.

'Worst classrooms' school to be replaced

Principal of damp, leaky school in Northland feels certain it will be replaced after meeting with government officials.

Older student numbers plummet

Numbers of older students are dropping and Government cuts are to blame, says the national student union and lobby group Grey Power.

Editorial: Mediocrity rules under school plan

More than two years have passed since the Government announced an impressive plan for improving schools by paying them to work more closely together.

Kids' math skills don't add up

A report to be launched by the Minister of Education today criticises the way pupils are taught maths and calls on parents to demand a return to basics.

Grammar quits major project

One of the country's leading schools has pulled out of a controversial new education reform, leaving its partner schools in the lurch and displeasing Hekia Parata.

Ideas-sharing plan hits the classroom

When the Government first announced it was planning to pay some teachers thousands more a year to help raise student achievement, the policy was promptly shouted down.

Students will suffer from 'underfunded' schools - Labour

Students make lecturers life a 'misery'

A university lecturer who claims he was cyber-bullied by students has won the right to challenge his employer for allegedly failing to tackle the problem.

Run down school's long wait

Students from a damp and dilapidated school may be waiting two more months before the Government decides if it will fund new classrooms.

'The worst classrooms in NZ'

School students from a small, struggling town are stuck learning in classrooms plagued by leaks, mould and asbestos.

Cash dries up for schools

Financially strapped secondary schools are cutting back on classroom activities, dropping field trips, and ditching science experiments.