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Winston Peters criticises foreign student numbers

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has criticised the number of foreign students choosing to study here.

Future Auckland: School to shop floor

Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.

Peter Lyons: Charter schools all about freedom of choice

Most teachers and their unions don't seem to understand the rationale behind charter schools, writes Peter Lyons.

Cost of buying in top zones

Parents could save hundreds of thousands of dollars by skipping houses in elite school zones and paying to privately educate their kids elsewhere instead.

International students flocking back

International student numbers have bounced back after years of decline, driving the value of the country's fifth largest export industry to $2.85 billion, says a report by Education New Zealand.

Parents struggle to afford school iPads

Some parents are being pushed into debt as a result of increased demands to shell out for digital devices for their children's schoolwork.

Beware computer extras, students told

Parents have been warned about buying unnecessary add-ons as retailers take advantage of the requirement of many schools for students to have a laptop or tablet.

Oxford-bound teen's success bittersweet

Teenager who took a year off school to nurse gravely ill mother makes it into Oxford University. But she wasn't able tell her mother the good news.

Hey kids, your NCEA results are out...

After a long wait, most high school students will be finding themselves face to face with their year's work as NCEA exam results are published today.

Auckland principal admits slapping pupil

A principal at an Auckland private school has admitted slapping one of his students with the back of his hand and says the incident has torn his family apart.

Chinese education for TV experiment

A group of British teenagers will be taught by Chinese teachers in a unique experiment for a BBC documentary.

A children's picture book author

Down a driveway in a modest house in Hamilton's university suburb is where the magic happens.

One uniform to dress them all

A new, generic school uniform range is being touted as a way to help parents reduce the cost of kids going back to class.

Jamie Whyte: Profit-seeking and preschools go together

If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.

Kieran Read: Winning ways - view from the top

There are aspects of playing rugby that are not dissimilar to coaching. I believe in leading people by making sure that I have a connection with everyone I am involved with and giving them the trust and belief to do their job well.

Peter Lyons: If quality teachers vie for roles, education wins

If teacher performance is to be based on student assessments it is likely to be subject to numerous rorts and manipulations, writes Peter Lyons. It is also likely to narrow the focus of teaching to ensuring assessment results rather than broader learning.