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Teachers 'unprepared' for national standards

Three-quarters of teachers are feeling unprepared and rushed as they work to implement national standards, a survey has found.

Stress 'excuse to quit Army early'

One of Britain's best-known soldiers has mocked claims of post-traumatic stress disorder among the armed forces.

South Africa: Going home

Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.

Decision lays bare teacher's sexual relationship with teenage student

Minister tight-lipped

Teachers in sex and porn shame

Five teachers disciplined for offences ranging from sex with students to watching porn in a classroom have had their identities protected.

The human cost of arson

Cut-price degrees proposed to stem university costs

A radical plan for cut-price degrees has been outlined in the UK as a means of solving higher education's economic woes.

Ex-principal jailed for abusing boys

Supervision could have saved teen - report

Members of a school 1st XV with a booze "culture" were left to drink unsupervised for three hours in London on the night a teen sleepwalked to his death.

Phytoplankter knocks speller out

PM opening 'boot camp'

King's party axed after failure to secure bar

Plans have been scrapped for a King's College after-ball where parents were going to buy their children alcohol.

Autistic kids 'left behind'

Knife pulled in school altercation

Quick-thinking staff are being praised after a knife was pulled during an altercation at a Hamilton school this morning.

Teacher abuse on the increase - survey

'Japanese way' costs $190,000

Toxic soil safety set too low - councils