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D-Day for education: Big NCEA shake-up today to focus on learning, not credits

Students go more for quantity than quality approach in quest for credits.

Mega-strike: Teachers' historic action confirmed for May 29

Historic first all-schools teachers' strike confirmed for May 29.

Narcos NZ: Agents who inspired Netflix show 'not surprised' cartels targeting NZ

The Herald spent six months with users, recovering addicts and those trying to save them.

P babies: 'He was aggressive ... like the Incredible Hulk'

Aggression and delays in learning problems for kids exposed to drug in early years.

Ex-principal made to wait months for $100k

Teacher trainers face long delays to get training plans approved and then paid for.

Time capsule headscratcher for Parkvale School solved

Buildings were built around the time capsule, it turns out.

French sheep join country school's class action

15 sheep have been enrolled at a primary school to save classes threatened with closure.

Child prodigies: Why we shouldn't hold back the best and brightest

Promoting kids ahead of their age group at school can lead to university success.

Keep out: Crime forcing schools to shut gates to the public

Fires and other crime are forcing Auckland schools to upgrade security.

Modern learning: Self-directed 'inquiries' motivate kids

Even primary schools now aim to foster "self-directed learners".

Victoria University to reveal decision on name change battle

The university's council is meeting today, press conference scheduled this afternoon.

How Snapchat is helping teens learn about the Holocaust

The social media format can't replace history books, but it does create connection.

Modern learning in NZ: Why the right answer is not enough anymore

Getting the right answer is not enough in a modern maths class.

Cellphone ban helps low-decile Māori school top NCEA ranks

Two low-decile Māori schools hit top 10 for University Entrance.

Modern learning: It's reading, but not as we knew it

Learning to read is all about understanding, not rote learning.

Love isn't enough to sustain our teachers

Sarah Proctor-Thomson says the very essence driving our tutors and lecturers is in peril.