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The 28-year-old woman who can't read numbers
Hannah Hughson can't read road signs, price tags or recipes, but she wants to help others.

How this principal turned a failing school into one of the best in the country
Principal says 90% of his Māori students couldn't read. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Editorial: 'Young adults' put down the PS4 controls and engage with the real world
Whether climate change or something else, at least youth is engaging with real issues

Lizzie Marvelly: Why we've let our kids down
COMMENT: When kids are taking to streets to voice their frustrations, we've let them down.

Primary teachers 'disappointed' with pay offer, may strike
Primary teachers would get only a $500 cash payment; secondary teachers would get $1000.

Letters: We too can make a change
The Orange Peril clings to his ignorance and has become the face of climate change denial.

Call for Vic Uni vice-chancellor to resign
A ten-thousand strong petition against the name change has also been reopened.

Hawkesby: Rise of the robots, new tech to make life easier
COMMENT: We need to harness new technology - especially if it gets printers to work.

Hosking: How dare a business encourage kids to wag school
COMMENT: Is it really the role of a business to promote protests and wagging school?

'Grossly inappropriate': 54yo teacher sent nude photos to 14yo student
The 54-year-old teacher sent nude photos to the student via Snapchat.

Vic Uni name change 'not our business'
Councillors say it's not the role of WCC to have an official position on the issue.

Mum's 'genius' mobile phone contract for son, 12
Is this the perfect way to introduce your child to owning their own phone?

Teacher charged with assaulting child
The teacher has been stood down and the child has left the school.

What happened when a student brought his baby to school
When a student was unable to find childcare, this college professor stepped in to help.

School students crammed on to overcrowded buses
"If the bus stops too fast everyone falls over like 10 Pin Bowling."

Ex student's scrap with school over cheaper uniforms
Former pupil upsets Macleans College by undercutting uniform prices.

Russell Bishop: Govt tosses education task force hospital pass
COMMENT: Māori education is not improved by changing school administrative methods.

Foreign students fail University Entrance; educators call for help
Only 60 per cent of foreign students who attempt NCEA in Year 13 gain University Entrance.

University of Otago's Law Camp returns, sans jelly wrestling
The University of Otago's Law Camp is back - without the jelly wrestling.

10-year-old's clever dyslexia poem stuns teacher
The poem has gone viral after her proud teacher posted it to social media this week.

Suffering in silence: 10 shocking world disasters
A horrific disaster is unfolding in this tiny country - it's just one of many.

Kerre McIvor: Prying to keep our young safe
COMMENT:When technology exists to monitor how fine your kids truly are, should you use it?

Teachers set another date for possible strike
Secondary teachers will strike on April 3 if pay negotiations aren't resolved.

School rugby star row: 'The messiest case of exploiting Pacific Island talent I've seen'
Rugby star moved in with teacher to the shock of his guardians.

Editorial: School's spyware rule can help parents
EDITORIAL: Schools can help parents control their child's access to the internet.

Twenty students stood down over alcohol incident
Principal says students had made a "bad decision".

School ban over beard: 'It's like giving a child a weapon'
Special needs student barred from class and sent home from school with razor, says father.

Refugee woman's 'deep gratitude' for scholarship
School was hard with constant taunts and racism from her fellow students.