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Ministry's process stifled childcare centre abuse complaints: teacher
The centre's licence was suspended for three weeks in November following the allegations.
Boys' schools ask parents to pay more in voluntary donations
'Boys get the priority', says McAuley High School principal Jan Waelen.
A mother's story: Diagnosing my daughter's dyslexia
A mother found out how challenging it can be for NZ schools to deal with dyslexia.
Reading revolution: The new way your kids will be taught to read
Schools are getting 2.4m copies of new phonics-based reading books - will they work?
War of words as experts clash over how to teach kids to read
Debate raging between experts on whether phonics is the way to teach reading or a "fad".
Linda Mitchell: Now is the time for a reset on early childhood education
Opinion: Broad latitude is given to early childhood education providers - why is that?
Daycare food fight: Sausages, dried fruit, popcorn, raw apples banned
Watermelon seeds must be removed and peas cooked and mashed for under 3s.
Roll estimates give Tauranga a new biggest school
Principals of fast-growing schools complain the ministry is moving too slow on new builds.
Revealed: The Rotorua schools expecting growing rolls
More than 300 new students are set to join Rotorua classrooms this year.
'Down on hands and knees vacuuming the lawn': Inside asbestos clean-up
Hazmat-clad clean-up crews reveal what it takes to clear asbestos from Ponsonby homes.
Govt to allow 1000 overseas students in
The move is part of the recovery plan for international education.
Mark Bracey: Why phonics isn't the silver bullet to improved reading
Opinion: Learning to read can come naturally as a child is exposed to text in a fun way.
Students face emotional challenge confronting NZ history, study warns
Teachers will need to respond to students' emotions when they learn about NZ history.
Commercial contractors win school lunch tender
Big companies get most school lunch contracts as time pressure overrules local jobs.
Further claims of abuse at Feilding childcare centre
The Ministry of Education suspended the child care centre's licence on November 23.
Licences cancelled: Eleven Auckland daycare centre companies liquidated
'Cancelling licenses not a decision made lightly' - Ministry of Education.
Home-schooling enrolments soar due to Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven NZ's biggest-ever increase in home-schooling enrolments.
Kids allegedly locked in rooms, smacked, fed mouldy food: Daycare centre probed
Parents say children were locked in rooms, smacked, and fed mouldy bread.
St Stephens board looks to reopen Bombay school in 2022
A draft application to become a special school has been submitted to the MoE.
Emily Baragwanath: Why kill Latin studies?
Opinion: If education isn't about raising aspirations then what is it about?
Tiny school sent staff to Disneyland
The Audit Office names multiple schools for accounting breaches.
Schools warned to prepare for tougher NCEA standards
A new mandatory NCEA literacy and numeracy test could be too tough for some teens.
Ex-manager splurged $110k as Unitec shed staff to cut costs
Unitec was facing multi-million shortfalls when it was defrauded by a senior manager.
Student refunds: Auckland business school pleads guilty to theft
The school was deregistered in 2017 over concerns about its performance.
New study: Why are Kiwi kids falling behind in reading?
A new study has identified a key cause behind our children's falling reading skills.
School leavers with no qualifications rises
Boys and Māori are those most likely to leave school without a qualification.
Schools adopt new approach to literacy teaching
Schools are paying thousands to private consultants to change the way they teach reading.
Govt's $164m plan: Classroom upgrades will create 3000 jobs
Chris Hipkins wants construction workers buying local supplies to meet the demand.
Schools asked not to practise violent offender drills with students
Teachers also cannot stop parents from collecting their children during an emergency.
Schools in talks with Govt to get 150 foreign students and parents into NZ
Families would pay for their stay in quarantine hotels.
ECE teachers reveal centres' secrets
A thousand teachers say they wouldn't send their own children to their ECE centres.
'All the best' for exams: Hipkins acknowledges Covid-disrupted year
About 140,000 high school students will be taking the exams, which start on Monday.
More NCEA students go digital for exams, starting tomorrow
More than 120 exams will be held for pupils enrolled in NCEA.