Govt to spend $4m on 300 new creative learning teachers
Jacinda Ardern said supporting the arts in schools is important, given the Covid-19 impact
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Students stuck overseas can sit NCEA
Students stuck in China when the NZ border closed will be able to sit NCEA.
Third school's students complain over Black Lives Matter poster removal
Two Christchurch Girls' High School students say their posters were removed by staff.
Principals say $87m lockdown IT scheme a 'disaster'
Free internet routers have been given to hundreds of students who don't need them.
Ministry helps schools locate missing students
Many children have still not returned to school despite it being level 2.
What's your child up to online? How to help
Website offers advice for parents on porn, bullying and screen time.
Private schools pay back wage subsidy after Govt says they are ineligible
'People have said 'why are you applying for the subsidy? You guys are the rich ones'.'
Half of pre-schoolers still at home
Many parents are still at home and/or afraid to send their children back to centres.
Iconic Reading Recovery programme may change, slammed for lack of 'spill over'
Education Ministry will 'strengthen' Reading Recovery after critical evaluation.
Bonus NCEA credits offered due to lockdown
Bonus NCEA credits will compensate students for lost classroom time.
Pulotu Selio Solomon: 'If I kept living like that, I'd be on dialysis before too long'
Pulotu Selio Solomon talks to Elisabeth Easther about his upbringing and life.
Teacher aides win historic pay equity deal
Another big step towards equal pay for NZ women and men.
School pupils, whānau resilient after eight weeks at home
Teacher Sandy Bornholdt said "it wasn't 'just in case' learning it was 'just in time'".
$200m problem: Why is Wellington's central library closed?
It wasn't damaged in the Kaikoura earthquake, it's not even technically earthquake prone.
Device delivery to at-home learners was 'logistical nightmare' principals say
Students finally get their learn-at-home devices - when they return to school.
'Champing at the bit': How schools are tackling rugby return
Some schools are playing sport only in groups of 10, others are more relaxed.
Preschool teacher fee hike could leave centres short of staff: lobby
Preschools are on the hunt for teachers but fear they could be driven away by a fee hike.
A quarter of Northland kids still at home
Attendance shows south-to-north pattern: 90 per cent in deep south, 75 per cent in north.
Staggered entry times: Children told to wait outside school gate
Some schools are still staggering start times although they no longer have to.
Looming recession tipped to boost polytechs
Polytech and wānanga domestic enrolments forecast to jump 33 per cent.
Principals 'pleasantly surprised' by 79% turnout
Principals "plesantly surprised" by school turnout of just under 80 per cent.
Focus Live: $278 million funding boost for early childhood education centres
The Government will reinstate the 100 per cent funding band for teacher-led ECE services after it was scrapped by the previous Government in 2010, PM Jacinda Ardern said.
$278m boost for qualified preschool teachers
Higher subsidy rate for 100 per cent qualified teachers will be restored.
School's back for 82 per cent of kids
About 85 per cent of kids are back at school, but some Whangārei parents scared away.
Focus: Back to school for NZ kids after lockdown
Focus: Some have the back to school blues and some are just happy to see their friends again as Flanshaw Road School kids get back in the classroom. Video / Michael Craig
Dad: Why I'm not sending my kids to school
Takapuna dad Moueen Haddad explains why he is not sending his kids to school on Monday.
Marist College to re-open despite 'new' Covid-19 case
"We are all looking forward to welcoming our students through our school gates."
Natasha Hemara is new head of troubled Northland school
The new principal of Kamo High School is from Whangārei and will start in July.
'Incredibly joyful': Surge of interest in homeschooling since lockdown
A number of Kiwis are making a permanent switch to home learning.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Wait for the school bus nearly over
"The buses are just part of what's been a big lot of work."
Budget 2020: Free training for 100,000 students, apprentices
Free training for construction, engineering, agriculture, health.
$1.6b trade training package: 'I've never seen anything like it'
Building and Construction ITO CEO says "I've never seen anything like this in my career".
Targeted fees-free retraining scheme tipped for Budget
It is difficult for mid-career people who lose their jobs to go back to study.