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Coronavirus: Schools should decide when to reopen - Teaching Council
The council wrote a letter to the Education Minister about the issue of reopening.
NZQA holds firm: pandemic won't change NCEA
NZQA holds firm against reducing NCEA requirements during the pandemic.
Childcare centres want to stay closed at alert level 3
Childcare centres want to stay closed at level 3 because of the risk of spreading virus.
Principal: Alert level 3 is going to create a social class divide at NZ schools
Some families forced to "put their lives on the line", while others stay safe.
Comment: Back to school, but what's that going to be like for children?
School, as children knew it, no longer exists - or won't for a while, writes Vera Alves.
Covid-19: Can your child go back to school under level 3?
The Ministry of Education has released new information.
Exclusive: School at level 3 won't be voluntary after all
Children won't be allowed back to school unless there is no one to look after them.
Lockdown turns new entrant timetable upside down
Many new entrants are unable to start school as lockdown drags into fourth week.
Schools given more time; Minister addresses teachers' 'babysitter' concerns
Grant Robertson announced schools will have more time to prepare after lockdown lifted
Lockdown set to lift with 'a whole lot' of businesses likely to reopen - Winston Peters
Can you get a takeaway or go to the pub? The Government will reveal all today.
Digital learning tool vacuum for thousands of students starting term 2
Education Ministry scrambling to supply students with connections and devices.
Learning in lockdown: 1m Kiwi kids start screen lessons today - are parents ready?
A million Kiwi kids start learning online today in which could be a 'game-changer'.
Restrict daycare for essential workers' kids first
COMMENT: Children are not immune, and can be carriers.
Childcare seen as 'greatest risk' for virus
Expert calls for restrictions on reopening daycares to avoid more Covid-19 outbreaks.
Schools may reopen for some pupils before others; hybrid version likely
Reopening schools and childcare may be a staggered process over months.
Some schools could re-open on April 29
What happens to schools when the alert level 4 lockdown ends?
Sorry parents - schools won't re-open as soon as lockdown lifts
Ministers of Social Development and Education front up to Parliament committee.
Principals warn longer lockdown could harm education
School closures could extend beyond the end of the current four-week period.
Lockdown tensions: Winston Peters - health an imperative 'but not at all costs... we'll be broke'
Winston Peters says there are "huge tensions" balancing health and economic issues.
Famous Kiwi face to lead at-home school lessons - free computers on way
The first computers and modems for needy families have already been dispatched.
Hello, g'day, kei te pēhea koe? She's back! Suzy Cato fronts lockdown education TV
She entertained NZ kids between 1990 and 2002 - now she's in front of a new generation.
Focus Live: Education Minister Chris Hipkins announces Suzy Cato's return and learning packs
Suzy Cato is back! Education TV channels, learning packs and free computers to boost home learning.
Two TV channels, 17,000 computers for school kids in lockdown
Families without home internet and computers will get them free.
Computers to the door, educational TV planned for lockdown learning
TV lessons may start next week while families wait for internet connections.
Schools fear equity gap will widen during Covid 19 lockdown
Students will be swapping the classroom for their home.
Covid-19: Students want university fee rebate
'Not what I paid for'- Students can't access labs, equipment, or technology for courses.
Anatomy of a nightmare: Inside the country's largest Covid-19 cluster
It's the largest cluster of Covid-19 cases in NZ. What happened at Marist College?
State of the telcos - lockdown teething issues will pass, but two broader problems persist
Rural misses out. Govt sees low-tech online learning solution for 211K low-income homes.
'Essential' nurses still can't find childcare
Essential workers still can't find childcare as lockdown starts.
Coronavirus: Government will fund care for essential workers' kids
Barnardos and Porse will provide home-based care for essential workers' kids.
Coronavirus: Auckland school virus tally up to five
One school now has five confirmed coronavirus cases.
Coronavirus lockdown: Top tips to homeschool your children
'It's not a time of pressure, expectation and confrontation.'