Uncertain times for North Shore school with only one pupil
"Commissioner has raised concerns about the sustainability of the school."
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Villages for traumatised kids proposed to close
Children's charity can't afford to keep the villages open after giving staff a pay rise.
'Good news' on communities of learning - ministry
Survey finds a third of teachers feel their teaching has been strengthened by new groups.
Critics on review team point to big shake-up for schools
Taskforce members propose reshaping education agencies to strengthen links among schools.
Education Council's name change will cost $220,000
Teachers will pay higher fees for the right to elect members of the Teaching Council.
Charter schools that may never open were paid $3.4m
Two charter schools were paid $1.5m between them on the day Jacinda Ardern was sworn in.
Jigsaw Whanganui put the pieces together
Programme facilitator Nicki Rees attended The Incredible Years Kaupapa Māori Programme.
Teachers: $300m collaborative policy has flopped
Teachers rate their schools highly - but not their 'communities of learning'.
Top uni library cuts 45 jobs, more to come
Music school and library cuts foreshadow more job losses as varsity trims costs.
Restraint rules 'expelled common sense' from classroom
Principals say every restraint incident takes up to nine hours of paperwork.
Vanguard charter school applies to become school of special character
Hipkins not ruling out financial support in the transition to special-character schools.
Mt Albert plan likely to hit local schools
Avondale Intermediate's roll could leap to about 900 in the next 6 or 7 years.
School teachers' $20,000 trip to Cook Islands
Blockhouse Bay Intermediate paid $18,976 to fly teachers to Cook Islands for working trip.
Students expelled after several violent incidents
Matamata College has expelled students involved in violent fights at school.
Polytech rolls flat despite free fees
Free student fees may have stopped the decline in polytech rolls, but numbers are static.
Why schools are ditching reports
Some 70% of schools are measuring children's progress, but not against national standards.
Alleged staff bullying at major school
A school is addressing staff bullying allegations, the Education Ministry says.
Taxpayers may pay $42m extra to restore school entry age of 5
Early childhood education costs will increase if children can't start school before 5.
Maori, Pacific, special needs will be priorities in schools review
Terms of reference for review of Tomorrow's Schools focus on responding to child's needs.
Huge subject gaps in NCEA pass rates stun teachers
Language students are almost five times as likely as home sciences to achieve excellence.
Why aren't Kiwi kids good with their money?
'Toolkit' will ensure all NZ students learn about money, driving and other life skills.
Free fees: Student numbers jump in Waikato, Napier and Nelson but flat overall
Only two polytechnics report significantly more students this year despite free fees.
Inside the curious world of a New Zealand charter school
Parents say charter schools picked up children excluded from other schools.
Charter schools at odds over plans to abolish them
Whangarei trust denies ministers are giving it "preferential treatment".
Army banned from letting school kids handle guns
Draft guidelines issued after army let primary school kids handle guns last year.
NCEA debate: How can physics and tramping be valued equally?
The NZ Initiative argues that we have "placed a deceit at the heart" of NCEA.
Four out of five polytechnics face losses by 2022
Polytech and vocational training leaders meet in Manukau tomorrow to map a survival plan.
$33m bailout for Tai Poutini Polytechnic
The West Coast polytechnic needs substantial change says Education Minister Chris Hipkins.
Teacher shortage a 'ticking time bomb'
The number of people training to be teachers dropped 40 per cent in six years.
Girl says she was bullied at school; school says her mother intimidated another child
"I was being treated like a downgrade of a person" - Amber Knight, aged 12.
Decade long wait for a new science block
Some in the education sector say Ministry pressuring schools to build "flexible" spaces.
Hipkins will not stop school competition
Review of Tomorrow's Schools should not try to stop competition - it benefits the pupils.
NZ's top teacher encourages kids to argue
No one shrugs their shoulders or says "I dunno" in Katie Pennicott's class.