New ZealandTeachers' strike to go ahead despite talksTeachers still plan to strike this week despite two days at the bargaining table with the Ministry of Education.09 Nov 05:06 AM
New ZealandMinistry puts boards on spot over standardsThe Ministry of Education is contacting the trustees of every primary and intermediate school to ask about their stance on National Standards. 04 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandResearchers back National Standards boycottTwo education researchers are supporting a boycott of the Government's mandatory national standards by 225 primary school boards.03 Nov 08:00 PM
New ZealandDelay National Standards - Labour Phil Goff says the "untested" National Standards system the Govt is trying to push through won't succeed and should be delayed.03 Nov 05:01 AM
New ZealandRebel schools: We won't set standardsMore than 200 schools are refusing to introduce part of the Government's mandatory national standards next year after voting "no confidence" in the system.02 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandStudent loans - the debt mountainNearly 900,000 people have taken student loans since the scheme started, and over two-thirds have not fully repaid the money back.31 Oct 04:30 PM
Lifestyle<i>Dita De Boni</i>: Tolley swings her axeWhenever there are cuts to be made, it always seems to be down to the Education Minister to make them, writes Dita De Boni.28 Oct 08:29 PM
New Zealand20 hours of free care to be reviewed, says TolleyThe 20 hours of free care children 3 and over receive in early childhood centres is under review.27 Oct 04:30 PM
BusinessIRD, Education chiefs get top state sector pay hikesAmong the 24 state sector CEOs whose performance over the year had been reviewed, six were paid more, five were paid less and 13 stayed the same.21 Oct 01:50 AM
New ZealandKey: Pay hike 'noose around students' necks'There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.20 Oct 06:09 AM
New ZealandMinistry won't dock teachers' payThe Ministry of Education says it will not dock the pay of secondary teachers striking this week as a show of good faith.19 Oct 11:59 PM
New ZealandThere isn't a lot more money - TolleyAnne Tolley says secondary school teachers striking over pay and conditions need to wake up to the economic reality of their situation.19 Oct 07:44 PM
New ZealandSchool's out for strikes - chaos for parentsMore than 120,000 students will be asked to stay at home for a day this week after the teachers' union rejected what the Ministry of Education says is an 'excellent' pay offer.18 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandIndustrial action won't 'magic up' more money - TolleyAs teachers reject the Govt's latest pay offer, the Education Minister says they simply don't have the kind of money being asked for.18 Oct 04:40 AM
