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Transient students struggle to catch up
Turnover rates at some schools are sitting at around 56 per cent - more than half of the children who start the year don't finish there.
Teens in Third World schooling
Our neediest teenagers are often being educated in "Third World" conditions without trained teachers, textbooks or standard school services.
Sect pupils in a class of their own
Imagine a New Zealand school whose books had words blacked out or pages removed and large parts of the curriculum were simply not taught.
Tolley promises 'hard' fight for school funding
Anne Tolley has told secondary schools the Government is serious about education, but the next few years will not see a great deal of new money.
Key: Students need to respect taxpayer funding
The Govt can afford interest-free student loans but there needs to be more respect for taxpayer funding, John Key says.
Teachers may strike next term
Teachers could go on strike as early as next month amid building tension between their union and Education Minister Anne Tolley.
School issues first national standards-based reports
Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.