New ZealandVote 2017: Your say - who is winning the race?Heart Beat series: They told us about their towns. Now hear their views on the election.01 Sep 05:30 AM
New ZealandBill English: Kiwis aren't an ATM for LabourEvery primary school will be funded to offer second-language learning under National.27 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandEducation: can we trust the teachers?Choosing between education policies comes down to how much you trust teachers.22 Aug 08:20 PM
New ZealandNational Standards: Are they working?National Standards have transformed school cultures - but are kids learning any better?18 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandBoys fall further behind girls in schoolPrimary school boys are falling further behind girls in literacy, but closing up in maths.18 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandWriting gap widens between girls and boysHuge gaps between boys and girls, and among ethnic groups, show up in new school data.18 Aug 01:13 AM
New ZealandHousing crisis hits kids' schoolworkChildren's schoolwork is suffering as rising rents force more low-income families to move.16 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandTransient kids: Housing crisis hits homeTransience has hit a record high in low-decile schools as the housing crisis hits children07 Jul 05:21 AM
New ZealandManurewa Intermediate wins supreme awardFrom one of the worst to one of the best: Manurewa Intermediate wins supreme award.27 Jun 09:00 AM
KahuKaye seeks 'healthy, well-rounded' kidsNew Education Minister Nikki Kaye widens targets: 3 Rs plus healthy and well-rounded.11 May 06:14 AM
New ZealandLow-decile schools lag in teaching schemeLow-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers27 Apr 02:12 AM
New ZealandKaye: I feel better than I've felt in yearsNew Education Minister Nikki Kaye plans to be a 'modernising' Minister of Education.24 Apr 06:51 AM
New Zealand'Pay teachers based on student progress'Teachers' pay rates should be based on how much progress their students make in their learning, a report says.19 Feb 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Illegal' payments to teachers uncoveredTroubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.29 Jan 09:52 PM
New ZealandPrincipal stress: Burned-out and 'just surviving'Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.24 Jan 05:00 PM
New ZealandNational Standards: 'No positive impact'Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.12 Dec 11:01 AM
New ZealandGrim reality of charter school pass rateCharter school NCEA pass rates are out of line with state schools, new analysis shows.07 Dec 06:47 PM
New ZealandProperty website help parents with decile systemParents can be misled by the school decile system, says a new website.03 Nov 11:01 AM
New ZealandMinister defends national standardsThe Education Minister has defended national standards despite an independent report which found teachers get them right only 60 per cent of the time.03 Sep 08:59 PM
New ZealandSchool takeover 'heavy-handed'A primary school's board of trustees has been taken over by the Govt, after refusing to implement controversial National Standards data - a move labelled alarming and heavy-handed.02 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandSchools divided along wealth linesNew Zealand schools have less of a mix of rich and poor students than in the past, a new report shows.08 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionJudith Nowotarski: Govt must engage with teachersMany people assume that sending their child to a private school will boost their academic achievement, writes Judith Nowotarski. That assumption is wrong.25 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandPopular tramps fail safety testFour out of five trampolines failed the majority of safety tests run by Consumer NZ - but the Government warns that tighter standards may not make any difference.07 Dec 11:58 PM
Kahu'Low blow' say teachersEducation Minister Hekia Parata hit a bum note with secondary teachers today when she said children had told her their teachers weren't pronouncing their names correctly.03 Oct 07:21 AM
New ZealandMost National Standards data onlineA handful of schools are holding out on releasing National Standards to the Minister of Education as the first round of data is made public.28 Sep 01:02 AM
New ZealandReveal school data: PollThe majority of people polled think schools should publicly release their national standards performance data, according to a Herald-Digipoll survey.24 Sep 05:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Govt could do better over school reportsHow should we grade the Government for its handling of the release of national standards in reading, writing and mathematics? 'Could do better'.24 Sep 05:29 PM
New ZealandPM welcomes standards debatePrime Minister John Key says he welcomes the debate generated by the publication of national standards data.23 Sep 10:36 PM
