Education: can we trust the teachers?
Choosing between education policies comes down to how much you trust teachers.
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National Standards: Are they working?
National Standards have transformed school cultures - but are kids learning any better?
Boys fall further behind girls in school
Primary school boys are falling further behind girls in literacy, but closing up in maths.
Writing gap widens between girls and boys
Huge gaps between boys and girls, and among ethnic groups, show up in new school data.
Housing crisis hits kids' schoolwork
Children's schoolwork is suffering as rising rents force more low-income families to move.
Transient kids: Housing crisis hits home
Transience has hit a record high in low-decile schools as the housing crisis hits children
Manurewa Intermediate wins supreme award
From one of the worst to one of the best: Manurewa Intermediate wins supreme award.
Kaye seeks 'healthy, well-rounded' kids
New Education Minister Nikki Kaye widens targets: 3 Rs plus healthy and well-rounded.
Low-decile schools lag in teaching scheme
Low-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers
Kaye: I feel better than I've felt in years
New Education Minister Nikki Kaye plans to be a 'modernising' Minister of Education.
'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.
'Illegal' payments to teachers uncovered
Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.
Principal stress: Burned-out and 'just surviving'
Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.
National Standards: 'No positive impact'
Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.
Grim reality of charter school pass rate
Charter school NCEA pass rates are out of line with state schools, new analysis shows.
Property website help parents with decile system
Parents can be misled by the school decile system, says a new website.
Minister defends national standards
The Education Minister has defended national standards despite an independent report which found teachers get them right only 60 per cent of the time.
School 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.
Schools divided along wealth lines
New Zealand schools have less of a mix of rich and poor students than in the past, a new report shows.
Judith Nowotarski: Govt must engage with teachers
Many people assume that sending their child to a private school will boost their academic achievement, writes Judith Nowotarski. That assumption is wrong.
Popular tramps fail safety test
Four 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.
'Low blow' say teachers
Education 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.
Most National Standards data online
A handful of schools are holding out on releasing National Standards to the Minister of Education as the first round of data is made public.
Reveal school data: Poll
The majority of people polled think schools should publicly release their national standards performance data, according to a Herald-Digipoll survey.
Editorial: Govt could do better over school reports
How should we grade the Government for its handling of the release of national standards in reading, writing and mathematics? 'Could do better'.
PM welcomes standards debate
Prime Minister John Key says he welcomes the debate generated by the publication of national standards data.