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Kea Kids News: What do kids think about open plan classrooms?

The government is shutting the door on open plan classrooms, but is that a good thing? Reporter Inaya gets the good, the bad, and the noisy from NZ students themselves.

Matthew Hooton: Stanford faces greatest NCEA test

OPINION: The well-intentioned but disastrous multi-decade experiment should be scrapped.

Internal documents reveal curriculum rewrite struggles, AI considered

Internal documents show the curriculum rewrite lacked a clear definition.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: When parents avoid something in a school, you know it's a bad idea

OPINION: Schools spent millions reverting open-plan classrooms to single-cell.

Government’s giant broadband, internet security upgrade underway for 2500 schools as 2degrees and Palo Alto Networks surplant Spark and Fortinet

2degrees and Palo Alto Networks replace Spark and Fortinet.

Government ditching open-plan classrooms

Education Minister Erica Stanford wants standard designs that prioritise flexibility.

Thousands of school meals uneaten in Northland every week

Nationally, 34,878 surplus meals went uneaten for the week of March 28.

Literacy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists jobless

Educators describe the decision as “unjustifiable,” fearing negative impacts on students with complex literacy challenges. Video / Rafaella Melo

'Deeply distressing': Pupil airlifted to hospital with critical injuries

The Ministry of Education's traumatic incident team is actively supporting the school.