New ZealandEducation ministry 'ineffective'The Ministry of Education is bloated, inefficient and making the jobs of principals more difficult, says the outgoing president of the Secondary Principals' Association.21 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionShelley BridgemanShelley Bridgeman: School zone cheatingIn this environment it almost defies belief that people continue to think they can fool the system, writes Shelley Bridgeman. Anyone who tries to cheat like this is clearly not thinking straight.18 Mar 09:00 PM
New ZealandTeachers poor at math tooUp to half of NZ's primary teachers may not have enough maths knowledge to teach children properly under new methods, says the education expert who introduced the changes.15 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandThe great maths divisionWeekend Herald stories about how children learn maths at school have prompted a flood of responses from readers and experts. Andrew Laxon explains what the argument is about.08 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandFree milk for school kidsKids at Kamo Primary School at the northern end of Whangarei are split down the middle over an offer of free milk from New Zealand's biggest company, Fonterra.08 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn O'Neill: Charter schools totally undemocraticThe chances of the most disadvantaged students getting any benefit from a PPP school may be no better than the toss of a coin, writes John O'Neill.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: It's not dumb to want a better lifeOh-kayyyy. So Mike Williams, a former Labour Party president, calls parents who try to get their kids into higher decile schools "dumb", writes Deborah Hill Cone.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Maths at your fingertips a key life skillIt is many years since our primary schools adopted "new maths".01 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandMore school zone cheatsStressed primary schools are struggling to fend off enrolment challenges from pushy out-of-zone parents.23 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn Minto: Special deal for privileged pupilsIn plain language, the Wanganui Collegiate integration is a taxpayer bailout for a failing private school, writes John Minto.06 Feb 04:57 AM
New ZealandHouse buyers in school-zone errorA family who bought a home to be within a school zone discovered after the purchase that the primary school took only pupils from odd-numbered houses in the street.03 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandParents fear bus changes put children's lives at riskAngry parents in a small coastal town claim changes to a school bus route will put children's lives at risk.26 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSchool suppliers court parents' cashParents can now pay school fees in some bookstores while picking up stationery packs as the battle for back-to-school dollars heats up.19 Jan 07:17 PM
OpinionHistory disproves poverty mantraThe recent small surge in reports recounting child poverty in New Zealand make grim reading, writes Paul Moon, especially as so many of the conditions blighting children's lives can easily be remedied.13 Dec 08:30 PM
LifestyleAsthma fall in weight loss schoolsResearchers studying a school-based programme credited with reducing the rates of obese and overweight 7-year-olds have now found a reduction in asthma symptoms.26 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionCharter schools too good to be trueThe most distressing thing about charter schools in the US is their role in increasing ethnic and socio-economic segregation, writes Robin Duff, which is a direct consequence of their not having to take local students.12 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandPrincipals protest payroll problemsAuckland's primary school principals are refusing to take on any new work with the Ministry of Education until it resolves ongoing problems with its new payroll system.05 Nov 08:53 PM
New ZealandGovt, advisors quarrel over teacher regoThe charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.01 Nov 07:15 PM
New ZealandPies and cookies still fill tuck shopsPies, hot dogs and cookies feature strongly in school tuck shops, a survey has found, suggesting efforts to improve the quality of the school food supply have failed.30 Sep 04:30 PM
New ZealandSchool standards: Must try harderWill parents be able to choose the right school using National Standards data, which even the Prime Minister admits is "ropey"?28 Sep 05:30 PM
New ZealandSchools left off results website188 schools have not been included in official National Standards information after failing to provide the right details.28 Sep 05:30 PM
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
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
