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National standards 'could make poor schools look bad'

Principals are worried that primary schools in poor areas will be made to look bad when national standards are introduced next week.

Ministry intervened in 47 at risk schools in 2009

The Ministry of Education was forced to intervene in almost 50 at-risk schools last year, more than four times the amount from 2007.

Plunket-style testing not right for schools

Research finds no advantage in learning to read from five

Children who learn to read at age five are unlikely to be better readers than children who learn to read at seven, according to new research.

Court battle for PM's old school begins

Heads back trial of new tests

Hundreds of Auckland primary school principals want the introduction of national standards to be delayed so they can be tested.

Tolley talks tough in clash with teachers

Anne Tolley says she will sack the boards of primary schools which allow teachers to boycott national standards, saying they would be refusing to obey the law.

$9m plan to improve behaviour in schools

Online teacher training in a class of its own

John Key's old school to get the chop

Care rules for foreign pupils may relax

Foreign students could study in NZ primary schools without the need for a legal guardian if pastoral care rules are relaxed.

More powers needed to censure private schools - report

Greater powers are needed to censure private schools which are not up to scratch, the Law Commission has recommended.

Child, 6, takes dope to school

Schools fall behind on new lesson plan

Only 2 per cent of high schools are ready for an extensive overhaul of the national curriculum in five months, a report says.

Teachers earn below OECD levels

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