
Streaming a weapon of maths destruction
EDITORIAL: "Streaming" schoolkids by ability might explain their declining performance.
EDITORIAL: "Streaming" schoolkids by ability might explain their declining performance.
NZQA welcomed the findings and recommendations and said changes would be implemented this year.
A school that has been hit by fire and three tragic deaths this year has finally got some good news - a $4m repair job for its leaky classrooms.
A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.
A school is taking radical action to get pupils off their screens for at least 45 minutes a day.
Kiwi children, aged 9 to 18, have revealed how much pocket money they receive.
A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.
The price of a home in areas zoned for Auckland's highest-ranked schools has jumped to $2 million.
COMMENT: Papakura High School and its community are victims of decades of Government policy in social services and education, writes Camilla Highfield.
Learn more about The Rising Foundation, a charity helping students from schools like those in Under The Bridge, the Herald's documentary project.
Pass rates for the controversial MCAT exam, which reduced some students to tears, are higher than previous years.
Anxious wait over for 7500 top students who will get their scholarship results today.
Leader of country's largest public school quits to run a private school.
Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.
A principal who stalked a young teacher has been censured by the teacher's body.
Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.
The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.
The cost of putting a child through state school has risen by 15 per cent in 10 years, new figures show.
The NZQA website is running slow as anxious students scramble to check their results.
The wait is over - NCEA results are now available.
Exam results day can be a stressful one all round for both students and their parents.
A review panel will start investigating what went wrong with last year's NCEA maths exams next week - just as exam results are due to be posted.
Who has the power to set school zones is set to change - after two schools resisted official requests to establish an enrolment scheme.
All too soon students will be back at school and questions will resume about about how well our education system prepares them for later life.
Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.
The wrong chemicals were accidentally added to a school pool.
The controversial charter school model will be expanded to take students who are keen on science, technology, engineering and maths
Northcote College students see their research displayed at Auckland Museum.
David Seymour has disputed claims charter schools have been inflating their NCEA exam results.
Charter school NCEA pass rates are out of line with state schools, new analysis shows.