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Poorer schools defend UE lull

Principals at poorer schools have defended the huge drop-off in the number of students gaining UE, rejecting accusations they push students into "soft" subjects.

Dedication drives up achievement

Students at a Bay of Plenty high school were so determined to pass NCEA they stayed after hours, and during the holidays to make it through.

Students taking robot to new heights

Two high school students from Tauranga and their robot will be heading to the United States this weekend hoping to become world champions.

St Bede's loses board member, coaches

A St Bede’s Board of Trustees member has quit in the wake of a rowing controversy involving two pupils.

Steve McCabe: Teachers happy to follow MPs' lead

Rather than trying to come up with a figure for our pay adjustment, our claim is obvious - 5.5 per cent, the same obscenely generous figure the authority deemed necessary for MPs, writes Steve McCabe.

Maths: Huge learning gap

Students are not being taught enough "space and shape" mathematics and the "huge" learning gap is hurting achievement, the Ministry of Education says.

On the water: Top NZ schools battle for glory at Maadi Regatta

Watch live as schools compete for rowing supremacy in New Zealand.

Novopay and charter schools raised at select committee

Ongoing problems with Novopay and why a struggling charter school has not been shut down have been raised with the Ministry of Education in a select committee hearing today.

Schoolboy rugby: Drug fears

There are growing concerns schoolboy rugby is a fertile environment for drug taking to become rife.

Editorial: Uptake for Govt's school success plan encouraging

Getting the Government's Investing in Educational Success programme running in relatively quick order was never going to be easy. The concept was bound to be opposed by some.

Gus Hubbard: Classroom maths provides few answers

Our nation's children will never be better at mathematics than the ministry's curriculum material allows them to be, writes Gus Hubbard.

Warnings for charter school

A flagship charter school has lost nearly a quarter of its students and is still battling problems as it nears the end of its first year.

Clyde Young: How to run low-decile schools

Anna Collett: Add passionate teachers to equal maths success

Editorial: Lifting quality will get pupils back to low decile schools

Mike Hosking: Don't judge a school by its number

Mike Hosking writes: One of the things you get used to very quickly when you grow up in Christchurch is that people believe the role of the school in your life defines who you are.