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College backs down on zoning plan

Hostile feedback from residents in some of the country’s most expensive real estate has caused an emerging school to back away from including them in its new zone.

Few non-Maori pick language for study at secondary school

Only 4 per cent of non-Maori secondary school students are learning te reo Maori, the latest figures show.

Poll backs plan for better teachers

New Zealanders would rather money was spent on improving teaching standards than on reducing class sizes, a Herald-DigiPoll survey reveals.

New zone: Elite school battle heats up

As another school success story results in a new school zone, parents fear it'll end in changes to a zone so elite it can add 20 per cent to property prices.

Act releases party list

Labour looks to boost teacher quality

Labour's new teaching policies are response to National's proposal to pay good teachers and principals more and require them to work with others.

Pride of NZ: Mama G a mentor and teacher

Community Spirit category: When high school teacher Roshni Gounder came down with a sudden illness, many people expected her to give up her job.

Labour's plan to end school donations

Labour wants to end "voluntary" school donations by offering a grants of $100 per student to schools that stop asking parents to fund "day to day" spending.

Lawyers in the schoolyard

A leading psychologist says parents are using lawyers to work out issues at schools, after a teen successfully challenged a suspension for refusing to cut his hair.

Rocky start for charter school

Serious health and safety issues including drug use and bullying plagued one of New Zealand's first charter schools as its management became dysfunctional.

Verity Johnson: 'All boys, no girls' fails the gender exam

I reckon that single-sex schools and healthy cereal are the same phenomenon, writes Verity Johnson.

School health little more than band aid

Health services at more than one in 10 New Zealand schools have been found to consist of little more than the offer of a sticking plaster.

Boys' schools win in study

Boys who attend single-sex schools are more likely to leave with higher qualifications than their male counterparts at co-educational schools, according to new research.

Liquor store at 'school's front gate'

A principal is flabbergasted at a decision to allow a liquor store to open in a former video parlour directly opposite his school in Mangere.

Teen players caught stealing in Japan

Rugby players from a top school have been caught shoplifting at a world championship in Japan.

Consumer Watch: Rubber soles can harm feet

Black leather shoes mandatory at many New Zealand schools in winter are causing harm to children's feet, say podiatrists.

Kerre McIvor: Who could do better?

Paul Little: Students viewed unequally

Researcher Hana Turner's reports of racist attitudes among her fellow teachers show prejudice is as deeply woven into our school system as ever.