War of words as experts clash over how to teach kids to read
Debate raging between experts on whether phonics is the way to teach reading or a "fad".
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'He failed to keep children safe': Gloriavale principal stood down amid child abuse investigation
Faithful Pilgrim did not secure the safety and wellbeing of learners, leavers tell.
Students face emotional challenge confronting NZ history, study warns
Teachers will need to respond to students' emotions when they learn about NZ history.
Home detention for ex-teacher who molested schoolboy
Ex Otago Boys' teacher David Bond said of the sex crimes he was asexual and lonely.
Kids allegedly locked in rooms, smacked, fed mouldy food: Daycare centre probed
Parents say children were locked in rooms, smacked, and fed mouldy bread.
Schools warned to prepare for tougher NCEA standards
A new mandatory NCEA literacy and numeracy test could be too tough for some teens.
New study: Why are Kiwi kids falling behind in reading?
A new study has identified a key cause behind our children's falling reading skills.
Schools adopt new approach to literacy teaching
Schools are paying thousands to private consultants to change the way they teach reading.
Schools in talks with Govt to get 150 foreign students and parents into NZ
Families would pay for their stay in quarantine hotels.
ECE teachers reveal centres' secrets
A thousand teachers say they wouldn't send their own children to their ECE centres.
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End to primary teacher shortage, but problems in secondary schools
The supply of secondary teachers will still fall 80 teachers short of demand next year.
Who gets into med school? Row over Māori, Pacific preferences explained
Doors close on non-preferred applicants at our medical schools.
Fight over teachers' fees goes to court
The Teaching Council is more than doubling teachers' licence renewal fees.
Strict conditions: Parole board to monitor 'untreated' Blenheim sex abuse teacher Jaimee Cooney on release
More details have released about the parole conditions for a sex abusing former teacher
Choices, choices: How to decide where to train or study in NZ
How to choose the best place to train or retrain in the Covid recession.
Teacher jailed for sex with students to be freed from prison
Teacher sexually abused two schoolboys in what was described as "gross" offending.
Girls do better in single-sex schools - report
Another study provides new evidence on the "age-old question".
Growing Auckland schools might 'bulge at the seams'
Schools in the Auckland region have had the fastest growth in student rolls in 17 years.
Covid brings Air NZ flight attendant down to earth
Former teachers return to the classroom after airline jobs disappear.
'Deluded' child-led teaching blamed for NZ's education slide
Business think-tank blames NZ educational decline on our 'child-centred' teaching.
National promises $2.8 billion for more classrooms, new schools
The spending will be on top of existing funding.
Principal gives up office as school roll swells
Students learn in the old staffroom, offices and library as school outgrows space.
Teachers get $9m counselling support to cope with stress of their jobs
Teachers get $8.7m for counselling now and $7m more for other initiatives later.
Teacher hit boy on head to teach psychology
Teacher struck student's head to teach about rewards and punishments.
91-year-old professor goes viral as he teaches remotely
An elderly college professor is getting lots of love on social media.
Hundreds of teachers' jobs at risk as foreign students dwindle
Banning foreign students may cost hundreds of teachers' jobs.
One Dilworth accused still teaching this year
The man, arrested over historical sexual offending allegations, was teaching until March.
Childcare tragedy: 'Aldrich is sleeping' - Girl's comment to teacher after 4yo's death
Police have described the boy's death as a tragic accident.
Tauranga Primary School aims to normalise use of te reo Māori
Māori Language Week 2020: Kia kaha te reo Māori.
University of Auckland leaps back into world's top 150
The University of Auckland has jumped 32 places to its best world ranking since 2011.
Funding row: 'You can't say to people, go to Methven or Timaru'
New $10m fund for private training providers favours regional schools.
$250,000 debts: 'I may be a great teacher... but I am not a business owner'
Childcare owner "went on overseas trips" while owing $250,000 in taxes.
'Beyond a moment of stupidity': Deputy principal punched boy in 'play fight'
Disciplinary tribunal says deputy principal should have been stood down for two terms.
