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National Standards: Are they working?

National Standards have transformed school cultures - but are kids learning any better?

Boys fall further behind girls in school

Primary school boys are falling further behind girls in literacy, but closing up in maths.

Writing gap widens between girls and boys

Huge gaps between boys and girls, and among ethnic groups, show up in new school data.

School shut half its students out of NCEA

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Exam model answers change to stop cheats

Model answers for NCEA exams may be cut back to stop cheating.

Susan Bates: Pre-school centres are too crowded

COMMENT: Childcare centres should be required to provide more space.

Whangarei music project granted $40,000

A Northland teacher's project focuses on raising Maori achievement through music.

New teachers quit Auckland, delay kids

Most new Auckland teachers plan to leave town, and many are deferring having children.

Self-taught Kiwi girl excels in Russian

A girl who taught herself Russian has come ninth in the world in an online test.

Teachers under attack: schools 'breaking'

Schools are standing down a record number of students for assaulting teachers.

Maori history: part of core curriculum?

Education sector groups plan a campaign to make Māori history part of the core curriculum.

Transient kids: Housing crisis hits home

Transience has hit a record high in low-decile schools as the housing crisis hits children

'Rate teachers on student passes'

A new report proposes rating teachers based on how much they lift student achievement.

Equal pay claims roll out to teachers

Part-time high-school teachers have lodged a pay equity claim for paid preparation time.

Kiwi kids to learn computing from age 5

Computing becomes part of the core curriculum.

Manurewa Intermediate wins supreme award

From one of the worst to one of the best: Manurewa Intermediate wins supreme award.