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NCEA: Are exams only for the elite?

Data shows students at underprivileged high schools are less likely to sit exams than those from wealthy families.

Schools meet to discuss Govt proposal

Principals, teachers and support staff from early childhood to secondary schools around Hawke's Bay are uniting today to discuss the

Teacher allowed girl to call him 'big boy'

Ex-teacher says he didn't say anything about relationship with 13-year-old because he was scared she would run away.

Teachers campaign against funding scheme

Teachers in Auckland have kicked off their campaign against the Government's global funding scheme, at a packed town hall gathering this afternoon.

Teacher who filmed girls struck off

A former teacher who admitted using his phone to film women in a bathroom and teenage girls in a public changing room has had his teaching registration cancelled.

Murdered NZer:'She was my best friend'

Tributes have been posted for New Zealand woman Gina Lander who was murdered in the United Kingdom.

Career plans for senior students

Labour wants careers advice to be more professional.

Girl says teacher gave her 'boy germs'

Teacher admits serious misconduct after nine years of complaints.

Tom Nicholson: Dyslexic kids need more than kind words

Barbara Ala'alatoa: Decile doesn't mean destiny

We shouldn't just take it at as axiomatic that low decile means low achievement. What we need now is evidence. We need to work collegially and collectively across deciles, writes Barbara Ala'alatoa.

Mark Brace: Dyslexia in our classrooms

It is our education system, not the dyslexic child, that needs to be the focus of our attention. There is a better way, writes teacher Mark Brace.

Radical new teaching system comes to NZ

Disadvantaged children are group's focus but critics say Teach First NZ's kids could be treated like guinea pigs.

Good teachers trump high deciles

Lawrence Watt goes back to the classroom to dispel some wide-held beliefs around what makes a good school

There aren't enough teachers

Schools are struggling to find maths and science teachers, while middle management jobs are going begging as senior staff retire.

Kiwi professor wins global chemistry award

Early childhood educator struck off

A teacher has been struck off after failing to tell a day-care centre she had previously been accused of verbally and physically abusing children in her care.