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Schools in gun over Maori failure rate
Many schools are not demonstrating sufficient commitment to ensuring achievement of Maori students, ERO has warned

Book review: The Story Sisters
Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: Teacher strikes seem unpatriotic
Columnist Kerre Woodham finds herself in two minds about the teachers' strike.

<i>Michele Hewitson Interview:</i> Bradley Fenner
Michele Hewitson speaks to the man at the helm of Auckland's most traditional private school for boys, King's College.

Striking teachers converge on central Auckland
More than 2000 secondary teachers have marched down Auckland's Queen St to rally for better pay today.

Sex teacher back in class
A legal loophole has allowed an unregistered teacher back in the classroom after having sex with a 16-year-old student.

Pupils shut out of quake-hit schools
Some 1200 Canterbury school children will not be able to return to their schools for weeks.

History in the making
Looking back at interior design helps inform today's choices, says visiting lecturer Stephen Taylor.

Stone age man
Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

PM: Striking teachers 'disconnected'
Secondary teachers' plans to go on strike next month show they disconnected from the real world, Prime Minister John Key says.