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Bezzant: Dishing up good culinary skills
OPINION: Feeding people is at least as important as the jobs of other caregivers.

School threatens to ban parents who speak out
An Auckland school has threatened to ban parents who discredit it on social media.

Rich lister gifts $1m to Auckland University
John McCall MacBain has donated $275m to education, health and climate change since 2007.

Teacher who married student ordered to pay $23,000
A teacher who married a student half her age has to pay $23,000 in costs.

Beck Vass: Why I'm a sh**ty mum
Beck Vass on why being the perfect parent isn't always easy or necessary.

More complainants in rugby coach sex case
Eight more complainants have come forward against a school rugby coach facing sex charges.

NZ education tops world in future skills
Report says kids encouraged to develop independent thought will flourish more.

Students spot man with gun near school
Police were called to a Tamahere school after students spotted a man with a gun.

Marvelly: Unearth rich Māori history
Youngsters given valuable opportunity to learn about their past

British teachers warn: Don't come to NZ
Two British teachers hired in July have quit in frustration at delays recognising service.

Major issues lurk as Kiwis go to the polls
The electorate is not so much demanding deep reform as a realignment of priorities.

Radio hosts pay Kiwi's $80K student loan
Sacha French's $41k student loan has become $80k; now her workmates have paid it off.

Schoolgirl injured in horror crash improving slightly
Another pupil has been discharged from hospital after a horror crash outside a school.

Election stunt: Mock currency delivery to education union
Wheel barrow full of the money will be delivered to the head office of NZEI in Wellington.

Braunias: Election time - at primary school
Steve Braunias watches the results of a political election at Rutherford Primary School.

Ardern makes plea for youth to turn up
Despite a recent lift, youth voting numbers are still lower than three years ago.

School staffer charged after sex claims
A high school staffer has been suspended after allegations of sexual abuse.

Jackson's new charter school upsets kura
Willie Jackson's new charter school will be in Manurewa, upsetting Te Wharekura o Manurewa

Principal: Learning Māori makes you clever
Students who learn in Māori do better in NCEA, even though they come from poorer families.

Education - Convince Leighton
New Zealand's feistiest young political minds against Leighton for this standoff.

Greens' $165m plan for te reo Māori
The Greens want te reo Māori to be compulsory in all schools by 2030.

Free tertiary education robs the poor for the rich
Labour's free tertiary policy will restrict entrance to university.

Mumps isolation only for Waipukurau School
Country is in the grip of a major mumps outbreak, with 57 cases notified in the last week.

Teacher shortage crisis: Radical plan unveiled
Four teaching groups have proposed a radical way to ease the teacher shortage crisis.

NZ students pay 7th-highest fees in OECD
NZ students are paying the seventh-highest tertiary fees in the developed world.

Act wants crackdown on parents of truants
"If they fail to teach kids right from wrong then the Government needs to step in."

Teacher allegedly called Chinese students 'idiots'
School says it has dealt with "insensitive comments allegedly made by a staff member".

Girls have more words than boys by age 2
Girls pull ahead of boys in languages as early as 2, a new study shows