Budget 2017: What schools want
Education establishments are hoping for an end to freezes on funding.
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'We don't have anywhere to play'
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Teachers share the most bizarre complaints from parents
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Cooking classes leave veges off the menu
Less than 50 per cent of kids are taught how to plan and prepare a healthy, main meal
Budget to include $5m for more teachers
More money will be spent lifting teacher numbers over the next four years.
Business school for Indians shut down
A business school catering predominantly for Indian students has been deregistered.
NZ ranked 158th of 165 on child rights
A European advocacy group has ranked NZ 158th out of 165 nations on children's rights.
Lab tests confirm teacher's cannabis use
Teacher denied using cannabis and cited weight loss as explanation for positive test.
Financial squeeze: Students go hungry
Some tertiary students are going hungry as living costs are outrunning grants.
Watch: Cooking classes not healthy
Research shows that year 7 and 8 cooking classes are not focusing on complete, healthy main meals
$100k boost for scholarships on tall ship
$100K funding means more scholarships on Spirit of NZ.
Making a difference to young minds
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The things that make us a true Kiwi
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Little rules out schools without playing fields idea
Labour leader has dismissed idea of schools without playing fields.
Why home taught kids perform better
It's arguably the biggest trend in education and even teachers are shocked.
Professor's $1m farewell gift to uni
This is the largest single donation ever made by a staff member of the university.
New city schools won't have sports fields
Exclusive: A new type of school without playing fields is being proposed for urban areas.
Teens caught up in 'fight club' claims
Four teenagers at Nelson College have been caught up in serious bullying incidents.
Teacher's note not as it seems
The note said there is something "very important" the student should know.
Bullying: Three students suspended
Three Nelson students have been suspended and stood down over serious bullying incidents.
Rotorua early childhood teacher disciplined after admitting drug use
A disciplinary tribunal decision has been released about a weed-smoking ECE teacher.
Nelson students stood down for bullying
Nelson College students stood down after allegedly organising fights between juniors.
2-hour screen time limit: New guidelines
Children aged 5 to 13 should get uninterrupted sleep of at least 9 hours a night.
Dentists go mobile for needy children
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Rachel Smalley: St Kent's should have been prosecuted
COMMENT: Who would ever give a child in their care a razor blade?
'Potential for death': School's close call
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Student's graduation heartache
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