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Teacher declined leave to take his disciplinary case to Court of Appeal.
Sam Uffindell and the era of boarding school bullies
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Mechanics course to be taught in te reo Māori
Christchurch's Ara to become first polytechnic to teach mechanics in te reo Māori.
How many air purifiers have arrived in NZ schools - and who got them?
Five thousand air cleaners were promised. How many have been delivered?
Teenager will be labelled serial rapist for life - lawyer
Opposing lawyer says people should be able to know who the serial teen rapist is.
12yo Auckland schoolgirl dies after run in park
Remuera's Baradene College of the Sacred Heart is mourning the loss of a student.
Teacher who sexually violated and manipulated a boy refused parole
Former teacher Stacey Reriti will remain in prison after Parole Board rejected release.
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Richard Prebble: Issuing bogus NCEA credits cannot be the answer
It cannot be that the answer to students' failure to achieve NCEA is to lower the standard
'Occupational hazard': The teachers battling Long Covid
Teachers have told of debilitating health problems months after contracting Covid-19.
NCEA online shakeups a 'bolt from the blue' for educators
The MoE earlier suggested as many as 80 NCEA standards could be provided as online tests.
Haere mai! Borders fully reopen today
Final phase of the Covid 19 border reopening took place at 11.59pm on Sunday.
NZ border fully reopens at midnight - allowing students, cruise ships to return
More than two years and four months of Covid-19 border restrictions are set to fully end.
Inside the Auckland primary school where kids are taught philosophy
Why don't more schools teach philosophy? Greg Bruce goes inside one that does.
Editorial: Dreadlock ban gets school in a tangle
OPINION: Our editorial on angst over a school 'blitz on uniform and hair standards'.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 29 July, 2022
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Hoax bomb threats: 18 schools across NZ called, police investigate origin
Police cyber teams are working with international agencies to find those behind the calls.
Police speaking to two young people after Blenheim school lockdown following second threat in 24 hours
Police revealed more threats were made to schools today.
Polytechnic system 'a national disgrace': Ex-CEO seeks apology from Chris Hipkins
Phil Ker says problems in the education system are not being addressed.
Chlöe Swarbrick: What's happened to tertiary education?
OPINION: Today's students are this country's future professionals.
Chris Hipkins: Nats' 'chronic underfunding' forced polytechnic shake-up
OPINION: National left the vocational education sector in a parlous state, says Hipkins.
Registration cost, Covid-19 risk prompting relief teachers to leave
Registration costs and Covid-19 are prompting relief teachers to look for other work.
Students return to school amid 'a mixture of Covid-19, the nasty flu, and disastrous weather'
Northland schools try to keep the doors open despite staff shortages and wet weather.
'Straight racist': Complaints as school bans dreadlocks, braids
School policies have to be consistent with human rights rules and Treaty obligations.
Principal says Govt should take clearer position on masks in schools
Auckland principal worries new Govt guidance on masking leaves schools in tricky position.
School attendance plummets below 50 per cent amid outbreak
For Māori and Pasifika regular term 1 attendance was fewer than a third of students.
Back to school: Relief teachers 'like unicorns'
Principals looking into an empty pool of spare teachers to cover those off sick.
'Massive human error' behind Whanganui Intermediate sending out private info
The school's principal said steps will be taken to ensure similar leaks never happen again
Chronic teacher sickness: Principal says school 'limped' to mid-year with huge Covid absences
"To have six or seven [relievers] in a day is not unusual."
'Unprecedented': Teacher sick days up 50 per cent on 2021, calls for more support
Principals say schools are experiencing high levels of sickness.
Expert warns of fetal-alcohol harm 'epidemic'
Paediatrician says alcohol should be targeted in fetal alcohol harm
Ministry 'recommends' schools enforce masks in Term 3
Schools can enforce mask wearing the way they enforce uniforms, advice says.