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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

Sentence reduced: Convicted teacher who sexually fantasised about pupils has sentence reduced

Former school teacher caught with child pornography will serve less time.

'Torture' or 'cancel culture'? School turns down fishing scholarship

Teacher says game fishing is torture - others say move is 'cancel culture gone mad'.

Fury after Māori children zoned out of hapū land

Māori children should have access to schools within the rohe of their iwi or hapū - report

Schools prepare to turn away out-of-zone students

Enrolment zone amendments will cause teacher overcrowding and job cuts, say schools.

Poverty, family background don't explain school exclusion rates for Māori

Teacher bias and low expectations are likely to blame, one expert says.

193 charges: Teacher accused of illegally touching, recording dozens of victims

The man was initially charged last year but now faces a flood of accusations.

Lack of classroom CO2 monitors may increase Covid-19 risk

Nearly 85 per cent of schools lack individual carbon dioxide monitors for classrooms.

Plea to retain teachers, despite huge absences

Mid-year roll counts show some schools are missing up to a third of their students.

Schools reluctant to share new numbers replacing decile system

Principals are wary of revealing the equity index numbers replacing decile numbers.