New ZealandStats show which schools are doing bestThe Ministry of Education and the NZQA are being called on to release national school statistics at the same time as students get their marks back.11 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandCellphone becomes ally in kids' exam preparationSwotting for NCEA exams has been made easier with the very device parents and teachers hold as the enemy of study - teenagers' cellphones.11 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandDiet best answer for testsAn estimated 143,000 anxious students will sit NCEA exams tomorrow - if they all turn up. Last year 3000 missed their big day.10 Nov 04:30 PM
PoliticsDeep hurt left by cyber-trollsWhen people post deliberately extreme comments from the anonymity of cyberspace, the effects can be devastating - and sometimes fatal.09 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Original plan for schools should standEditorial: People surely did not expect, and do not want, their taxes to fund faith-based teaching. "Many of these groups will also not have a sufficiently robust record in providing education."08 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandPrincipals invoice ministry for payroll debacleNorthland school principals have been invoicing the Ministry of Education for time spent trying to sort out the Novopay payroll system.07 Nov 10:17 PM
New ZealandTeacher attrition as Dunedin rolls dropTwo co-educational secondary schools in Dunedin plan to cut teacher numbers as the fall in school-age children starts to affect the secondary sector.07 Nov 08:52 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Robust debate key to fixing NCEA problemsThe nightmare that the Qualification Authority has had to live with over the past decade has been the media scrutiny of NCEA, writes Peter Lyons.07 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandKey's 'gay' lapse upsets teachersPrime Minister's use of the word "gay" as a disparaging adjective has undermined their campaign against hate speech directed at gay students.06 Nov 04:30 PM
TechnologyRacy photos land teacher in strifeAn assistant principal who posted racy photographs of herself on her Facebook profile faces a review after the images circulated among her students.06 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandPrincipals protest payroll problemsAuckland's primary school principals are refusing to take on any new work with the Ministry of Education until it resolves ongoing problems with its new payroll system.05 Nov 08:53 PM
New ZealandTeacher's claim could cost $6.6mA teacher has taken a case to the Employment Relations Authority claiming underpayment, a claim that could affect 2000 teachers and cost the Ministry of Education $6.6 million in salary costs.04 Nov 11:07 PM
New ZealandPolice investigate top principalPolice are investigating one of the country's top school principals over a physical confrontation with his former wife.03 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionPaul Little: Benefits rare in short term solutionsIt's not the education system that is at fault, but the economic and social systems which, if they were doing their job, would be identifying and helping those who start life on the back foot.03 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandWanganui Collegiate to be integratedWanganui Collegiate School has gained integration into the state network of schools, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.02 Nov 04:29 AM
New ZealandGovt, advisors quarrel over teacher regoThe charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.01 Nov 07:15 PM
New ZealandEducation boss shuns the blame gameLesley Longstone doesn't look particularly "beleaguered" sitting in her expansive office at the Ministry of Education in Wellington.01 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandMore school closure action plannedAbout 200 parents, grandparents, students, teachers and principals packed a Christchurch school gym last night to protest the Government's plan to close the school and others across the region.31 Oct 09:23 PM
New ZealandTwo residential schools to shutA final decision has been made on the future of two South Island residential schools catering to children with intellectual disabilities - they will close.31 Oct 07:00 PM
OpinionDo schools produce thinkers or workers?There is a cost to businesses and the economy when innovative thinking and individualism is suppressed, though obviously a balance is required, writes Peter Lyons.31 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandPrincipal slams Govt drug changesA Northland headmaster has written to John Key about his concerns over banning drug sniffer dogs from schools, saying it is "short-sighted nonsense".31 Oct 01:21 AM
OpinionEditorial: Educators exposed as guilty of complacencyEducation commentators have been aghast this week that the Education Secretary doesn't consider our education system "world class" -but her comments must be heard.30 Oct 04:29 PM
New ZealandSides taken on education standardsComments by the Secretary for Education that New Zealand does not have a world leading education system is at direct odds with the Education Minister, the Education Institute says.29 Oct 08:21 PM
New ZealandUniversity seeks entry shake-upThe Cambridge exam system is under spotlight as prestigious schools are called to meeting with the country's largest university.29 Oct 04:30 PM
