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Top of the class
Learning a new skill on your days off can be a lot more fun than you think, writes Dionne Christian.
Editorial: Let's consign school balls to history
It is a mystery why these annual events have not been replaced by something more befitting the modern age rather than the epoch of Jane Austen.
Coping with wilful kids? It's as easy as ABCD
Working with - rather than against - spirited children is key, finds Donna McIntyre.
King's boys play game of their lives...
Three days after burying their mate, King's College First XV played the game of their lives to beat arch-rivals Auckland Grammar.
Kerre Woodham: Teenage years are a killer
My 22-year-old daughter will graduate from law school this year.
Attacks on three students reported
Police told Avondale College girls set upon at school or on their way there.
Same-sex date banned at school ball
A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.
Paul Holmes: Nothing for free - it's the basic welfare rule
Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.
SPA: Don't force Te Reo on teachers
Forcing teachers to take courses to learn Te Reo Maori will backfire, the president of the Secondary Principals' Association says. A new report to Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples has recommended tertiary level Maori language be made...
<i>Dita De Boni:</i> If Sir Peter says so
Someone who has done nothing but alienate large groups of teachers is a deadbeat choice for the job of Education Minister, says Dita De Boni.
<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Shameful confession of abuse
Two years ago I wrote a shameful email entitled 'Mathletics' to my daughter's teacher. It read: "I need to confess ... "