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Lockdown stand-off: Kids not as contagious says Bloomfield; childcare centres refuse to reopen
Some childcare centres will stay closed, but most schools will open on April 29.
PM on why she's left it for parents to decide when their kids will go back to school
PM confirms parents will decide if children go back to school.
Coronavirus: Schools should decide when to reopen - Teaching Council
The council wrote a letter to the Education Minister about the issue of reopening.
NZQA holds firm: pandemic won't change NCEA
NZQA holds firm against reducing NCEA requirements during the pandemic.
Kyle MacDonald: Contemplating life after lockdown spawns new worries
Let's get through this together.
Childcare centres want to stay closed at alert level 3
Childcare centres want to stay closed at level 3 because of the risk of spreading virus.
Principal: Alert level 3 is going to create a social class divide at NZ schools
Some families forced to "put their lives on the line", while others stay safe.
Three babies have virus amid fears of rise in cases when school returns
Fewer severe Covid-19 cases in children, but some will still get very sick, expert warns.
Psychologist: Lockdown isn't hurting most kids
A psychologist has reassured parents most children will make lockdown their new normal.
Comment: Back to school, but what's that going to be like for children?
School, as children knew it, no longer exists - or won't for a while, writes Vera Alves.
Covid-19: Can your child go back to school under level 3?
The Ministry of Education has released new information.
Exclusive: School at level 3 won't be voluntary after all
Children won't be allowed back to school unless there is no one to look after them.
Lockdown turns new entrant timetable upside down
Many new entrants are unable to start school as lockdown drags into fourth week.
Local Focus: Young innovators in lockdown
How to innovate an innovation competition. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The gut-wrenching decision faced by parents - return to school or not?
An Auckland mother asks - do you put them at risk in the classroom, or keep them home?
Schools given more time; Minister addresses teachers' 'babysitter' concerns
Grant Robertson announced schools will have more time to prepare after lockdown lifted
Principals welcome school at alert level 3 - with caution
Bay school leaders say guidance from the Ministry of Education will be needed.
Teachers angry over alert level 3 rules: 'We are not babysitters'
High school will become daycare under alert level 3, principals say.
Principals worry: Can 'voluntary' schooling at alert level three work?
Principals have serious concerns about how 'voluntary' schooling will work.
NCEA credit reduction mooted due to lockdown
Principals suggest lopping 10 or 20 credits off NCEA requirements this year.
Auckland University campuses to stay closed until end of July
Too difficult to open if alert levels continually change, university says.
Digital learning tool vacuum for thousands of students starting term 2
Education Ministry scrambling to supply students with connections and devices.
Term 2 begins: Teachers tackle remote learning obstacles
Remote learning comes with various challenges, but teachers are charging on.
Linda Vink: Learning to adapt to the challenge of lockdown
COMMENT: Online schooling will turn up some new heroes of the coronavirus crisis.
Learning in lockdown: 1m Kiwi kids start screen lessons today - are parents ready?
A million Kiwi kids start learning online today in which could be a 'game-changer'.
Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern reveals $130m support package for tertiary students
The Government will spend more than $130 million on a student support package, which aims to assist financially embattled students dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Māori TV educational channel will run 10 weeks
Ten-week plan for Māori educational TV points to slow return to schools.
'Children will be going hungry': Support rolls out for city's vulnerable kids
Food parcels were being made by KidsCan for the city's most vulnerable families.
Childcare seen as 'greatest risk' for virus
Expert calls for restrictions on reopening daycares to avoid more Covid-19 outbreaks.
Restrict daycare for essential workers' kids first
COMMENT: Children are not immune, and can be carriers.
Schools may reopen for some pupils before others; hybrid version likely
Reopening schools and childcare may be a staggered process over months.
Some schools could re-open on April 29
What happens to schools when the alert level 4 lockdown ends?