Editorial: Decile scheme scrapped, time to meet the new kid
EDITORIAL: Politicians of every hue agreed the decile system was less than optimum.
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Deciles axed: schools to be winners, losers
Axing deciles will give more money to some schools and less to others.
School deciles scrapped from 2021-22
"Equity index" will replace school deciles.
Teacher who drank with student censured
The female teacher arranged drinks with the student while 'heavily intoxicated'.
Local Focus: Welcoming immigrants of all ages
Being welcome is the start of successful immigration. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
So long Mr McGlashan: Napier teacher hangs up PE shoes
The longest serving head of a PE department at a high school in NZ calls it a day.
Anti-violence campaigner: 'young people want to know about good sex'
Anti-violence campaigner Richie Hardcore on the sex messages young people need to hear.
Tauranga's Waikato University campus wins three property awards
The university CBD campus won a supreme award
Local Focus: Young Māori student translates for thousands of Chinese tourists
"They're in shock when they hear me speaking Chinese". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Staff squeeze: Fewer teachers given to Auckland's schools
53 per cent of schools have been given fewer teachers in 2020 than they have now.
Photos: Student businesses shine at Springbank
More than 70 student businesses took part in Sunday's market day.
Gus Gilmore: Where the fees-free policy is making a big difference
Comment: Support for students and trainees is working, if you know where to look.
School near Dannevirke closed after water and power cut
A primary school near Dannevirke has closed for the day after water and power cut.
Young scientists impress at Far North fair
Girls make a clean sweep of the top prizes; home school students also excel.
Teen girl punched, stomped in vicious attack; classmates watch
Footage of a violent assault on a schoolgirl by a classmate has emerged online.
Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman sent to prison
The former Desperate Housewives actress is going to jail for two weeks.
Call for New Zealand Wars remembrance day
COMMENT: It is not a pretty or honourable history, but we should honour it and the dead.
Top NZ writer to quit novels but he pleads for families to carry on reading
NZ author reveals the link between reading and how the USA plans future prisons.
Teaching our history: Call for public debate
Historians are welcoming calls for a public debate on what the curriculum will be.
New quiz: 10 more questions to test yourself on NZ history
NZ history is about to be compulsory in all schools. Can you pass our test?
NZ history will be compulsory in all schools. Here's 10 questions to test yourself
Just how much do you know about our nation's history?
Auckland schools struggling to find teachers in 'dire' shortage
Principals have had to ask PE teachers to start teaching maths to fill gaps.
New Zealand history will be compulsory in all schools by 2022
Within the next three years, NZ history will be taught in all schools and kura
How much are parents paying for schools?
NZ tops OECD for school spending, although parents partly pay for it.
Caldelari-Hume & Govender: Project-based learning should be NCEA accredited
Comment: Project-based learning pushes innovation and connections outside the classroom.
'Country hick' mum got principal censured
Dyslexic boy's mum says principal regarded her as "a country hick".
Principal censured for suspending boy who touched girls
Onewhero Area School head told boy to stay home after touching three girls.
Onekawa School kids were trained in how to prevent dog attacks. It paid off big time two weeks later
Morgan, 10, and Harrison, 6, were walking to school, when the dog started following them.
Shane Reti: Polytech reforms - big issues to address
COMMENT: Removal of employment protections for staff made redundant a big surprise.
'Blood everywhere': Parents upset over home daycare knife horror
Toddler trips with steak knife and slices fingers. Parents angered over response.
One third of fees-free students flunked, withdrew from course
Fees-free students: Whiter, younger - and one in three fails or withdraws from a course.
Paul Little: Vaccinating kids against stupidity
COMMENT: Literacy and numeracy standards are complex subjects.
Teacher makes human rights complaint over pay-deal 'discrimination'
Hastings teacher Justin Lindsay says non-union teachers are ignorant of their pay rights.
Teacher censured after hitting student around head for eating in class
The child was sent out of the classroom and left swearing.