Principals have serious concerns about how 'voluntary' schooling will work.

Napier language school shuts, but no widespread closures in NZ yet.

Most schools seem to be well prepared with home learning plans.

Breaches by home-based services jumped from 15 in 2018 to at least 52 in 2019.

Half of NZ adults don't know basic facts in science, maths, history and geography.

Principals have voted to stop co-operation with the ministry from July 8 to August 16.

Unusual three-month delay in pay rises angers non-union teachers.

Minister will meet Hastings iwi tomorrow over child uplift case.

School group launches campaign to "say no to hubs" controlling schools.

High Court and Waitangi Tribunal may consider industry training shakeup.

Friday's attack has left hijab-wearing Muslim women scared to leave home.

Chinese student numbers in NZ schools are down 20 to 30 per cent this year.

Radical industry training plan goes way beyond anything discussed in consultations.

How the big shakeup affects students, apprentices, employers and staff.

Sixteen polytechnics will be merged into one entity that will take over industry training,

School boards could be stripped of power in new proposal.

At least half of parents of students at William Colenso College don't have licences.

"Time to teach, time to lead" - workload claims are now dominating teachers' demands.

Teachers say $700m pay offer came too late to rearrange strike meetings.

Applications close next week - the same week primary teachers are due to go on strike.

NZEI survey finds many people are earning below the minimum wage of $16.50 an hour.

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Ministry offers more to experienced teachers, less to beginners.

More Pākehā are leaving school early to chase jobs, narrowing the qualifications gap.

A third of schools say there are no suitable applicants for jobs they are trying to fill.

UE pass rates have dropped, but those who get through are doing better at university.

Newly trained teacher loses registration after physical and psychological abuse of kids.

Jump in second-half domestic enrolments relieves financially strapped polytechnics.

All except three charter schools now look set to become state or integrated schools.

Deal with BestStart's 280 centres marks Lance O'Sullivan's jump to a nationwide service.

Schools told their contracts will finish at the end of the year.

App will let students track their progress through school - then get an apprenticeship.

Manurewa family looks for Budget help for children and their education.

Ten voices from the Education Summit on how to improve our education system.

Expect higher funding for qualified preschool teachers, careers advisers, driving lessons.

An extra 1750 preschoolers will get specialist help in the coming year.

More than two-thirds of schools say they don't get enough support for all children.

Maori success rate rises impressively but still lags behind other groups.

Teacher admitted sexual relationship after texts between her and 16-year-old boy exposed.

Terms of reference for review of Tomorrow's Schools focus on responding to child's needs.

Only two polytechnics report significantly more students this year despite free fees.

Parents say charter schools picked up children excluded from other schools.

Draft guidelines issued after army let primary school kids handle guns last year.

Education summits in May will kick off wide-ranging reforms.

Fewer NZ children from poorer backgrounds are "beating the odds" to succeed at school.

About 143,000 students will be able to access their NCEA results online tomorrow.

Fees-free policy will help 30,000 at varsity and 50,000 in polytechs or industry training.

Open letter expressing concerns about the Level 1 maths exam signed by 118 teachers.

Reg Korau failed to disclose driving convictions and drove school van for personal use.

National Standards will go and NCEA is also up for review by the new Labour-led Government

Principals say school support staff hours may have to be cut if their wages are lifted.

A new study says international students are an "untapped opportunity" for NZ regions.

The Greens and some Labour MPs are calling for a national goal of making Māori language compulsory for all children in state schools.

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

A Hastings primary school is bringing in self-defence tutors for its older girls because the girls are afraid of being sexually abused by older men.

Almost two-thirds of Aucklanders who don't own their own homes plan to buy their first homes outside the city.

Gay Anglicans are reacting with a mix of fury and resignation after the Anglican Synod today failed to approve the blessing of gay marriages.

Liberal Anglican priest Dr Helen Jacobi says she is ashamed of her Church after it postponed "blessings" for gay marriages for at least two years.

The Anglican Church is in yet another last-ditch effort to avoid a split over blessing gay marriages.

Forest owners could have been liable for fines of up to $3 million if worker Blair Palmer had been killed by a falling tree today rather than last week.

Hastings rest home Gracelands and Auckland's boutique Lynton Lodge Hospital have won the first independent awards for North Island rest homes based on residents' and relatives' reviews.