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Is a university degree worth it?
Many students are told to get a uni degree, and they'll get a good job. But is that true?
Many students are told to get a uni degree, and they'll get a good job. But is that true?
Computing becomes part of the core curriculum.
From one of the worst to one of the best: Manurewa Intermediate wins supreme award.
Pay equity for teacher aides and preschool teachers set to cost around $100m a year each.
Napier school lines up for education excellence award at Auckland ceremony.
Parents complain after Year 8 students are asked to write suicide notes in English class.
Charter schools are not favoured now that the Education Ministry has changed grant system.
Five young Maori have won $20,000 scholarships to help their talents reach a global stage.
"They are learning to be confident; they are learning how to think in an ecological way."
Westland High School's students have declared a lack of confidence in senior leaders.
COMMENT: Today's "well prepared" is yesterday's "cheating".
Turkey will stop teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in high schools.
Drink distributors have agreed to sell only water in NZ primary and intermediate schools.
The NZQA has agreed to an independent review of the NCEA "exemplars" process.
A long-serving principal has been struck off the register for forging her own appraisal.
Teachers say memorising past year's "exemplar" NCEA exams is widespread and not penalised.
An 8-year-old Kiwi girl was made to write an apology after trying to summon up a ghost.
Government's shake-up of post-quake Canterbury schools mishandled, Chief Ombudsman finds
Education Council suggests widening training to increase flexibility in schools.
COMMENT: Texting has not destroyed spelling, argues Tom Nicholson.
Truancy rates are up across the country, latest Ministry of Education report shows.
Houghton Valley School in Wellington has welcomed plans for a $500,000 new classroom.
COMMENT: Getting into the University of Otago medical school is not the same for everyone.
The change could smooth the transition for students between ECE, primary and secondary.
A move to pat down school ball goers is being labelled "over the top" and "unwarranted".
Mt Roskill Grammar School is encouraging pupils to be open about discussing the issues of when yes means yes and no means no
Army personnel visiting a school at Whakarongo might have got some politicians worked up.
Ministry of Education says it will do more to keep at-risk teens in mainstream schools.
Hone Mihaka opens up about suicide in light of NZ's low ranking for child wellbeing.
Most childcare centres that feed their children are not meeting nutrition guidelines.