Focus Morning Bulletin: 29 July, 2022
The warning about our road toll, bye-bye to Ashley Bloomfield and more schools forced to lockdown due to threats in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
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Hoax bomb threats: 18 schools across NZ called, police investigate origin
Police cyber teams are working with international agencies to find those behind the calls.
Police speaking to two young people after Blenheim school lockdown following second threat in 24 hours
Police revealed more threats were made to schools today.
Polytechnic system 'a national disgrace': Ex-CEO seeks apology from Chris Hipkins
Phil Ker says problems in the education system are not being addressed.
Chlöe Swarbrick: What's happened to tertiary education?
OPINION: Today's students are this country's future professionals.
Chris Hipkins: Nats' 'chronic underfunding' forced polytechnic shake-up
OPINION: National left the vocational education sector in a parlous state, says Hipkins.
Registration cost, Covid-19 risk prompting relief teachers to leave
Registration costs and Covid-19 are prompting relief teachers to look for other work.
Students return to school amid 'a mixture of Covid-19, the nasty flu, and disastrous weather'
Northland schools try to keep the doors open despite staff shortages and wet weather.
'Straight racist': Complaints as school bans dreadlocks, braids
School policies have to be consistent with human rights rules and Treaty obligations.
Principal says Govt should take clearer position on masks in schools
Auckland principal worries new Govt guidance on masking leaves schools in tricky position.
School attendance plummets below 50 per cent amid outbreak
For Māori and Pasifika regular term 1 attendance was fewer than a third of students.
Back to school: Relief teachers 'like unicorns'
Principals looking into an empty pool of spare teachers to cover those off sick.
'Massive human error' behind Whanganui Intermediate sending out private info
The school's principal said steps will be taken to ensure similar leaks never happen again
Chronic teacher sickness: Principal says school 'limped' to mid-year with huge Covid absences
"To have six or seven [relievers] in a day is not unusual."
'Unprecedented': Teacher sick days up 50 per cent on 2021, calls for more support
Principals say schools are experiencing high levels of sickness.
Expert warns of fetal-alcohol harm 'epidemic'
Paediatrician says alcohol should be targeted in fetal alcohol harm
Ministry 'recommends' schools enforce masks in Term 3
Schools can enforce mask wearing the way they enforce uniforms, advice says.
Inside NZ's last private boys' high school
Sending your son to board will cost you almost $50,000 a year.
Think tank reveals high failure rate in new literacy, numeracy trial
Two-thirds of the 554 teens who sat the writing test failed it.
University student death shocks campus, sparks internal review
Student found dead in room on first day of new semester.
Chlöe Swarbrick criticises Universities NZ after another student's hostel death
The student was found dead in her dorm room at Lincoln University on Monday.
Sentence reduced: Convicted teacher who sexually fantasised about pupils has sentence reduced
Former school teacher caught with child pornography will serve less time.
'Torture' or 'cancel culture'? School turns down fishing scholarship
Teacher says game fishing is torture - others say move is 'cancel culture gone mad'.
Fury after Māori children zoned out of hapū land
Māori children should have access to schools within the rohe of their iwi or hapū - report
Schools prepare to turn away out-of-zone students
Enrolment zone amendments will cause teacher overcrowding and job cuts, say schools.
Poverty, family background don't explain school exclusion rates for Māori
Teacher bias and low expectations are likely to blame, one expert says.
193 charges: Teacher accused of illegally touching, recording dozens of victims
The man was initially charged last year but now faces a flood of accusations.
Lack of classroom CO2 monitors may increase Covid-19 risk
Nearly 85 per cent of schools lack individual carbon dioxide monitors for classrooms.
Plea to retain teachers, despite huge absences
Mid-year roll counts show some schools are missing up to a third of their students.
Schools reluctant to share new numbers replacing decile system
Principals are wary of revealing the equity index numbers replacing decile numbers.
Security tool will help protect against 'quantum' hackers
Post-quantum cryptography helps to prevent attacks by 'quantum hackers'.
Ministry alerted: High school teacher accused of inappropriate behaviour
Allegations have been made about inappropriate behaviour by a Chch teacher
Dumping deciles: What's the Equity Index and how could it affect your school?
Schools got their Equity Index numbers last week but how does it actually affect them?
Mother's anguish over predatory teacher laid bare in letter to PM
The mother expressed concerns about the school's investigation.