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Police investigating 'stranger danger' complaint

Police are investigating a complaint against a member of the public who gave a child a ride home in a van.

Editorial: Te reo Maori deserves to be celebrated

Te reo Maori it is primarily an oral language and has survived long enough now to suggest it will not be lost. But imagine how much better it would be if it was celebrated.

Herald on Sunday editorial: Schools rising to the digital challenge

Children today can be familiar with computers by the time they learn to walk. They quickly understand how to manipulate images on a touch-screen and play video games.

Primary schools get media savvy

Primary school principals are being urged to pay for one-stop media training to prepare for crisis situations.

200 more classrooms for Auckland schools

The Government is promising 239 new classrooms for Auckland schools over the next 18 months as many reach capacity.

Troubled charter school to stay open

The decision to keep a failing charter school open was based on data that showed the children had virtually nowhere else to go.

Pasifika, Maori, boys lagging behind

Inequality reigns across primary school children's reported ability to learn to read, write and do maths, national data shows.

Charter school closure decision due

Minister of Education Hekia Parata will address media in Auckland and end months of uncertainty for the school and its students.

Warnings about 'takeaways' school ignored

Students miss out on trades

High school principals will cut the number of pupils attending popular trades academies in a bid to protect the jobs of teachers and senior management.

Game show winner buys whole school shoes

An Australian teacher who won $20,000 on a TV game show will buy new shoes for the students at her school.

Sickening fumes permeate uni centre

Exclusive: Massey health and safety investigation at Albany campus reveals chemical incident just days earlier, reports Anna Leask.

Josh Williams & Derek McCormack: The higher education debate

Do we need more university degrees? Josh Williams says 'no', while Derek McCormack says universities are producing more than degrees.

Censure of teacher criticised

A principal has criticised the Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal for not being tougher on a teacher who managed a business and bought a house during class time.

Peter Lyons: NCEA's lack of competitiveness turn off for boys

Boys are often fun to teach. I always swore I would never teach at a boys' school given my own experiences at school in the 1970s. It was violent, brutish and dull.

Chinese students will keep coming

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

Teacher's classroom business dealings

When he was supposed to be teaching a class, an Auckland primary school teacher instead managed his family's cleaning business and bought a house.

'We're dealing with extreme behaviour'

Designated staff members should be specially trained to restrain violent and unruly pupils, a leading secondary school principal says.