New ZealandKey: Education policy rejection 'sadly predictable'The rejection of the Government's flagship education policy by primary school teachers and principals was "sadly predictable" in an election year, according to Prime Minister John Key.22 Aug 03:42 AM
SharesInnovation in the classroomDespite decades of academic research, there is little agreement about the precise definition of entrepreneurship.21 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandTeachers reject Govt's education policyPrimary school teachers and principals have voted overwhelmingly to reject the Government's flagship education policy.21 Aug 05:20 AM
New ZealandEducation: The battle for marks, minds and moneyHow to improve what goes on in our schools has become a key election-year argument.20 Aug 05:00 PM
LifestyleKiwi cooks brave the heatIt was school meets <i>Hell's Kitchen</i> as top culinary students from around the country battled it out in Auckland yesterday.18 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandGreens unveil plans for new top tax rateThe Greens say their policy of raising the top tax rate to generate close to $1b to tackle child poverty was not about penalising the rich but sharing the benefits.17 Aug 06:57 AM
New ZealandAmazing Grace graduatesTop model Grace Barcelos Owen graduated last week through AUT as a fully registered psychologist.16 Aug 05:00 PM
BusinessSchools can't crack the IT codeKiwi school kids interested in computer programming are being forced to teach themselves as the education system fails to keep pace.15 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandDestiny eyes taxpayer funds for schoolDestiny Church wants its private school to become part of the state system, which would earn it a large boost in taxpayer funding.14 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandWork experience for teachersHundreds of teachers will take a break from the classroom today to visit the type of workplaces that their students could end up in.14 Aug 05:00 PM
EmploymentClosing the talent gap - where are the skilled staff?From restaurants to rocket-builders — businesses of all sorts share a common problem: Finding enough skilled staff. Anthony Doesburg reports.14 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandScience forum targets young minds'You only live once - so do what you love." While hardly rocket science, the advice was just as important as anything else one of our most accomplished chemists.14 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandCensure for failure to report 'intense' student crushA teacher who failed to report the behaviour of a student who developed an intense crush on him has been censured, but will continue to be able to teach.13 Aug 06:54 AM
New ZealandPeter Calder: Away from trouble, on to thronePeter Calder writes: Waikowhai Primary School in Mt Roskill is one of 15 schools where the seven-week course called Kiwi Kids has been run over the past eight years.12 Aug 05:30 PM
New Zealand$350m to build 9 new Auckland schoolsAuckland will get nine new schools after the Govt announced a $350m funding boost in an effort to get ahead of the city's surging population.12 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandFoes unite to hammer Parata's school planAn education-themed political meeting threatened to boil over as teachers took aim at Education Minister Hekia Parata and unloaded their long list of complaints about their schools, funding and heavy workload.12 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandKey close to getting boot from debate'Do you want to leave now?' asked the host of last night's Helensville debate of Prime Minister John Key - who came closest to being kicked out.11 Aug 08:30 PM
New ZealandWebsite frowned on as students cash inNew Zealanders are uploading their lecture notes to a website that sells them on to other students and returns a share of the profit to the author.11 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandDingle youth project expands to tackle jobsMountaineer Graeme Dingle's youth charity is branching out from its original outdoors focus to try to connect school-leavers with employers and jobs.11 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandCaptain's mum on new panelHer own boy has done okay - but over a 35-year teaching career Margaret McCaw has helped in the development of hundreds of other children.10 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldSchool says bienvenidos to a growing changeFor the first time, US public schools are projected this northern autumn to have more minority students than non-Hispanic whites.10 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSchools to take back booted-out kidsSchools are being made to re-enrol students they had kicked out for bad behaviour including carrying weapons, physical assaults and drug use.10 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandBad spelin blamed on txt spkAlarming numbers of secondary students are "catastrophic spellers", a quarter getting nearly every word wrong in a test to gauge word skills, a new study has found.09 Aug 09:23 PM
OpinionVerity: Time to ask questionsThere are advantages in having a chest infection. For instance, I can get a husky 30s jazz singer drawl, without smoking my way to an early death before I can pay off my student debt.08 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandPupils get feel for trenchStudents at an Auckland high school had a first-hand look at life in the trenches this week.05 Aug 05:00 PM
Banking and financeKids solve bank's access problemA group of primary school children have solved a problem that our biggest bank couldn't solve - finding a way to let disabled people into its downtown Auckland branch.05 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSchool rebuild bill tops $50mA central Auckland school is to be transformed in a building project that could cost at least $50 million.05 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandTeacher banned after ex-student sexA high school teacher who had sex with her former student has been censured and banned from teaching by the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.05 Aug 06:13 AM
New ZealandStudent eye checks after shock testsA global charity will test children's eyes in low-income parts of New Zealand after an tests found 63 per cent of children at an Auckland primary school needed full examinations.04 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandAnyone can overcome bulliesI look in the mirror and wonder how I managed to survive the torture and humiliation I faced when I was a teenager, writes Jesse Greenslade.03 Aug 05:00 PM
