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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
TechnologyLiving in the app of luxuryLearning the ukulele? Can’t remember what that song playing on the radio is? Trying to find the wine you liked at a party? There are apps for all that.02 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandNew hopes for NovopayThe move to place beleaguered payroll system Novopay under Government control will make it more transparent and accountable, school heads say.02 Aug 03:40 AM
OpinionEditorial: Government slow to act on NovopayWhy, Labour education spokesman Chris Hipkins asked, had it taken the Government so long to take action over the troubled Novopay school payroll service?31 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandMailbox zone scam is costly for schoolAdecile 10 Auckland school considered criminal charges after it uncovered a scam it says enabled out-of-zone families to fraudulently enrol children.30 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Attitudes to teaching out of touchKevin Fallon gets dismissed as a football coach at Mt Albert Grammar and it makes the national news.30 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandNovopay move slated as diversionAustralian company Talent2 has been dumped from its own ill-starred Novopay teachers' payroll system.30 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandStudents' photos sent to paedophileA relief teacher sent photos of primary school pupils to a man he knew was seeking medical help for his sexual attraction to children.30 Jul 07:23 AM
New ZealandSchools tackle zone cheatsStudents are being kicked out of some of Auckland's most sought-after schools after officials ruled they were not genuinely living within zone.29 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandSchool scammers drop bidA former principal and her husband who scammed $30,000 from a decile one school have abandoned their appeal after a judge told them they may be jailed.28 Jul 10:03 PM
New ZealandStar coach promises fightFormer All Whites coach Kevin Fallon says legal action is likely over his sacking from Mt Albert Grammar after 18 years, as his former players threaten a boycott.28 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionMatt Heath: Hard lessons learned from schoolyard fightsMy son turned 5 and started school last week. It was an emotional time for me. He is so small and his uniform so large, writes Matt Heath.27 Jul 05:00 PM
