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Principals have had to ask PE teachers to start teaching maths to fill gaps.
New Zealand history will be compulsory in all schools by 2022
Within the next three years, NZ history will be taught in all schools and kura
How much are parents paying for schools?
NZ tops OECD for school spending, although parents partly pay for it.
Caldelari-Hume & Govender: Project-based learning should be NCEA accredited
Comment: Project-based learning pushes innovation and connections outside the classroom.
'Country hick' mum got principal censured
Dyslexic boy's mum says principal regarded her as "a country hick".
Principal censured for suspending boy who touched girls
Onewhero Area School head told boy to stay home after touching three girls.
Onekawa School kids were trained in how to prevent dog attacks. It paid off big time two weeks later
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Shane Reti: Polytech reforms - big issues to address
COMMENT: Removal of employment protections for staff made redundant a big surprise.
'Blood everywhere': Parents upset over home daycare knife horror
Toddler trips with steak knife and slices fingers. Parents angered over response.
One third of fees-free students flunked, withdrew from course
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Paul Little: Vaccinating kids against stupidity
COMMENT: Literacy and numeracy standards are complex subjects.
Teacher makes human rights complaint over pay-deal 'discrimination'
Hastings teacher Justin Lindsay says non-union teachers are ignorant of their pay rights.
Teacher censured after hitting student around head for eating in class
The child was sent out of the classroom and left swearing.
'They cherry-pick': Autistic kid denied a place at top school
Four complaints have been made to the Office of the Ombudsman about Sacred Heart College.
Best-selling children's book series to be translated into te reo
One of the world's biggest selling children's books to be published in te reo Māori.
New $16m school to cater for 600 pupils
Education Minister Chris Hipkins made the announcement in Tauranga on Tuesday.
Hosking: Kids want to win, pushing participation breeds mediocrity
COMMENT: Wanting to win is a life lesson, demanding more of yourself builds character.
Hawkesby: 10 is too young to make kids sit school exams
COMMENT: Throwing more tests at younger children can't be the answer.
School at war: Parents' vote of no-confidence in principal, mediator called in
Parents lose confidence in principal; teachers lose confidence in commissioner.
Teuila Fuatai: Let's teach our young to put history in context
COMMENT: Iwi leader believes country's future lies with everyone being tangata whenua.
Top Auckland school calls in drug sniffer dogs
Almost 100 schools are now calling in dogs - are they going overboard?
Students start returning to measles schools
Measles case at school ball has not been confirmed yet.
Measles outbreak numbers rise to 804 in Auckland
A vaccine programme will start at the worst-hit school tomorrow.
Measles scare at ball hits 20 schools
Unvaccinated students told to stay home for a week after measles case at school ball.
Calls for Govt to target schoolyard over suicide and bullying
Father and scientist Ray Avery says New Zealand's bullying culture is "killing our kids".
Kerre McIvor: Free school lunch great idea, now how to deliver
COMMENT: There have been discussions around food in schools programmes for years.
Students show compassion on Daffodil Day
School's value of compassion on show for Daffodil Day.
Measles outbreak: number of cases tops 900
More than 900 cases now confirmed as the measles outbreak continues
Top school slammed: Mum logs 90 incidents of bullying
A top Auckland school has been slammed by the Chief Ombudsman after bully claims.
Measles outbreak: School nurses being trained to give vaccinations
School nurses in South Auckland are being trained to give vaccinations to students.
School census: Who is more left-handed?
Seven per cent of Chinese, but 10 to 12 per cent of all other groups, are left-handed.
PM: 'You simply can't learn distracted by an empty stomach'
'You simply can't learn distracted by an empty stomach' – says PM Jacinda Ardern.
10 students with measles: High school cancels event due to outbreak
Health authority has been notified of 10 cases of measles at the school.