Nats stand by 1000 job loss estimate
The National Party says the Govt's plans to reform polytechnics will see 1000 fewer jobs
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The contrast between Jacinda Ardern's speech last year and this year was stark.
Nationals says Govt's plans 'will see polytechnics close'
National says it has been leaked Govt plans to reform the vocational education sector.
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Frank Greenall: Look to past to fix future
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Tamatea students all benefit from KidsCan
Tamatea Intermediate School says the KidsCan programme has allowed their kids to flourish.
Comment: Treaty settlements can help solve today's problems
Comment: Partnerships with iwi can help reduce Māori imprisonment.
Love and Learn branches out to embrace Whanganui East community
Centre for children grows to add an advocacy and support trust.
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More Kiwis are embarking on a teaching career again because of the teacher shortage.
Ardern: We should know our own history
Jacinda Ardern welcomes the conversation that has been started by history teachers.
Principal shocked by police P raid, arrests at her house
Waipu School principal explains to the community after P and stolen goods found at house
Political Roundup: Back to school poverty for our kids
Comment: Societal problems are preventing Kiwi children from getting a basic education.
Back to school costs: Families turn to foodbanks for kids' lunches
One in five children in low-decile schools heading back to school hungry.
How to teach your teenager about money
As Kiwi teenagers go back to the classroom, consider what they won't learn in school.
High demand for rentals as families in late dash to school zones
The demand has added to struggles to find rentals within school zones.
Education does not need to restrain the strong
COMMENT: School reformers are taking too much autonomy from schools doing well.
Fire-gutted intermediate school reopens
Half of the school's classes will be held on university campus until new prefabs are ready
Battle lines drawn over school reforms
More than 70 public meetings begin on proposed radical education reforms.
Young: The year of delivering sitting targets
COMMENT: Of all the reviews commissioned last year, one was particularly worthwhile.
New school opens with 10 teachers for 13 kids
New Flat Bush school expects 80 per cent Asian roll of 180 within three years.
Bisexual teen: Liking boys was 'a weight off my chest'
A teen tells Simon Collins about realising she was bisexual.
Learning from Tomorrow's School experiment
COMMENT: Tomorrows Schools taskforce will make schools better.
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It's not the New Zealand I want to live in, but it's the only New Zealand some people know
Hawkesby: Time to update our antiquated school system and values
COMMENT: Are we trapping the creative and entrepreneurial on conveyor belt of learning.
Editorial: Are the school holidays too long?
Comment: School holidays should consider the needs of working parents.
Kawerau: Only 38 per cent at school regularly
Regular school attendance improves slightly, but still shows yawning decile gaps.
Ex-principal wrote fake 'virus' letter after students said they found porn on phone
Teacher Tim Jenkinson said his phone had a virus. It didn't.
Overseas teachers cost taxpayers $10,000 apiece
Overseas teachers bring the world into low-decile schools, but are they ready for it?
Focus: Teachers from overseas now teaching in New Zealand schools
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Listen: Broadcaster Leighton Smith's first podcast
COMMENT: Join Leighton Smith for his inaugural podcast.
Schools start late to avoid the summer heat
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School costs overwhelm struggling families
Uniform and stationery costs can be overwhelming for families as school starts back.