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COMMENT: A shorter school holidays in summer could suit everyone.
National MP calls for shorter summer school holiday
National MP seeks shorter school holiday for the good of parents and pupils.
Editorial: Hubs should not hold all the cards in school plan
EDITORIAL: Not all state schools need be under the thumb of education "hubs".
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School divide may force compromise on radical shakeup
Almost half of schools oppose plans to shift control of schools to regional 'hubs'.
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Schools are roughly evenly divided over proposals for a radical shakeup.
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Learning local: Papakura kids design their own playground
Papakura Intermediate students are designing their own "astronomical playground".
Fire-gutted school may reopen on university campus
Fire-gutted school may reopen on the next-door University of Auckland campus.
Fire-gutted intermediate school mulls its future
Almost 700 students in limbo as fire-gutted Auckland school faces unclear future.
Learning about battle that nearly wiped out tribe
Learning their own history has helped Kaipara students to know who they are.
Learning local: Students find links to climate change in Whitianga estuary
No one knew the answers when Whitianga students started investigating their local estuary.
Niko Brown, 5, ready to start school thanks to sponsor
Solo dad Daniel Brown is thankful his sons will be ready when school starts next month.
No uniform, stationery, bag or even shoes: kids too poor for school
Poverty means 200 Kiwi kids desperately need help to start school with the right gear.
Learning local: Stink bug threat turns kids on to science
Told to welcome "a real scientist", a child protested: "But we are all scientists!"
Axe looms over six-monthly school reports
National Standards have gone, and six-monthly reports on students may soon be axed.
New Rotorua Girls' High principal starts
Sarah Davis has been named the new principal of the school.
Teachers barred for almost 600 matters in five years
Teachers' registrations were cancelled or suspended for 128 sexual matters.
Screentime for kids: Warning over 'alarming' toll on young Kiwi pre-schoolers
Mum tells of her sons' scary "addiction" to screens" in response to study.
Kiwi education company goes under owing $350K fine
Auckland Academy of Learning is in liquidation.
Comment: Radical education shake-up comes with risks
The Tomorrow's Schools regime has been in place for 30 years with very mixed results.
John Tamihere: Everyone has the right to dream
We have a model that can achieve meaningful change. Let's use it, argues John Tamihere
Future bright after years of grinding brings results
A $30,000 scholarship and excellence endorsement have spelled a good start to 2019.
NCEA results now live as NZQA bolsters staff numbers
The nail biting and head scratching can stop - Results for 2018 NCEA results are out.
SIT plans takeover of Telford
SIT will submit proposal to take over Telford agricultural training campus in Balclutha.
Nervous wait for 165,000 students with NCEA results out today
More than 165,000 students nationwide will be able to check their results today.
Northland polytech offers helping hand
NorthTec eager to help Taratahi students facing bleak future
Alwyn Poole: Be best teaching aide your child ever has
COMMENT: Don't leave life opportunities of your young ones up to schools or bureaucracy.
Time to speak up on ideas from school taskforce
COMMENT: So often it has been our ministry imposing fads on our schools.
Keep gender identity issues out of the classroom, says poll
People are evenly divided on gender identity/biological sex in child sports teams.
Student chaos: Schools use force on pupils '13 times a day'
About 0.2 per cent of children with extreme behaviours are "creating chaos" in schools.