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Mouldy food allegations at childcare centre
Health officials are investigating the Pitter Patter Education Centre in Feilding.
Health officials are investigating the Pitter Patter Education Centre in Feilding.
Opinion: Schools, parents, and the sector need better oversight of low-performers.
Kiwis return from overseas to train as teachers - even in maths and science.
The teacher reported an ECE centre four years ago for inappropriately punishing toddlers.
'Overseas this is the norm, and we're seeing it increasingly ... adopted by NZ families.'
OPINION: Media literacy is becoming increasingly important for young people.
The chair of the Tomorrow's Schools Review Taskforce says reform is needed.
The researchers said there had been a focus on literacy and numeracy in primary schools.
Draft curriculum proposes 'three big ideas' - all about Māori and colonisation.
How can we turn around a 27-year decline in our knowledge of maths?
Teaching vacancies listed in January dropped by a third from January last year.
The budget advisory service is busier this year as families prepare for back to school.
The centre's licence was suspended for three weeks in November following the allegations.
'Boys get the priority', says McAuley High School principal Jan Waelen.
A mother found out how challenging it can be for NZ schools to deal with dyslexia.
Schools are getting 2.4m copies of new phonics-based reading books - will they work?
Debate raging between experts on whether phonics is the way to teach reading or a "fad".
Opinion: Broad latitude is given to early childhood education providers - why is that?
More than 300 new students are set to join Rotorua classrooms this year.
Hazmat-clad clean-up crews reveal what it takes to clear asbestos from Ponsonby homes.
The move is part of the recovery plan for international education.
Opinion: Learning to read can come naturally as a child is exposed to text in a fun way.
Teachers will need to respond to students' emotions when they learn about NZ history.
Big companies get most school lunch contracts as time pressure overrules local jobs.
The Ministry of Education suspended the child care centre's licence on November 23.
'Cancelling licenses not a decision made lightly' - Ministry of Education.
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven NZ's biggest-ever increase in home-schooling enrolments.
Parents say children were locked in rooms, smacked, and fed mouldy bread.
A draft application to become a special school has been submitted to the MoE.
Opinion: If education isn't about raising aspirations then what is it about?