'Torn us apart': Māori student teachers open up about 'whaea' and 'matua' row
Both teachers say they were given an ultimatum - be called Mr and Miss, or leave.
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Principals says it's nearly impossible to refuse an order to enrol problem kids.
Principals call for better home internet during lockdowns
Schools want the Government to keep up connection scheme for low income families.
'Level 3 lite': Attending school is 'parent's judgment'
"It is the parent's judgment as to whether or not their child needs to be at school."
Drugs and gangs: Problems revealed as more children put in emergency housing
'Motels are no places for children,' a local social support advocate says.
3 years on a yoga mat: Mum's fight to get son a classroom chair
Zayden had to lie on the classroom floor "like a baby at a daycare centre" till he was 10.
Editorial: Bringing disabled schoolchildren back into the fold
Editorial: Long road to recognition for our disabled kids who just want to go to school.
A mother's anguish: Schools demonise my children
OPINION: Gaining support 'depends on how well you can describe your child as a monster'.
Legal fight for disabled children heads to court
Human Rights Review Tribunal picks up legal claim filed in 2008.
Children barred from school bus by 1904 law
Parents are driving kids to school because of a 1904 law barring them from school buses.
School lunches feed pensioners in lockdown
"I didn't realise it was so good, and I'm grateful that the kids are getting this."
Lockdown family's Wi-Fi nightmare
'I got like really stressed about it because I love my teacher.'
Empty schools, kindies as lockdown starts
All but 11 of Auckland Kindergarten Association's 120 kindies are empty.
Schools swing into gear - no holiday this time
No holiday for kids as Zoom classes gear up again.
Mouldy food allegations at childcare centre
Health officials are investigating the Pitter Patter Education Centre in Feilding.
Dan Bidois: How to stop the school system failing our young
Opinion: Schools, parents, and the sector need better oversight of low-performers.
On-job teacher training scheme postponed
Kiwis return from overseas to train as teachers - even in maths and science.
ECE teacher: 'Just silence' from ministry over abuse fears
The teacher reported an ECE centre four years ago for inappropriately punishing toddlers.
Worried parents swamp tuition firms after NZ school maths achievement slumps
'Overseas this is the norm, and we're seeing it increasingly ... adopted by NZ families.'
Dropping NCEA level 1 media studies is a mistake
OPINION: Media literacy is becoming increasingly important for young people.
Experts urge overhaul of school system
The chair of the Tomorrow's Schools Review Taskforce says reform is needed.
'Generalist' teachers mean smartest science students go unnoticed
The researchers said there had been a focus on literacy and numeracy in primary schools.
NZ history curriculum slammed as 'unbalanced'
Draft curriculum proposes 'three big ideas' - all about Māori and colonisation.
Aotearoa NZ History: Step closer for all schools to learn in 2022
A draft curriculum content has begun today after years of NZ history neglect in schools
Maths results hit record low: Experts called in to help students
Principals say there's a void of leadership in maths education.
Maths failures: It doesn't add up
How can we turn around a 27-year decline in our knowledge of maths?
Back to school: Kiwis returning due to Covid ease teacher shortage
Teaching vacancies listed in January dropped by a third from January last year.
Back-to-school stress to be 'amplified' this year
The budget advisory service is busier this year as families prepare for back to school.
Ministry's process stifled childcare centre abuse complaints: teacher
The centre's licence was suspended for three weeks in November following the allegations.
Boys' schools ask parents to pay more in voluntary donations
'Boys get the priority', says McAuley High School principal Jan Waelen.
A mother's story: Diagnosing my daughter's dyslexia
A mother found out how challenging it can be for NZ schools to deal with dyslexia.
Reading revolution: The new way your kids will be taught to read
Schools are getting 2.4m copies of new phonics-based reading books - will they work?
War of words as experts clash over how to teach kids to read
Debate raging between experts on whether phonics is the way to teach reading or a "fad".
Linda Mitchell: Now is the time for a reset on early childhood education
Opinion: Broad latitude is given to early childhood education providers - why is that?