Mind the gap: The growing social divide at schools
The lockdown has widened educational gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged kids.
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Schools may get compensation for foreign students lost due to Covid-19.
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Schools are officially open again - but many are not expecting any students.
Childcare in Level 3: Sandpits closed, parents told to stay in cars
Sandpits stay closed; parents advised to wait in cars at dropoff if necessary.
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Editorial: Back-to-school nerves understandable
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Level 3 backdown: Kids can use playgrounds
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Preschool centres like a 'petri dish of sickness' says mum
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Ministry says closing schools and childcare reduces deaths by only 2 to 4 per cent.
Hipkins: Govt 'won't be heavy-handed' if childcares stay shut
Hipkins: 'We are not being too heavy-handed on this.'
Focus Live: Five new cases, Auckland woman dies of coronavirus
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'Take a breath New Zealand': it's time to support parents and teachers
An Auckland mum is on a mission to spread calm after return to school furore online.
'Deeply disturbing': ECE services feel ignored by Government
The Early Childhood Council had called for centres to remain closed until alert level 2.
Lockdown stand-off: Kids not as contagious says Bloomfield; childcare centres refuse to reopen
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PM on why she's left it for parents to decide when their kids will go back to school
PM confirms parents will decide if children go back to school.
Coronavirus: Schools should decide when to reopen - Teaching Council
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Childcare centres want to stay closed at alert level 3
Childcare centres want to stay closed at level 3 because of the risk of spreading virus.
Principal: Alert level 3 is going to create a social class divide at NZ schools
Some families forced to "put their lives on the line", while others stay safe.