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Auckland Grammar backs closing schools now
Auckland Grammar backs school closures, but other principals say wait.
More than a quarter of NZ students stayed home today, principals estimate
School principals are calling for composure and coherence amid Covid-19.
Four Auckland schools linked to Covid-19, three shut
Principals inform parents after confirmed or probable cases linked to staff and students.
Ministry of Education reveals tipping point that will close schools
Officials have created criteria for closing schools and could bring forward the holidays.
Auckland school to close after pupil tested for Covid-19
School principal Gary Sweeney said parents would be notified today about the closure.
Coronavirus: Family says China safer than NZ for their kids
Worried parents are starting to withdraw children from daycare.
Coronavirus: University limits face-to-face teaching
Massey Uni students told to prepare to study from home for an "extended period".
The coronavirus plan to provide internet, devices to 70,000 kids
Government buying devices, installing home internet, to prepare for school closures.
Auckland parent with coronavirus; school closed for teacher-only day
A parent at Ponsonby Primary School has tested positive for coronavirus.
Coronavirus: School remains open as child tested for Covid-19
Latest suspected case of Covid-19 a child being tested in Hamilton.
Eight new coronavirus cases: PM says don't panic, be prepared
The new cases are in Christchurch, Waikato, Invercargill and Auckland.
Coronavirus: Thai students at Kerikeri High told to stay home
Kerikeri High says there's no cause for concern for its staff or other students.
Coronavirus: Uni exchange students told to come home
Student exchanges suspended as pandemic spreads.
Coronavirus: School likely to close if student's test is positive
School might be closed for 48 hours if student's test is positive.
Coronavirus: School closes to plan for Covid-19
Schools are cancelling camps and assemblies and planning for teaching online.
Coronavirus: School sports events cancelled
Coronavirus throws school winter sports in doubt.
Coronavirus: What are Kiwis searching on Google?
What are Kiwis searching amidst the coronavirus pandemic?
Coronavirus: Ministry survey hints at school closures
Ministry seeks answers in two days on coping with possible school closures.
Coronavirus: Schools brace for possible closures
School principals seek urgent talks with Ministry of Education over contingency plans.
Best practice educators sought
The Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards 2020 are open.
Are we doing enough to prepare kids for the water?
A grieving mother has issued a plea for swimming lessons to be mandatory for all children.
Focus Live: Westlake Headmaster responds to coronavirus concerns
Focus Live: Westlake Boys High School headmaster responds to coronavirus concerns after infected woman’s son attends school.
'White middle-class' fight over housing near school
Kiwibuild developer lashes out at 'little white middle-class community'.
Coronavirus classroom fears: Agency wants halt on foreign teachers
Will fear of travelling trump NZ as safe haven for overseas teachers?
Out of the classroom and into the forest - what a way to learn!
This is not new-age hippy education.
'Changes extremely dramatic': Teachers reject NCEA proposal
The proposal would see biology, chemistry and physics dropped at level 1.
Childcare 'hit squad' finds widespread breaches
Breaches by home-based services jumped from 15 in 2018 to at least 52 in 2019.
Local Focus: Rotorua Principals react to shocking attendance statistics
Statistics show a disturbing drop in attendance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Do crims eat better than kids? MasterChef star's verdict on free school lunches
Simon Gault isn't so taken with giving kids chips for lunch.
Govt drops NCEA plans for primary and intermediate children
Principals opposed suggestions that Years 7 and 8 could sit the new NCEA tests.
School rolls jump, 'no more broom cupboards'
Schools want more support for overseas teachers hired to fill gaps in NZ classrooms.
Proposed school zone shuts out families next door
Hobsonville Point is growing fast and the local primary school bursting at the seams.
Coronavirus panic, hysteria: Auckland school bars Filipino kids
School bars four Filipino children who have never been to China.