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Children are being deprived of water safety skills as schools struggle to fund pools.
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Teachers hope to avert more strikes
Teacher unions are believed to be making progress in pay talks.
Love and Learn branches out to embrace Whanganui East community
Centre for children grows to add an advocacy and support trust.
Principal shocked by police P raid, arrests at her house
Waipu School principal explains to the community after P and stolen goods found at house
Education does not need to restrain the strong
COMMENT: School reformers are taking too much autonomy from schools doing well.
Fire-gutted intermediate school reopens
Half of the school's classes will be held on university campus until new prefabs are ready
Battle lines drawn over school reforms
More than 70 public meetings begin on proposed radical education reforms.
New school opens with 10 teachers for 13 kids
New Flat Bush school expects 80 per cent Asian roll of 180 within three years.
Young: The year of delivering sitting targets
COMMENT: Of all the reviews commissioned last year, one was particularly worthwhile.
Kawerau: Only 38 per cent at school regularly
Regular school attendance improves slightly, but still shows yawning decile gaps.
Overseas teachers cost taxpayers $10,000 apiece
Overseas teachers bring the world into low-decile schools, but are they ready for it?
Schools start late to avoid the summer heat
New Zealand's hot late January weather is driving some schools to delay start dates.
One in six Auckland schools reopening with vacancies
One in six Auckland schools are looking for teachers, down from one in five last year.
School divide may force compromise on radical shakeup
Almost half of schools oppose plans to shift control of schools to regional 'hubs'.
Battle looms to end 'winner and loser' schools
Schools are roughly evenly divided over proposals for a radical shakeup.
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.
Axe looms over six-monthly school reports
National Standards have gone, and six-monthly reports on students may soon be axed.
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.
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.
The gap between the rich and poor at university in New Zealand
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A chance to finally 'own' language policy
Interest groups applaud chance to advance language learning from start of schooling.
New languages could be offered to all kids
Nikki Kaye's bill will set off a debate on which languages should be taught.
Overseas trips costing schools tens of thousands
Blockhouse Bay Intermediate's spending catches Auditor-General's attention again.
Biggest education shake-up in 30 years proposed
School boards could be stripped of power in new proposal.
Hipkins concedes: no consensus yet on big NCEA changes
Minister sees consensus to reduce assessment and teach more "life skills".
Commissioner steps in at Henderson Valley School
Board asked to be dissolved because of a "breakdown in relationships between trustees".
Teachers and principals reject latest pay offer
It is the third government offer they have rejected.
Science test: 80% aren't ready for high school
Report finds progress between Years 4 and 8 is too slow in all subjects.
Education Ministry warns: NCEA credibility at risk
Students two to three times more likely to get "excellence" with internal assessment.
NCEA debate: Are external exams a 'colonial system'?
In-depth analysis reveals major changes in 10 years of NCEA data.
Education Ministry slammed for video on pay dispute
Ministry campaigns for "yes" vote in teachers' ballot on latest pay offer.
Principals push for fast-track, on-the-job teacher training
Principals want more fast-track trained teachers in their classes.