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Official docs reveal Govt warned NZ school cellphone ban ‘may not be warranted’
The Ministry of Education looked at policies from Europe, Australia, the USA and Asia.
'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector
Workers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.
Watch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announced
The NZ First leader's comments overshadowed a Government policy announcement on education.
'It's destroyed me': School's struggle with asbestos removal
The Ministry of Education is considering giving schools more help with asbestos problems.
Editorial: Common sense finally prevails with phones being banned in NZ classrooms
OPINION: Measures which came into force yesterday are long overdue.
Erica Stanford outlines her top six priorities in education
Education Minister Erica Stanford outlines her top six priorities in education. Video / NZ Herald
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.
Roles supporting disabled school kids among those proposed for axe
Documents suggest the loss of nearly 600 roles at the Ministry of Education.
Govt promises to reinvest public sector cost savings in ‘critical front-line services'
It comes as a number of agencies are cutting jobs in their search for savings.
Steven Joyce: Kids need to know they have the power to succeed
OPINION: Our bureaucratic, top-down education system is visibly failing us.
Rural school bus cuts: Residents fear the end of Te Pohue School
Residents of Te Pōhue want more time to present alternatives to the Ministry of Education.
Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted
OPINION: With the dire need to cut costs, agencies should have to justify why they exist.
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
Fears students will miss out as enrolment scheme 'imposed' on all-girls school
Northland's only all-girls school is to be zoned - what does that mean?
Class warfare: Education Ministry cuts 'strike at heart', Govt promises to reinvest
More than 1000 roles are set to be axed from the two agencies alone.
'Savage cuts': Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki look to slash 1000 jobs
The PSA has called it a 'brutal day' for the public sector.
What is ZYN? The new nicotine craze making its way into NZ schools
The pouch brand has grown into the mainstream through social media.
David Seymour pares back red tape for early childhood education
The minister says the two changes are a 'down payment' on a fuller review.
Gloriavale school warned Ministry of Education compliance plan not viable
The plan was simply a list of actions, without timeframes or concrete details.
Govt expects 'significant interest' in charter schools in Northland
The first are expected to be up and running by next year.
Education Ministry workers experiencing 'crippling anxiety' over job cuts
Education and Oranga Tamariki staff wait to learn next week if they have lost their jobs.
Public Purse: Planned cuts to public service won't even wind back last six months of expansion
OPINION: Eight new agencies across the public service helped fuel record staffing levels.
'Fraught with problems': Secondary school sector backs delays to NCEA reforms
Taking time good news for students currently studying towards NCEA, top principal says.
Opinion: Schools need to get back to basics too
Schools need to be fully open every day of the school year, writes Alwyn Poole.
Secondary school teachers put on fast track to residency to address shortages
The change would come into force from May.
Editorial: Unruly classrooms mean our kids who want to learn are missing out
EDITORIAL: New report finds Kiwi kids some of the worst-behaved in the world.
Lockdowns partly to blame for students' behaviour - principal
Teachers believed disruptive behaviour had got worse in the past two years.
Watch: $90k invention helps boy walk again, eight years after choking tragedy
How the community has helped make his parents' dream come true.
Act's Brooke van Velden defends tweet about public service staff cuts
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.
Couple say school's 5.5m 'tower of terror' destroys home's privacy, value
Adults and children alike can be spotted staring into the couple's windows at all hours.
Can private businesses build better schools?
Investors could be used to build more public schools. It's been controversial overseas.
Pedestrian killed in Papatoetoe hit-and-run was 14-year-old boy
Alcohol and speeding were believed to be factors in the collision, principal says.