Free fees: Student numbers jump in Waikato, Napier and Nelson but flat overall
Only two polytechnics report significantly more students this year despite free fees.
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Inside the curious world of a New Zealand charter school
Parents say charter schools picked up children excluded from other schools.
Charter schools at odds over plans to abolish them
Whangarei trust denies ministers are giving it "preferential treatment".
Army banned from letting school kids handle guns
Draft guidelines issued after army let primary school kids handle guns last year.
NCEA debate: How can physics and tramping be valued equally?
The NZ Initiative argues that we have "placed a deceit at the heart" of NCEA.
Four out of five polytechnics face losses by 2022
Polytech and vocational training leaders meet in Manukau tomorrow to map a survival plan.
$33m bailout for Tai Poutini Polytechnic
The West Coast polytechnic needs substantial change says Education Minister Chris Hipkins.
Teacher shortage a 'ticking time bomb'
The number of people training to be teachers dropped 40 per cent in six years.
Girl says she was bullied at school; school says her mother intimidated another child
"I was being treated like a downgrade of a person" - Amber Knight, aged 12.
Decade long wait for a new science block
Some in the education sector say Ministry pressuring schools to build "flexible" spaces.
Hipkins will not stop school competition
Review of Tomorrow's Schools should not try to stop competition - it benefits the pupils.
NZ's top teacher encourages kids to argue
No one shrugs their shoulders or says "I dunno" in Katie Pennicott's class.
Partnership schools' national board to stand down
Board does not want to contribute to dismantling initiative "which is achieving so much".
Wide-ranging reforms for schools announced
Education summits in May will kick off wide-ranging reforms.
Schools tapping parents for big sums
Seventy per cent of schools will scrap donations if Labour pays $150 per student instead.
School feeds body and soul for $4 a day
Educationalist David Hood says Tai Wānanga shows what all schools need to do.
'Hand-to-mouth' Grammar needs donations
Four-fifths of schools now ask parents for "donations" ranging from $7 to $1225 a year.
Collegiate no longer in debt, says board
Wanganui Collegiate BOT claims the school is financially sound and no longer in debt.
Information sought post charter schools decision
Amendment bill aims to bring charter schools back in to the state system.
Whangarei charter school hopeful for future
Whangarei's Te Kapehu Whetu school is not fazed by Govt intention to end charter schools.
We need a liberal education in co-ed schools
History and civics should be taught in schools and senior levels should not be single sex.
Teachers happy National Standards gone
A new year with no national standards is welcomed by teachers' union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
New Zealand school moving to ban Facebook
An Auckland school has put in place a social media-free policy - even after school hours.
From hope to confidence: Papakura High School
"When I first arrived at the school, everyone was so down, it was really dark."
'Racism exists, we feel little and bad': School students speak out
Students say some teachers tell them to give up without checking on their actual progress.
Overseas teachers jump at $5000 grant
Applications have opened for relocation grants for overseas and expatriate Kiwi teachers.
Thames commute fills Auckland teacher gap
Auckland schools are hiring teachers from smaller towns and overseas to meet demand.
It's a crisis: School's in, but where are the teachers?
A huge overseas recruitment drive will help in schools this year but many still have gaps.
Innovator Nanogirl joins NCEA review panel
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has kicked off work to review NCEA.
Rotorua teacher shortage at 'crisis point'
A school has been forced to pull two people out of retirement to fill teaching positions.
Students switch to health, engineering
Students switching from BA and BCom degrees to more job-rich fields such as IT.
Stage Challenge grant unclaimed by organisers
The Stage Challenge Foundation says lack of funding is behind the event being axed.
Free 20-hours pre-school is a broken promise
The 20 hours "free" pre-school education is far from free.