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Students expelled after several violent incidents
Matamata College has expelled students involved in violent fights at school.

Polytech rolls flat despite free fees
Free student fees may have stopped the decline in polytech rolls, but numbers are static.

Why schools are ditching reports
Some 70% of schools are measuring children's progress, but not against national standards.

Alleged staff bullying at major school
A school is addressing staff bullying allegations, the Education Ministry says.

Taxpayers may pay $42m extra to restore school entry age of 5
Early childhood education costs will increase if children can't start school before 5.

Maori, Pacific, special needs will be priorities in schools review
Terms of reference for review of Tomorrow's Schools focus on responding to child's needs.

Huge subject gaps in NCEA pass rates stun teachers
Language students are almost five times as likely as home sciences to achieve excellence.

Why aren't Kiwi kids good with their money?
'Toolkit' will ensure all NZ students learn about money, driving and other life skills.

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.

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."