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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.

Bullied boy now 'walking on air'

Boy's new school promises to make the placement "the best it can be for the child".

Teacher censured: Girl left in car four hours during funeral

Teacher went to a funeral not realising she had left a 4-year-old girl in the van.

Parents win breakthrough for bullied kids

Pakuranga parents say their autistic son, 12, was bullied by kids and mocked by a teacher.

School promises to pass on Fiji relief money

Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School's board of trustees said the money has not been spent.

School must pay $3000 after locking up autistic child

The 11-year-old boy was locked in the room for up to 10 minutes at a time.

Child centres 'like factory farming'

27% of childcare workers would not send their own children to the centre they work at.

National's planned teacher bonus slashed

Beginning teachers will get bonuses to teach only in low-decile Auckland schools

Treasury warns: No standards creates gap

Officials don't know how they will allocate funding that was based on national standards.

'Celebrations' as schools dump National Standards

Children's progress the new focus, not 'arbitrary' standards, says Education Minister.