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Seclusion rooms to be investigated

The Chief Ombudsman will investigate the use of seclusion rooms in schools, following reports that locked "time out" rooms had been used to restrain children.

Ministry report due on 'seclusion' room

The Ministry of Education is due to release a report into a cell-like seclusion room used by a Wellington primary school as punishment.

$9m redevelopment for Bay college

Around $9 million will be invested in the redevelopment of Edgecumbe College in the Bay of Plenty, Education Minister Hekia Parata

Rugby coach 'on leave' after assault conviction

LEAVE: Ngarimu Simpkins, pictured in court this week, has gone on leave while Rotorua Boys' High School makes a decision about his

Calls for inquiry into 'time out' rooms

An independent inquiry should immediately investigate the use of "time out" rooms in schools, says the head of the national Autism charity.

Anger over 'time-out' room revelations

Angry parents say they will pull their children from a Wellington school caught using a "time-out" room for naughty pupils unless there is more accountability.

School locks 11-year-old in 'dark cell'

EXCLUSIVE: Mother hits out at Wellington primary school's "dirty little secret": "I'm horrified a school would do that, my son is petrified of the dark."

'At risk' school funding revealed

More than 1300 schools will be worse off as a result of a radical new funding system, the Herald can reveal.

Editorial: Law must back teachers

The news that teachers fear legal action for stopping school fights underlines what a hard job school teaching must be.

Hey, Hekia, leave those teachers alone!

COMMENT: Funding for schools should be focused on what matters most: education.

Students to learn online and skip school

School-age students will be able to enrol in an accredited online learning provider instead of attending school, under new Government legislation.

Is this New Zealand's smallest school?

The Fox Glacier School roll has fallen to five, its lowest number in over 20 years when the village school was briefly closed.

Hardship keeping students from school

Struggling families who keep their children from school to mind younger siblings or sick parents are believed to be behind alarming

Maori schools soar in popularity

Parents are insisting their tamariki get a Maori education and immersion schools are feeling the pressure.

Classes to be disrupted as unions object

School classes will be disrupted as thousands of teachers hold meetings about a funding proposal feared to be the return of bulk funding.

Maori pupils set to miss govt targets

Official targets for Maori primary pupils are likely to be missed by as much as 20 per cent in some cases.

Children make way for retirement village

About 70 children will have to move out of their Ellerslie preschool at the end of this term to make way for a planned retirement village.

Editorial: Career plan has merit as stats worry

It is a tough task for teenagers to make sound decisions about their career path.