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School issues first national standards-based reports
Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.
NZ's leakiest school will cost $7m to fix
A primary school with a long-running problem of rotten timber and faulty cladding is to be almost completely demolished.
Govt to double funding to tackle truancy
The Government will double funding to tackle truancy after a survey of schools found more than 30,000 children a day are skipping classes.
School's drug test 'torture'
Two teenagers forced to take drug tests at their high school deserve apologies for their inappropriate and unfair treatment, say their parents.
Students who fail could lose their loans
Tertiary students who fail more than half their courses may lose their student loans as the Government moves to crack down on abuse.
Verdict soon on PPPs for schools
Finance Minister Bill English says decisions will be made mid-year on whether to use public-private partnerships to build new schools and a new prison.
She who hesitates is lost, as Tolley learns the hard way
Hesitation is death in Parliament. Hesitation suggests a minister is not on top of his or her portfolio, writes John Armstrong.
Key promises shake-up to weed out 'lazy' students
The Government is taking aim at lazy students and courses with high dropout or failure rates in looming reforms in tertiary education.
Drug tests spark school probe
A high school renowned for producing a string of Kiwi sporting stars has been accused of inappropriately drug-testing some students.
National standards policy: How parents mark it
Almost three-quarters of parents support the Government's controversial national achievement standards for primary and intermediate students.
Heads seek fairer standards roll-out
School principals want to be treated as "democratically" as Maori immersion schools in the roll-out of national standards.