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![$2.6m for posh-school entry under fire as elitist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$2.6m for posh-school entry under fire as elitist
Private-school scholarships for poorer students have been attacked as an "elitist" use of taxpayers' money.
![Politics 2009: Key, Goff and the recession](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Politics 2009: Key, Goff and the recession
A new PM defied the odds as the Govt struggled to deal with the worst recession in decades, and Labour played catch up politics.
![Govt using ERO report as leverage - union](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Govt using ERO report as leverage - union
Education Minister Anne Tolley has been accused of manufacturing a crisis for political gain over a damning report into basic teaching skills.
![Heads back trial of new tests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Heads back trial of new tests
Hundreds of Auckland primary school principals want the introduction of national standards to be delayed so they can be tested.
![Kidicorp funding probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kidicorp funding probe
The nation's largest early childcare provider is being investigated for the way it claims more than $30 million of taxpayer money.
![New educational standards will fail, academics say](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New educational standards will fail, academics say
A system of new national educational standards to assess primary school students is doomed to fail, academics across New Zealand say.
![PM's former primary school to close](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
PM's former primary school to close
The Govt says it can't justify spending over $2m at Aorangi for replacement buildings.