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Stuart: Good riddance National Standards
COMMENT: Without National Standards children can be assessed on wider criteria.
COMMENT: Without National Standards children can be assessed on wider criteria.
National Standards will go and NCEA is also up for review by the new Labour-led Government
Auckland's primary teacher shortage has hit a new record with 287 vacancies.
It could all end in strikes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Four teaching groups have proposed a radical way to ease the teacher shortage crisis.
Labour will announce more policy to deal with the effects of an overheated housing market.
Beginner teachers will get a bonus of up to $17,500 to teach in Auckland schools from 2018
A scheme offering new teachers up to $17,500 to teach in low-decile schools has flopped.
Auckland Kindergarten Association has backed down on changing hours and holidays.
Pay equity for teacher aides and preschool teachers set to cost around $100m a year each.
6hrs a day of institutionalised education is too long for young children, critics say.
Vetting will now cost you. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Bay teachers want funding and pay rises for valued school support staff.
Principals say school support staff hours may have to be cut if their wages are lifted.
Schools have won a funding increase - but less than the rate of inflation.
Documents released to the Herald reveal details of a proposed "disadvantage index"
The Government's new mediation service for equal pay is getting its first test today.
NZ Educational Institute is rallying Wellington preschoolers to ask MPs to restore funding
Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.
Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.
New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.
Nearly a quarter of 10-year-olds say they are bullied on a weekly basis.
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An Auckland primary school is asking parents to fork out up to $100 for a transition-to-school programme for under 5s.
A massive privacy breach has struck the beleaguered Novopay school payroll with personal details of staff members sent to wrong schools.
Requests for help from the Ministry of Education's traumatic incident team are coming in on more than a daily basis.
New Zealand's bullying problem may be going unchecked because schools do not want to share their problems nationwide.
International student numbers have bounced back after years of decline, driving the value of the country's fifth largest export industry to $2.85 billion, says a report by Education New Zealand.
The Government's $359 million expert teachers policy has proved to be the latest in a series of "epic failures" in the education sector due to a lack of consultation with teachers.
The Education Minister has defended national standards despite an independent report which found teachers get them right only 60 per cent of the time.