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Teachers and principals agree to strike next month
Primary teachers and principals will go on strike on August 15.
Primary teachers and principals will go on strike on August 15.
Nineteen teacher aides, cleaners and other staff will go up to the living wage in January.
Teacher unions say the Budget "reflected hardly any of the needs we identified".
A sixth of teachers say they don't work in a safe social and physical workplace.
More than half of New Zealanders support a pay rise for teachers of at least 10 per cent.
Research shows 40% of students with NCEA Level 2 fail basic literacy and numeracy tests.
School principals say Christmas will be too late to act on teacher shortages for 2018.
Auckland's primary teacher shortage has hit a new record with 287 vacancies.
Most teachers feel they have been shut out of developing goals for new groups of schools.
Five state school principals have taken top jobs in private schools in the past two years.
People wanting to become teachers could need to get a post-graduate qualification.
A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.
Pupils with learning difficulties struggle to get the help they need, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.
A top Auckland school is losing three science teachers as houses become an "unrealistic" goal for many in the profession.
Teachers' body the Education Council appears to be opposing the Education Ministry's proposal to shake up the school funding system.
Schools are not taking field trips needed to teach core aspects of the curriculum in subjects like geography - instead having students watch videos.
Teachers' unions always insist they are professional bodies serving the interests of education, not just their members.
Schools are struggling to find maths and science teachers, while middle management jobs are going begging as senior staff retire.
National has managed to win praise from many of its usual critics - even the teacher unions - for its latest policy to try to lift student achievement.
Editorial: The charter schools proposal has not been so contentious that the Government would fear its exposure to criticism. Since the critics are mostly busy teachers the legislative calendar might have done them a favour,
Top school tracks student performance with new software.
I have to go to a barbecue this week. This, in itself, isn't exactly newsworthy - even though it may very well be one of the last barbecues of the summer, which is always a poignant little mini-event worth noting.