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Education Minister moving fast over maths failures.
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Simon Wilson: We were there and we looked away – lessons from the Abuse in Care report
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Alwyn Poole: Three key lessons to restore our education system
OPINION: Schools, teachers and unions make all manner of excuses for lack of achievement.
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Opinion: 'Insulting, untrue' – Govt's primary school testing risks the tail wagging the dog
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Letters: David Seymour out of his depth on school lunch debate
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Letters: How will charter schools help?; govt departments lack vision
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Govt pledges $90m to improve facilities of specialist schools
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PM in a huff after questions over 'woke food'
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Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
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Opinion: Cut-down version of school lunches risks throwing nutrition and manaakitanga in the bin
OPINION: Too many don't have a real choice in foods they can provide for their children.
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