School closures to be investigated
The Education Minister has accepted there's room for improvement after a rare move from the Ombudsman to investigate Education Ministry consultation processes
The Education Minister has accepted there's room for improvement after a rare move from the Ombudsman to investigate Education Ministry consultation processes
The head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.
The Ministry of Education is bloated, inefficient and making the jobs of principals more difficult, says the outgoing president of the Secondary Principals' Association.
In this environment it almost defies belief that people continue to think they can fool the system, writes Shelley Bridgeman. Anyone who tries to cheat like this is clearly not thinking straight.
Up to half of NZ's primary teachers may not have enough maths knowledge to teach children properly under new methods, says the education expert who introduced the changes.
Kids at Kamo Primary School at the northern end of Whangarei are split down the middle over an offer of free milk from New Zealand's biggest company, Fonterra.
Weekend Herald stories about how children learn maths at school have prompted a flood of responses from readers and experts. Andrew Laxon explains what the argument is about.
The chances of the most disadvantaged students getting any benefit from a PPP school may be no better than the toss of a coin, writes John O'Neill.
Stressed primary schools are struggling to fend off enrolment challenges from pushy out-of-zone parents.
In plain language, the Wanganui Collegiate integration is a taxpayer bailout for a failing private school, writes John Minto.
A family who bought a home to be within a school zone discovered after the purchase that the primary school took only pupils from odd-numbered houses in the street.
Angry parents in a small coastal town claim changes to a school bus route will put children's lives at risk.
Parents can now pay school fees in some bookstores while picking up stationery packs as the battle for back-to-school dollars heats up.
The recent small surge in reports recounting child poverty in New Zealand make grim reading, writes Paul Moon, especially as so many of the conditions blighting children's lives can easily be remedied.
Researchers studying a school-based programme credited with reducing the rates of obese and overweight 7-year-olds have now found a reduction in asthma symptoms.
Auckland's primary school principals are refusing to take on any new work with the Ministry of Education until it resolves ongoing problems with its new payroll system.
The charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.
Pies, hot dogs and cookies feature strongly in school tuck shops, a survey has found, suggesting efforts to improve the quality of the school food supply have failed.
Will parents be able to choose the right school using National Standards data, which even the Prime Minister admits is "ropey"?
188 schools have not been included in official National Standards information after failing to provide the right details.