Opinion: 'Insulting, untrue' – Govt's primary school testing risks the tail wagging the dog
OPINION: Language ability, test-taking skills, anxiety or motivation distort test results.
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More opportunities to succeed or privatisation? Charter schools debate ramps up
$153m was put aside in the Budget for their re-establishment with some opening in 2025.
Govt introduces standardised testing in primary schools
The 'progress monitoring' checks will focus on reading, writing and maths.
Letters: David Seymour out of his depth on school lunch debate
OPINION: Also in today's letters – rubbish council comms; that NZDF plane versus ferries.
Letters: How will charter schools help?; govt departments lack vision
OPINION: 'All political parties should have to meet every 10 years to renegotiate.'
Govt pledges $90m to improve facilities of specialist schools
The coalition Government also announced 17 additional satellite classrooms.
'Slow', 'lazy': Mum blasts fellow parents' bad behaviour on school sport sidelines
Children as young as 7 were mocked and laughed at by parents, a Christchurch mum says.
How free school meals went mainstream in the US
NYT: More than 21 million US children now attend schools that offer free meals to all.
'Not the only approach that works': Educators question structured literacy mandate
The Government has rolled out a new approach to literacy. So far it's had mixed reviews.
PM in a huff after questions over 'woke food'
The Prime Minister did not want to answer questions about which foods were woke.
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
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.
'It's destroyed me': School's struggle with asbestos removal
The Ministry of Education is considering giving schools more help with asbestos problems.
Will NZ's school phone ban work? Let’s see what it does for students’ curiosity
Where nearly everyone has a smartphone, probably nearly everyone will have an opinion.
What you need to know about the school cellphone ban
The Government's official cellphone ban has begun in schools.
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.
Phone ban in schools begins - will it reduce cyberbullying?
Cellphone use will be banned in schools for students across the country.
Why kids wag school - truants in their own words
'We’re just seeing the tip of the iceberg.'
Steven Joyce: Kids need to know they have the power to succeed
OPINION: Our bureaucratic, top-down education system is visibly failing us.
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
'Savage cuts': Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki look to slash 1000 jobs
The PSA has called it a 'brutal day' for the public sector.
Red tape cuts for early childhood education sector
Associate Education Minister David Seymour has pared back the requirements around qualifications for supervisors in early childhood centres. Video / Mark Mitchell
'We're the ones that are saving the school lunch programme' - David Seymour
The Act leader says the Labour Party didn't set aside funds for school lunches after 2024.
Govt’s cellphone ban in schools: What Northland principals think
Schools say ban has had a positive effect but question whether it needed to be imposed.
Can private businesses build better schools?
Investors could be used to build more public schools. It's been controversial overseas.
Public sector stress: Inside the 'unsettling' efforts to cut costs at govt departments
Just how deep will the cuts go in the race to cut spending?
Thousands of students stood down - highest in 20 years
Assaults, smoking, vaping and alcohol all resulted in formal removal.
Schools fear more kids will skip class if free lunches axed
Educators say the free meal is the only reason some show up.
Letters: Why we need to pay more tax; a better Auckland stadium site
OPINION: "NZ will have to learn to make sacrifices and save."
Watch: Emotional haka after shock death of much-loved principal
Students at Rongomai Primary, in Otara, perform a powerful haka to say goodbye.
Being a homeschool parent: 'We reap what we sow'
A Tongan homeschool mum is encouraging other Pasifika families to look into homeschooling.
Real-life experiences in native bush
A one-day school has been introduced for children who are not students at the school.
Govt mulls expanding inquiry into Covid-19 response
Public consultation will begin this month on expanding the inquiry's scope.
Tragic toll of online abuse outlined in pleas for Govt to take action
Dysfunctional, sluggish official responses blasted amid escalating online harms.