Controversial Ministry of Education video
Lynda Stuart says it's the first time she can recall the ministry using video to try to persuade teachers to accept a pay offer. Source - Facebook/
Lynda Stuart says it's the first time she can recall the ministry using video to try to persuade teachers to accept a pay offer. Source - Facebook/
Six Dunedin schools are set to be merged or closed because of falling rolls, Anne Tolley says.
Two education researchers are supporting a boycott of the Government's mandatory national standards by 225 primary school boards.
Fabulously old-fashioned, galas are still an important date on the school calendar, writes Gill South.
Anne Tolley yesterday told teachers she would be 'appalled' if they told parents their children were failing National Standards.
The Government has announced details of legislation to be pushed through Parliament to help speed up the recovery process in quake-devastated Canterbury.
Several Christchurch hotels have slashed room rates in the wake of Christchurch's "horrendous" magnitude 7.1 quake, with one hotel chief saying everybody needed to "chip in".
Most Canterbury schools today reopened after the September 4 magnitude 7.1 earthquake, but aftershocks continue.
Children try to come to terms with the fear as they return to school.
Some 1200 Canterbury school children will not be able to return to their schools for weeks.
Trustees at Otatara Primary School say a decision to give students fake letters claiming school hours would be extended was not politically motivated.
Parents are surprised at the range of school reports on offer - from poor to wonderfully informative.