NCEA: The exam no one wants to do
You turn up, read a poem or short story, and write about it. Exam done. Easy. Or is it?
You turn up, read a poem or short story, and write about it. Exam done. Easy. Or is it?
Kia Aroha is one of the only secondary schools in the country that doesn't "do" exams.
Within minutes of walking into her first high-school physics class Amelia Unufe felt like an outsider.
A Herald investigation has found deep disparities hidden beneath rising high school pass-rates tied to students' socio-economic status and ethnicity.
Takapuna Grammar student Maia Brown said she could hear other students crying in the exam hall as they took the NCEA maths test.
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Teachers in Auckland have kicked off their campaign against the Government's global funding scheme, at a packed town hall gathering this afternoon.
Emeline Mafi student of Aorere College Auckland. Emeline will be competing in the competition Stand Up and Stand Out.
The Ministry of Education has placed Auckland Girls' Grammar school under statutory management.
Two top high schools Principals have accused education officials of doing nothing to address a "crisis" over a shortage of maths and physics teachers.
Thousands of children across the country are spending most or all their years of education in a poorly performing school. EU leaders have responded angrily to Nigel Farage attending the European Parliament in its first debate since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
Ten young New Zealand students are travelling to France in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
School zoning was a subject once close to the heart of public education. Now it serves a vested interest of a different sort.
Three of Auckland Normal Intermediate's teachers are quite excited. Clara Kim, Alicia England and Ben Griffiths have just shown a group of Epsom Girls Grammar teachers around their school and will go on a a reciprocal trip the following day.
A school's right to get tough on pot puffing international pupils is under examination.
Engaging with the future workforce can create positive labour market outcomes says Mark Gillard, director of the Careers Expo.
With a shortage of subject teachers causing concern, Lawrence Watt sits in on a college Maths class with an award-winning teacher
Schools are slowly claiming back University Entrance, after a change in the qualification saw a dramatic fall in pass rates in low-decile areas.
Deciles have wrongly been used as a proxy for school quality. This is invidious, wrong, and distorts how parents see schools, writes Professor John Hattie.
Fear about stigmatising students is one the teaching profession can deal with, writes Barbara Ala'alatoa. We manage lots of funding and resources issues for particular students without labelling, and we are good at it.
NZ's long tail of educational underachievement will require a multi-faceted approach and any funding changes need to be significant to have any realistic chance of really making a difference, writes Alan Vester.
A member of the Dilworth Old Boys Association has labelled the handling of a recent race-related incident "a disgrace".
Four Old Boys of an Auckland boys school were suspended from the association after making comments about "ethnic imbalance".
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: A number of recent reports highlight major problems in primary and secondary education, writes Bryce Edwards.
NZ Herald talks to Rebekah Bradfield who is starting Year 9 at Westlake Girls High.