New ZealandParata won't budge on deadline for schoolsEducation Minister Hekia Parata is refusing to budge on Thursday's Christchurch schools closure and merger deadline in spite of an Ombudsman's Office investigation into the consultation process.26 Mar 09:34 PM
New ZealandSchool closures to be investigatedThe Education Minister has accepted there's room for improvement after a rare move from the Ombudsman to investigate Education Ministry consultation processes26 Mar 05:41 AM
HealthcareTech firm sets up student challengeAuckland technology firm Orion Healthcare has launched an initiative aimed at changing the perception of computer science in schools and building the pool of talent the ICT industry needs.22 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandBullying: Principals want actionThe head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.21 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandEducation ministry 'ineffective'The Ministry of Education is bloated, inefficient and making the jobs of principals more difficult, says the outgoing president of the Secondary Principals' Association.21 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionShelley BridgemanShelley Bridgeman: School zone cheatingIn 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.18 Mar 09:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: It's not dumb to want a better lifeOh-kayyyy. So Mike Williams, a former Labour Party president, calls parents who try to get their kids into higher decile schools "dumb", writes Deborah Hill Cone.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionJohn O'Neill: Charter schools totally undemocraticThe 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.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Maths at your fingertips a key life skillIt is many years since our primary schools adopted "new maths".01 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandStudents told: Stick with artsThe country's medical schools are lending support to a music teacher who has sounded an alarm over talented students ditching arts to pursue science studies.16 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn Minto: Special deal for privileged pupilsIn plain language, the Wanganui Collegiate integration is a taxpayer bailout for a failing private school, writes John Minto.06 Feb 04:57 AM
New ZealandSchools get smarter at disciplineThe number of students being stood down for bad behaviour is at its lowest point for more than a decade.28 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandTop schools out to catch zone cheatsA private investigator has begun knocking on doors across Auckland in a heightened game of cat-and-mouse pitting prominent schools against desperate parents.27 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSchool suppliers court parents' cashParents can now pay school fees in some bookstores while picking up stationery packs as the battle for back-to-school dollars heats up.19 Jan 07:17 PM
New ZealandNCEA hiccup rattles studentsThe nerves of thousands of high school students remain on edge after NCEA results were released yesterday only to be withdrawn and the website shut down.14 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandStudents slam NCEA results mix-upThe release and quick withdrawal of some NCEA results early this morning has upset students and been described by one as "highly unethical".14 Jan 02:19 AM
OpinionHistory disproves poverty mantraThe 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.13 Dec 08:30 PM
New ZealandCellphone test urged for studentsA visiting cyber-bullying expert is urging schools to make students take driver licence-style tests before they can take mobile phones and tablets to class.26 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandStudents to start trades in classroomUsing the NCEA framework, the employment-focused model will allow students to choose a career and work towards gaining the skills they need to succeed in that job.19 Nov 04:30 PM
EmploymentMismatch shuts generation out of jobsAs students look to next year, the Herald begins a week-long investigation into why so many are leaving school without the skills they need.18 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionCatherine Isaac: Partnership Schools' strength in flexibilityCatherine Isaac says it is wrong to propose that limiting the concept in such ways could have improved the focus on helping disadvantaged children.13 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandHugging fad earns ban at schoolNorth Shore students have been banned from hugging during school hours because too many of them were consistently arriving late to their classes.12 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandStats show which schools are doing bestThe Ministry of Education and the NZQA are being called on to release national school statistics at the same time as students get their marks back.11 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandCellphone becomes ally in kids' exam preparationSwotting for NCEA exams has been made easier with the very device parents and teachers hold as the enemy of study - teenagers' cellphones.11 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandTeacher attrition as Dunedin rolls dropTwo co-educational secondary schools in Dunedin plan to cut teacher numbers as the fall in school-age children starts to affect the secondary sector.07 Nov 08:52 PM
New ZealandGovt, advisors quarrel over teacher regoThe charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.01 Nov 07:15 PM
