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Teacher still registered despite sexualised comments
A teacher who used repeated sexualised comments with his year 11 students has escaped being deregistered.

Students pay foreigners to do their work
Students are paying people overseas to do their homework, according to a company that "outsources" work.

Top school makes te reo compulsory
Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

School in denial over bullying: father
The father of a schoolgirl sent to South Africa after she was bullied at Howick College says the school is in denial if it thinks hers is an isolated case.

Family send bullied teen to South Africa
A teen has been sent to South Africa to finish her school year after claims she was bullied so badly at Howick College she was too scared to go to class.

Key: Pay hike 'noose around students' necks'
There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.

School's out for strikes - chaos for parents
More than 120,000 students will be asked to stay at home for a day this week after the teachers' union rejected what the Ministry of Education says is an 'excellent' pay offer.

Industrial action won't 'magic up' more money - Tolley
As teachers reject the Govt's latest pay offer, the Education Minister says they simply don't have the kind of money being asked for.

Plan to chase leavers as school ends
A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

Lessons in birds and bees from boys in blue
Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.

Huata academy leaves creditors in lurch
An international school run by the husband of disgraced former Act MP Donna Awatere Huata has gone into liquidation.