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Brendan Schollum: Time to solve big maths problem
Results from international tests which placed our Year 9 students at the bottom of the developed world in mathematics make for depressing reading.
George Lim: Why Asian kids succeed
"Have you ever wondered why Asians kids are doing so well in maths and science at schools?" asks George Lim.
Maths skills fall with new method
Schoolchildren have got worse at basic arithmetic skills since the introduction of new teaching methods designed to lift the country's poor performance in maths.
The great maths division
Weekend Herald stories about how children learn maths at school have prompted a flood of responses from readers and experts. Andrew Laxon explains what the argument is about.
China students barred in visa clamp
International students returning from China are being denied entry and having their visas cancelled because they have not made good progress on their courses.
Dismay at new student loan rules
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders will be hit in the pocket by sweeping changes to student loan repayments on April 1.
Rent lift tipped as students return
The return of students to Auckland has some in the property sector picking a rise in demand and prices for rental properties.
Help offered after exam time death
More than 100 students are being offered counselling after witnessing a young man fall to his death in the atrium at the University of Auckland.
Govt eyes school-food aid
Food programmes for hungry Kiwi schoolchildren may soon get a boost from the Government to top off an overwhelming public response to recent media appeals.
Most National Standards data online
A handful of schools are holding out on releasing National Standards to the Minister of Education as the first round of data is made public.
Off to school camp - for a year
An elite school plans to send Year 13 students away to camp next year - for the entire year.
Teacher shortage looms
A higher birth rate and an ageing workforce mean hundreds of teachers could be needed to meet a staff shortage as school rolls surge over the next decade.