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National standards need review - NZPF
Recent debate supports the call to have the national standards reviewed, New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) president Peter Simpson says.
<i>John Morris</i>: Better all round for pupils
Auckland Grammar head John Morris responds to a Herald editorial on the school opting out of NCEA.
Top school's revolt against NCEA
Auckland Grammar is defying the Government by becoming the first state school to dump NCEA at the Year 11 level. Other schools may follow suit if the move goes smoothly.
Devastating school fire deliberate
A blaze which "totalled" a block at Auckland's Glendowie Primary School is being investigated as an arson.
Fire devastates city school
Much of an Auckland primary school was in ruins last night after an intense blaze which created a vast plume of smoke visible from many parts of the city.
Student work soars in hard times
Some unlikely employers are turning to students for help.
Student loan defaulters in Oz could face courts
NZ student loan borrowers in Australia who told Inland Revenue to 'go to hell' could find themselves before the courts.
Students pay high price for freedom
Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.
Australia lauds indigenous Rhodes Scholar
The daughter of an Outback stockman has been named Australia's first indigenous Rhodes Scholar.
Banning of student marches considered
Scotland Yard will consider asking the British Home Secretary to ban further student marches.
School fruit programme gets reprieve
Research shows the Fruit in Schools scheme is helping kids stay focused and better behaved in the classroom.
Kiwi soldier had been 'a rising star'
Tributes to Private John 'Jack' Howard, reveal a brave man known to his British mates as 'Kiwi'.