Education irony: Equality improves as performance slips
The gap between rich and poor students in NZ is now close to the OECD average.
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10% teacher shortfall in Auckland high schools projected
Teacher shortage expected to reach 2400 by 2025 unless policies change.
Teacher censured for 'inappropriate relationship' with self-harming student
Three teachers were censured but allowed to keep teaching in view of mental health issues.
Teacher sacked, censured for slapping boy in the face with book
Teacher hit boy with an exercise book after she saw him hit another boy with the book.
Teachers' strike plans detailed as ballot opens
Teachers plan to start strikes in Auckland and end with a rally in Wellington.
NZ rules stacked against me, says US teacher
Teacher says NZ recruitment agency did not put his name forward for a single job.
Principal: teacher recruitment plan 'too late for 2019'
Schools say teacher recruitment package too late for 2019 and won't work as planned.
850 teachers short: Govt's $40m recruitment goes into overdrive
Overseas teacher recruitment goes into overdrive.
'A kick in the teeth': Teacher stuck on $59,000 after 43 years
Primary teachers who trained after 1996 earn $12,000 more than those who trained earlier.
Teachers' pay claim 'out of the ballpark'
Secondary teachers' union not ruling out industrial action.
Māori keen to buy university's $80m campus
Parts of teachers' training college 15ha site sacred to Ngāti Whātua.
Auckland Uni scraps most teacher support
University cuts services just as Government prepares new school advisory service.
Auckland music teacher charged with sex abuse
An Auckland music teacher has been charged with sexual assaults on young boys
University challenged: Auckland Uni dealt blow as it drops out of world's top 200
Foreign students may now prefer Australia, which has nine universities in the top 200.
Primary teachers reject settlement offer
New Zealand Educational Institute says the offer does not address the teacher shortage.
Local Focus: Students embrace Chinese language
It's the fastest growing language in primary schools. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Overseas campaign to recruit 400 teachers
Most of the planned 200 relocation grants for overseas teachers have now been approved.
Chefs out in force at Chef's Kitchen opening
Whanganui's Chef's Kitchen is open for business from September 15.
ERO: Teach teens about pornography, sexual violence
ERO says sexuality education in schools has not kept pace with social changes.
Camilla Highfield: NCEA should record all kinds of education
COMMENT: Review of NCEA should widen the education we recognise.
Te reo teacher crisis: 'At this stage we have no applicants'
Schools are competing for a handful of teacher trainees qualified to teach te reo Māori.
Te reo Māori still 'fragile' in schools - report
Report says schools and communities need to plan to grow te reo Māori.
$569m offer to teachers: More at the top, less at the bottom
Ministry offers more to experienced teachers, less to beginners.
John McGowan: Teacher shortage really is a crisis
COMMENT: Schools are growing and not enough teachers are being trained.
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Schools hit by 'critically low' relief teacher supply
More principals than trainee teachers at Otago University's recruitment day.
Teacher shortage hits 52% of primary schools
A third of schools say there are no suitable applicants for jobs they are trying to fill.
Simon Judd: Expelled pupils need a court of appeal
COMMENT: Suspended school students should have access to an appeal court.
More jobs, so kids are staying in school
Stability in school rolls has improved most for low-decile, Māori and Northland children.
More Kiwi kids are being kicked out of school - fights, assaults, P parents blamed
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Sexual grooming: 'Evil, depraved' teacher jailed
Depraved teacher made pupil call him "Master"
Mixed reactions to allowing baby in the classroom
Whanganui school found parents' concerns over baby in the classroom 'incredibly upsetting'
Teacher bringing baby to class sparks parent complaints
Stoush brewing over Whanganui school allowing teacher to have baby in classroom.
'Dual pathways' axed to expand trades academies
Funding shift creates 1060 extra trades academies places for Year 12 students.