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Secrecy rules under review
Secrecy rules protecting the names of errant teachers are headed for a shake-up in Parliament.
Editorial: New body for teachers key to change
Editorial: The Teachers Council, the registration body that ought to speak with the authority of the New Zealand Law Society or Medical Association, never offers a view on educational issues.
Heads back graduate teachers
Backers of a controversial scheme to fast-track trainee teachers into classrooms are claiming initial success, with all 16 inaugural graduates passing their first three months as teachers.
Peter Mazany: Charter schools 'vital' for some students
Our target is to double the effectiveness of teaching and learning in half the time and half the cost, writes Peter Mazany.
Judith Nowotarski: Govt must engage with teachers
Many people assume that sending their child to a private school will boost their academic achievement, writes Judith Nowotarski. That assumption is wrong.
Dr Peter Lind: Scepticism ignores complexity
Does the experience of lecturing university undergraduates prepare teachers adequately to teach children and adolescents? Dr Peter Lind gives his view.
Teachers' sin a school secret
A teacher at a Christian school has admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a student - one of 11 teachers found guilty of serious misconduct last year.
Teacher arranged for principal assault
A teacher tried to hire a gang member to assault her principal because she was being hassled about lies she told to the school, a disciplinary hearing has found.
Peter Fenwick: Minister's wish will take years to be granted
It is the consequence of decades of government indifference to education and will take at least a generation to fix, writes Peter Fenwick.
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.
