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Mike's Minute: Do what brings you joy

Mike takes a look at the case of a single parent who questioned whether it was really worth working if her wage was barely more than the benefit she would otherwise be on. Mike thinks it is.

Failure made me a better leader

A negative experience can stimulate enlightenment; it can reveal the best way forward and motivate you towards it

Teachers will be chased for debt

The Government plans to chase down $1.8 million still owed by teachers who were overpaid from 2012 - 2014 because of problems with Novopay.

Tom Nicholson: Dyslexic kids need more than kind words

Barbara Ala'alatoa: Decile doesn't mean destiny

We shouldn't just take it at as axiomatic that low decile means low achievement. What we need now is evidence. We need to work collegially and collectively across deciles, writes Barbara Ala'alatoa.

Mark Brace: Dyslexia in our classrooms

It is our education system, not the dyslexic child, that needs to be the focus of our attention. There is a better way, writes teacher Mark Brace.

Radical new teaching system comes to NZ

Disadvantaged children are group's focus but critics say Teach First NZ's kids could be treated like guinea pigs.

Good teachers trump high deciles

Lawrence Watt goes back to the classroom to dispel some wide-held beliefs around what makes a good school

100 Kiwi Stories: Official artists came late in war

75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.

P smuggler cleared to teach

A former childcare worker and P addict caught smuggling methamphetamine into New Zealand has been cleared by her professional body to return to the classroom.

Forget top marks, just toughen up

Teachers showering Kiwi kids with praise - and never allowing them to fail - are threatening to do more harm than good, a leading educationist says.

Kiwi teachers upload confidence

The average Kiwi teacher is a woman in her early fifties and she's facing a generation of kids who have grown up with Wi-Fi, the cloud and hand-held technology.

Schools keep bullying to themselves

New Zealand's bullying problem may be going unchecked because schools do not want to share their problems nationwide.

Schools' BYO tissue demand irks parents

Schools' latest stationery demands are making some parents mad enough to cry - especially the discovery that tissues are now listed among their children's essentials.

Jamie Whyte: Profit-seeking and preschools go together

If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.

Dita De Boni: Our teachers really do know best

The Government would have us believe school teachers are just a pack of whiners, writes Dita De Boni. It is exhausting, relentless work, mentally and physically, and I for one am happy to admit I could never hack it.