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Delay National Standards - Labour
Phil Goff says the "untested" National Standards system the Govt is trying to push through won't succeed and should be delayed.
Rebel schools: We won't set standards
More than 200 schools are refusing to introduce part of the Government's mandatory national standards next year after voting "no confidence" in the system.
Stalker's fatal error stuns teacher's colleagues
The principal of a tiny school in the Hutt Valley faces the heart-breaking task of telling pupils a popular teacher was shot dead at the weekend by a hunter stalking deer at night.
Key: Pay hike 'noose around students' necks'
There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.
Ministry won't dock teachers' pay
The Ministry of Education says it will not dock the pay of secondary teachers striking this week as a show of good faith.
There isn't a lot more money - Tolley
Anne Tolley says secondary school teachers striking over pay and conditions need to wake up to the economic reality of their situation.
School's out for strikes - chaos for parents
More than 120,000 students will be asked to stay at home for a day this week after the teachers' union rejected what the Ministry of Education says is an 'excellent' pay offer.
Industrial action won't 'magic up' more money - Tolley
As teachers reject the Govt's latest pay offer, the Education Minister says they simply don't have the kind of money being asked for.
Lessons in birds and bees from boys in blue
Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.