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Revamp mystifies arts commentator
Education death by design
A radical new teaching model has sparked fears of creative decline at one of our most successful visual art schools.
Readers become the authors
A novel approach to reading has kids blogging and commenting online about what should happen next in books - and authors…
All work and no play for Shanghai kids
Every day, Lucy Dong and her best friend Amy Zhu wake at 7am, munch through their breakfast of steamed buns and noodles…
Video
Sunday was a day of prayers and celebration for recently…
Review education system - expert
A student learning expert has suggested a top-level review of the schooling system after international testing showed 15-year-olds…
Pisa results raise big questions for NZ
When an international report shows New Zealand's maths, science and reading scores for 15-year-olds are in "absolute freefall"…
Switched on to learning
A fully functioning coffee cart would probably be the last thing you'd expect to find in the reception area at Pt England…
Education debacle: What can we do?
PISA envy is rife at the moment as we find NZ has slipped. This should be a shot of reality and force us not to be complacent…
Education
Kindergarten teachers to protest around NZ today
Kindergarten teachers around the country will protest today against ongoing cuts to funding in their…
Editorial: Best teaching will require political will
Editorial: It is highly appropriate that NZ officials have been to Asia to identify the key points of the successful programmes…
Dr Sue Thomson: Oz education declining for a decade
New international test results in reading, science and maths show that Australian education is going backwards - a declining…
Dr Fiona Ell: Real issue is the gap, not rankings
Should we worry about our ranking? No, not per se, writes Dr Fiona Ell. Focusing on one number, one position in the race…
Gap widens between NZ students
The gap between 15-year-old students who are excelling and those who are failing has widened despite…
David Hill: All praise to the nation's schools
In the aftermath of the Roast Busters revelations, voices muttered that our schools aren't teaching sexual morality.
Parata: Student ranking drop 'serious'
Education Minister Hekia Parata says New Zealand is doing everything right to reform the education system, in the wake of…
Do whales hear their dinner?
Auckland University team heads first research on giant mammals' ability to sense sound waves of prey.
NZ education standards falling - OECD
New Zealand educational achievement has dropped significantly in the core subjects of science, maths and reading, according…
Boy tried to kill himself
Education Archives
An 8-year-old boy tried to kill himself in a lunch break because school was "too hard" - and his parents…
Primary Education
NZ education facing a bad report
Education Minister Hekia Parata is preparing for an embarrassing drop in New Zealand's education rankings in an international…
National
Family learn of charges through media
Family members of a man killed on a building site earlier this year are angry they heard of charges laid in relation to…
Secondary Education
Are you smarter than a 15-yr-old?
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ENGLISH Show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts through close reading…
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