Genes are a bigger influence on exam results than teachers, schools or the family, new British research has shown.
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AUT scholars take their talent global
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Schools struggle as more students seek help
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Uni's old brewery vision takes shape
Auckland University's $1 billion decade-long property push is in full swing at Newmarket where many brewery structures…
Students angry about teacher cull
Unitec students have lodged a complaint with the Qualifications Authority over the restructuring of the tertiary institute's…
Revamp mystifies arts commentator
The radical restructuring of Unitec's design and visual arts department has mystified many who took part in a quality assurance…
Education death by design
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Readers become the authors
A novel approach to reading has kids blogging and commenting online about what should happen next in books - and authors…
Education
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…
Review education system - expert
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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…
Kindergarten teachers to protest around NZ today
Kindergarten teachers around the country will protest today against ongoing cuts to funding in their sector.
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
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The gap between 15-year-old students who are excelling and those who are failing has widened despite…
Primary Education
NZ education standards falling - OECD
New Zealand educational achievement has dropped significantly in the core subjects of science, maths and reading, according…
National
67.2% against asset sales
Voters have given the Govt's flagship asset sales policy an emphatic thumbs down, ratcheting up pressure for the sale of…
Secondary Education
NZ education facing a bad report
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Education Minister Hekia Parata is preparing for an embarrassing drop in New Zealand's education rankings…
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