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Poorer girls face school shut-out
Scary leaflets 'incorrect'
A leaflet drop in a leafy Auckland suburb suggests house prices there will plummet if rezoning plans go ahead.
Figures for school injuries hit 77,000
School injuries are on the rise - with explosions, scalding liquid, and fungi ingestion among the causes of more than 77,600…
Sex education lagging
Nearly three-quarters of New Zealanders feel that the Roast Busters case showed high school students needed to be taught…
Peter Lyons: Trying, failing, learning part of youth
Most societies are hard on their youth, writes Peter Lyons.
Big hopes for teenagers on skills course
Airport charity will help 20 Mangere College students to do an outdoor pursuits course.
Students given chance in Grammar zone
The parents of a group of Maori and Pasifika students have signed over shared guardianship of their sons so they can live…
Graduation personal triumph after rough start
This week, Fiapaipai Tanea-Sakuma proudly graduated as the only female Samoan student in her class.
Education
Council pays $60m for sports grounds
Auckland Council is paying $60.7 million for Auckland University's home for cricket and rugby.
Principal won't be back to say goodbye
A suspended school principal has failed in her bid to be reinstated in time to farewell children at their last school assembly…
Teacher who slept with boy not 'safe'
A teacher has had his registration cancelled after inviting a 12-year-old boy to sleep in his bed and admitting he is not…
Women's uni a 'golden cage'
Within their female-only campuses, women at Saudi Arabia's universities let loose. Outside though, it's back to the harsh…
Teacher censured over verbal abuse
A teacher was censured for calling students slag, loser and prick, mocking their names and making derogatory…
Critical thinking being marginalised
NZ risks the loss of an "informed and thoughtful citizenry" if the benefits of an arts degree continue to be marginalised…
Exam results influenced by genes not schools - study
Genes are a bigger influence on exam results than teachers, schools or the family, new British research has shown.
AUT scholars take their talent global
Kelsen Findlay remembers the sense of awe he and classmates had at the start of their degree that one of their peers had…
Schools struggle as more students seek help
More students are seeking help from counsellors and guidance services - and a report has found many school services are…
Uni's old brewery vision takes shape
Education Archives
Auckland University's $1 billion decade-long property push is in full swing at Newmarket where many…
Primary Education
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…
National
US vessel joins in rescue
A US Coast Guard vessel will attempt to bash through the Antarctic ice trapping Russian research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy…
Secondary Education
Pisa results raise big questions for NZ
More Secondary Education
When an international report shows New Zealand's maths, science and reading scores for 15-year-olds…
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