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Education cuts would move paperwork to frontline - PSA
The Govt's plan to cut Education Ministry backroom staff would force paperwork on to frontline workers, the Public Service Association says.
<i>Audrey Young:</i> Tolley finds ally in school mum
Once parents join Education Minister Anne Tolley in the national standards debate, she wins, as was evident yesterday.
Tertiary education funding to be performance linked
Tertiary education providers will lose some funding if their students suffer high failure and drop out rates, Steven Joyce says.
Teacher groomed pupil for sex, court told
A jury has heard allegations against an Auckland primary schoolteacher accused of grooming a male pupil for sex.
<i>Mary Ashby-Green:</i> Simple change to start date could end 'tail of failure'
Mary Ashby-Green asks whether starting school on the fifth birthday is good for our children
Movie man witch-hunt a fantasy
Claims by one of Hollywood director James Cameron's closest collaborators that he was hounded out of New Zealand by an academic witch-hunt in the 1980s are pure fantasy, say those he has accused.
Govt to double funding to tackle truancy
The Government will double funding to tackle truancy after a survey of schools found more than 30,000 children a day are skipping classes.
University denies author's PhD claim
An American author who claims to have earned a doctorate at Victoria University has no such qualification, the university says.
You are not going out dressed like that!
You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.