6+ hour, 38+ min ago  (801+ words) Justine Clark had been teaching for 18 years when she "lost her rag" at a 5-year-old, whom she did not want to teach. Grabbing and yanking the girl by her arms, Clark forced her into a chair, which left the girl…...

13+ hour, 18+ min ago  (695+ words) The Ministry of Education is urgently seeking answers after a nonverbal, autistic boy was left in a Ritchies van for hours. This comes as it launches a broader review into government-funded school transport for disabled students. The 11-year-old boy was…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (722+ words) The Children's Commissioner is calling for young people's voices to be heard in discussions around banning social media for under-16s. Dr Claire Achmad said that mokopuna should have the right to have a say in decisions affecting their lives and…...

1+ day, 8+ min ago  (1041+ words) Advocates say having to do hundreds of hours of unpaid on the job training is "psychologically demoralising" and is leaving female-dominated professions decades behind the earnings of minimum wage workers. To finish off their degree nurses, teachers, medical students, midwives…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (718+ words) A Canterbury secondary principal has likened school qualification changes to "going back to the 1980s". Rangiora High School principal Bruce Kearney says promoting the trades is a good move, but he is concerned about the workload on teachers as they implement…...

1+ day, 58+ min ago  (380+ words) Students of the new Waikato medical school will be placed in five regions around the country from 2029. According to Health Minister Simeon Brown: "We know that where doctors train often influences where they practise. By embedding students in regional and…...

1+ day, 55+ min ago  (493+ words) A determined Otago school principal is not one to run from a problem, instead he is literally running towards a solution. Rob Taylor from Dunedin's Musselburgh School was reluctant to pass on camp fees for parents amid the cost-of-living crisis,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (718+ words) A Canterbury secondary principal has likened school qualification changes to "going back to the 1980s". Rangiora High School principal Bruce Kearney says promoting the trades is a good move, but he is concerned about the workload on teachers as they implement…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (415+ words) The government has moved to secure funding for one of the country's biggest school music events. Education Minister Erica Stanford on Wednesday announced that The Big Sing will continue, supported by one-off grants for the organisations that run the programme....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (479+ words) Living in poor quality housing shouldn't be part of Dunedin student life, the Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team says. The team - part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment - visited 14 rentals in the city last month and found some…...