Stories by John Gerritsen

The government has ruled out making NCEA literacy and numeracy tests easier to pass. Audio

Some principals are shocked by their students' high failure rates in a trial run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. Audio

AUT today announced it would review administration and support roles and a small number of courses with low enrolments.

A campaign to stop Northland children wagging school is proving surprisingly successful.

Teachers are hoping long delays in getting the right rate of pay are over.

Thousands more children are going to school each day as Covid-19 case numbers drop. Audio

There have been repeated warnings Te Pūkenga is poorly-prepared to take over most industry training organisations and all 16 polytechnics from the start of 2023.

In a surprise move, the government wants to cut a senior teaching role nationwide so it can cover a hole in its budget.

Official figures have revealed how much the pandemic cost education providers in lost fees from international students.

Polytechnics are reporting early signs that the critical Indian market for international students is starting to bounce back.

Education Review Office chief executive Nicholas Pole wants more support for children facing a stand-down or exclusion from school.

The Education Ministry accepts it failed to adequately monitor schools' practice of shutting children in seclusion rooms before it was banned in 2016.

The Principals Federation says principals are worried by the number of nominees who strongly oppose measures aimed at minimising the spread of Covid-19 such as vaccination.

The government reduced pay parity funding for early childhood teachers in its May Budget to keep its education spending within agreed limits, briefing documents show.

Schools are reporting some success in getting their most serious truants back to class.

Secondary school principals have told officials to rethink plans for offering online NCEA tests during the year.

Secondary school principals have united to make an unprecedented call for help from the government.

Schools reopen for the third term today and principals are worried staff shortages and winter illnesses will be every bit as bad as last term.

The New Zealand Initiative has revealed high failure rates in a small-scale trial-run of critical new NCEA tests.

Some Māori educators want an overhaul of school zoning rules, saying the system ignored local iwi connections to the land that schools were built on.

Some schools are coming to terms with the effects of a push to introduce more school enrolment zones and amend existing ones.

Principals are appealing to the Ministry of Education to maintain school staffing levels after mid-year roll counts showed some have lost a lot of students.

Some principals are wary of revealing the new equity index numbers that are replacing decile numbers as the measure of socio-economic disadvantage in their schools.

Schools close for holidays at the end of the week and principals are worried that severe disruption from winter illnesses and Covid-19 will be even worse when they reopen.

Teachers at early childhood centres say they have been sworn at, abused in front of children and some have felt suicidal.