Stories by John Gerritsen

An expert panel has warned that compulsory New Zealand history lessons next year could upset some children and lead to difficult classroom discussions. Audio

An expert panel has criticised Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories curriculum draft for omitting topics, including women, labour and economics, and 600 years of pre-European Māori life.

The government goes into Budget 2021 facing complex and competing demands from schools.

The Teaching Council is urging teachers to confront racism with a campaign it says some might find scary. Video

An independent report shows the Education Ministry is preparing to take a tougher line on fraud by early childhood services.

An OECD report shows New Zealand's 15-year-olds spend more time on the internet than their peers in all countries except Denmark, Sweden and Chile.

It will be months before temporary classrooms are on site to replace mould-damaged rooms at Hutt Valley High School - some of the rooms won't arrive until November.

Principals are calling for an overhaul of initial teacher education, because some newly qualified primary teachers are ill-prepared to teach basic subjects.

Some teachers are not meeting a requirement to learn and use te reo and tikanga Māori.

An autistic boy has written to the Children's Commissioner telling him being excluded from school makes him feel "like I shouldn't exist". Audio

Annual reports show the Covid-19 pandemic wiped millions of dollars off universities' balance sheets last year.

Some Auckland principals are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for the first time next month. Audio

The University of Waikato has proposed cutting 12 mostly senior roles from its management school because of $3 million revenue losses.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has defended the ministry's handling of serious problems that forced Hutt Valley High School to close an entire block of classrooms.

Early childhood service owners are wary of plans for a flying squad to investigate potential fraud and safety failures but others in the sector say it is urgently needed.

The Education Ministry is reinstating a special squad to investigate financial fraud and safety breaches in early childhood education services.

The government body charged with attracting foreign students is warning MPs it will take 10 years to rebuild the $5 billion-a-year international education industry.

A study found 48 percent of secondary students represented their school in sport last year - the first time the figure's dropped below 50 percent.

Primary school principals have warned that the system for deciding how many teachers each school gets is blunt and even damaging.

People who work with international students are warning that redundancies and funding cuts are putting them under increasing pressure.

The national polytechnic, Te Pūkenga, says domestic enrolments at its 16 polytechnics have jumped 20 percent.

Some Auckland secondary schools are blaming the pandemic for a surge in anxiety and behaviour problems among their students.

Most schools are happy with the 600 learning support coordinators the government introduced a year ago, an evaluation shows.

Students and parents have urged MPs to regulate universities' halls of residence and introduce minimum standards for pastoral care.

The University of Waikato has revealed a big jump in local enrolments and an even bigger drop in foreign enrolments.