John Gerritsen

A Northland primary school has brought in an independent reviewer to get to the bottom of who's been tampering with its students' national standards results. Audio

Groups representing teachers and principals have dismissed a report recommending they should get a pay rise. Audio

Principals' groups say schools with an exemplary record for working with poor children are furious the ministry has decided they need help tracking and understanding students' results and developing… Audio

More than a hundred school hostels are facing a massive bill after workers at two boarding facilities won six years of backpayments in the Employment Court. Audio

Some Primary principals are worried the Education Review Office is focusing too closely on children's results in reading, writing and maths when it reviews schools. Audio

Principals say a high profile court case has highlighted the tensions around special education and the difficulty of balancing the needs of the many, against the needs of a few. Audio

A boy kicked out of an Auckland secondary school after he walked out of a lesson, swore at a teacher, and closed a door on him, can return after the High Court quashed his exclusion. Audio

There are early signs this week's school pay day has gone wrong, raising fears the troubled school pay system, Novopay, is going through a new patch of problems. Audio

One hundred and 50 schools are now connected to the government's ultrafast internet network for schools. Audio

John Gerritsen considers the political spotlight on education and asks if it can do all that's being asked of it? Audio

Primary school principals are angry at what they say is an unacceptably large number of mistakes in the most recent school pay round. Audio

Education experts are warning that too much is being expected from the education system. Audio

The Government has been in the gun this morning over its education plans. Audio

University staff and students are outraged the government is slashing the size of university and wananga councils and abolishing their right to seats on the governing bodies. Audio

New guidelines on schools' legal limits when searching students for drugs and weapons, which were published yesterday, clarify their powers in light of law changes made in the Education Act last year… Audio

New guidelines for schools have sailed close to the margins of the law in order to give principals the powers they say they need to keep their schools free of drugs and weapons. Audio

More than a year after high-profile inquiries into sex and identity crimes by school staff, some schools still have big gaps in the way they vet potential employees. Audio

Principals say all schools should run police checks on non-teaching staff but some have not been doing this. Audio

The new school year starts this week and families are facing back to school costs like uniforms, donations, and fees for materials used in some subjects. Audio

Researchers from New Zealand and overseas have begun picking holes in the Government's 360 million dollar plan to create a new group of super teachers and principals. They say the four new roles… Audio