Stories by John Gerritsen

As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to ensure schools and teachers are using reo and tikanga every day. Today, teachers tell RNZ that learning te reo is making them into better…

Principals and teachers say training teachers to tackle racism and value Māori culture is essential for improving the school system.

The government has changed the rules of its main research fund for tertiary institutions to tackle long-standing under-representation of Māori and Pacific researchers.

Principals and teachers want answers from the Teaching Council after the High Court threw out its new system for certifying teachers, potentially undermining its financial stability.

The university said the decision did not include doctoral students and it would not affect students who had already received an offer of place or who were currently enrolled to continue their studies.

The Teaching Council is facing financial chaos after a judicial review quashed its decision to more than double teachers' practising certificate fees. Audio

Test results indicate last year's lockdowns damaged children's achievement in writing, but had little effect on their reading and maths.

A woman says the Education Ministry and Oranga Tamariki had failed her granddaughter because they did not do enough to help her re-enrol.

The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than 100 children who have been kicked out of other schools. Audio

Primary and intermediate schools fear a government review is threatening foreign enrolments worth more than $20 million a year in fees.

Teachers backing the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum say it will help close sometimes woeful gaps in young people's knowledge of this country's past.

Universities are hoping partnerships with foreign institutions will help their international student enrolments recover when border restrictions are eventually lifted.

English language schools are warning that their entire industry could cease to exist by the end of the year.

The teacher union the Educational Institute is mystified that the government has set aside more than $270 million to settle Holidays Act underpayments to school staff.

An autistic boy who was expelled from school despite appealing to the Children's Commissioner has now been out of school for seven weeks.

Moriori are worried their story will be ignored when New Zealand history becomes part of the core curriculum for primary and secondary schools next year.

Future changes and historic payroll mistakes are among the targets of more than $2 billion in new education spending in today's government Budget.

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.