Whetu Cormick
Principals envious of Auckland schools' fundraising
Principals south of the Bombay Hills say the superior fund-raising ability of high-decile Auckland schools is creating a gap with the rest of the country.
Fees from foreign students and donations are… Audio
Principals say schools looking to get around new donation rules
It has not started yet but some schools are already looking for ways to get around the new system.
Principals have told our education correspondent John Gerritsen that some schools are setting up… Audio
Schools worried about staff cuts
Primary schools aren't happy about the Ministry of Education's proposed staff cut. The Ministry says their minimum staffing estimates for 2020 will be 151 fewer teachers than this year. Audio
Principals oppose NCEA tests for primary school children
Primary and intermediate school principals are fighting a proposal to let children as young as 11 sit new high-stakes NCEA tests in literacy and numeracy. Students will have to pass the… Audio
Principals oppose NCEA tests for primary school children
Primary and intermediate school principals are opposing a suggestion their pupils should be allowed to sit new high-stakes NCEA tests in literacy and numeracy. The external assessments are part of an… Audio
Is the school lunch project all it's cracked up to be?
The government's free lunch in schools trial looks good on paper, but could it be doing more? Audio
Union says new special ed positions not ‘hands on enough’
The Educational Institute is urging its members to call for a halt to the roll-out of 623 new special education jobs which it says are flawed and unworkable. The union is asking primary and… Audio
Parents need lockdown guidelines: report
The Police and the Ministry of Education will draw up lockdown guidelines following a report into what happened when schools were ordered to close during the Christchurch massacre. The review found… Audio
Digital technology: are schools ready?
The Education Review Office has slammed the way schools and the Education Ministry were preparing for the introduction of the new digital technologies curriculum in 2020. Audio
New NZ digital curriculum set for 2020, are schools ready?
From next year schools have to teach digital technology but a major report says many won't be able to.
The Education Review Office report raises serious doubts last year about schools' preparedness… Audio
Primary principals boycott Education Ministry work for 6 weeks
Primary and intermediate school principals are boycotting all work with the Ministry of Education for the next six weeks.
The principals, who are members of the Educational Institute, are unhappy… Audio
Principals fear missing out on learning support leaders
Principals are anxious their school might miss out on one of the 600 new learning support coordinators who will organise help for children with special needs from next year.
The government announced… Audio
Better pay offers essential to settling industrial stalemate - principals
School principals warn that talks aimed at solving the industrial stalemate between the government and teacher unions will fail unless the government improves its pay offers to teachers. Audio
Teachers mega strike
A huge strike of around 50,000 primary and secondary teachers around the country are today protesting the latest Government pay offer. Seconday school teachers have rejected three pay offers to date… Audio
Education: Schools hope for more from government Budget
The government is going into this week's Budget under massive pressure to boost its $16 billion-a-year spend on early childhood, school and tertiary education.
It still has unfulfilled election… Audio
Children's right to school may get legal protection
Schools that block or discourage disabled children from attending classes for the entire school day are in for a shock - the Education Ministry has proposed a law change giving children the legal… Audio
Primary teachers make call on govt pay offer
Primary school teachers and principals will say today whether they've voted to accept or reject the government's pay offer. Teachers have gone on strike twice since August to pursue their demands for… Audio
'We don't have time to do the job' - primary school principal
Primary school teachers and principals have voted to strike again next month. Rolling strikes will begin in the week beginning November 12. Teachers and principals are asking for smaller classes, more… Audio
Teachers frustrated at rules on restraining violent students
Primary school teachers are at their wits' end when it comes to dealing with violent and disruptive students. They say tough rules for restraining children mean they can't stop pupils throwing chairs… Audio
Parents take day off for teachers strike
For the first time in 24 years, parents around the country are figuring out what to do with several hundred-thousand primary and intermediate school children who have no school tomorrow because of a… Audio