Education

Bad teachers, fraudulent record-keeping and biting children were among the 430 complaints the Education Ministry received about early childhood services last year.

An Auckland high school teacher has been accused of spreading misinformation about vaccines during a year 12 English class.

Max Shierlaw wants the IRD to take a test case against school donations that he says are actually payments for services.

A University of Auckland lecturer is calling for staff to be trained to handle students with extreme views on campus after staff said they were silenced over a student's outburst in March.

Staff at the University of Auckland say they were silenced by senior management after raising concerns about a student with extreme far-right views just days after the Christchurch terror attack.

The government has dismissed repeated calls for greater Māori input on polytechnic reforms, says Skills Active chairperson Sam Napia.

The National Party claims it has been leaked yet more government papers - this time regarding plans to merge polytechnics across the country.

Whanganui High School has stripped its gyms of their colonial names and replaced them with Māori names to "better reflect our nation".

Of the 16 institutes of technology and polytechnics, 10 have confirmed that they made deficits in 2018.

Slightly more than half of NZ's teachers are in the job because it is their first career choice, an international survey of teachers in 48 countries and economies has found.

Principals are urging MPs to include high-decile schools in the government's school donation policy plan, which would pay schools in deciles one through seven $150 per child if they don't request a…