Stories by John Gerritsen

The Education Review Office says schools must do more to stop racist bullying of children from ethnic communities. Audio

Some early childhood centres do not know how they will cover the cost of pay parity for their teachers.

The Early Childhood Council warns some early childhood centres have blundered into pay parity for their teachers and cannot afford it.

Schools in Wellington and Auckland will suffer the biggest losses as the population of school children drops during the next 10 years.

This year's expected strike of about 50,000 school and kindergarten teachers comes after years of pandemic-driven disruptions and soon after cyclone-related school closures.

Some teachers agree the Qualifications Authority unwittingly made trial NCEA literacy and numeracy tests too difficult last year.

High failure rates in new literacy and numeracy tests have led to friction between the Qualifications Authority and Ministry of Education. Audio

Principals of the most flood-damaged schools say it will be many weeks before they reopen their classrooms.

Universities are encouraging students to attend their lectures in-person in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year's often-deserted lecture theatres.

Covid, bad weather and the price of petrol are among the challenges schools have encountered in their first few days of the new school year.

Education Ministry figures show serious truancy spiked last year, with nearly 40 percent more than in 2021.

A group of health experts is urging the government to expand its free lunch scheme to more schools.

Flooding in Auckland has dashed hopes of a trouble-free start to the school year but principals are confident their biggest problem of the past three years, Covid-19, will cause a lot less disruption…

Members of the secondary school teachers' union are poised to take industrial action from next week.

Thousands of teenagers and their schools have spent the past 24 hours checking their exam results.

Software makers warn under-funding is prompting schools to use outdated and cheap computer programs that create cybersecurity and privacy risks.

Universities aren't sure they want to be part of a new website that will offer online courses to foreign students.

A rise in students being stood down from school last year was driven by smoking and vaping, according to figures from the Ministry of Education. Audio

Education Minister Chris Hipkins last year urged officials to act faster, documents show.

Aotearoa will have plenty of primary school teachers next year, but it could go either way for secondary schools.

School bus drivers warn some school routes might have no drivers when classes resume next year.

Teachers are worried compulsory NCEA literacy and numeracy tests will be too tough for new migrants, refugees and international students.

Newly released official documents provide a strongly worded warning about the damage Covid-19 has done to the school system. Audio

Organisations representing early childhood services and teachers are divided over calls for mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse.

The Education Review Office also warned nearly half the early childhood services it visited in the past financial year breached regulatory or licensing criteria.