John Gerritsen

Forget about high decile and low decile when you are talking about schools.

From now on the words to use are fewest barriers and most barriers.

That is the way government agencies are grouping… Audio

Massey University expects to chalk up a $41 million deficit for 2023.

It's lower than previously forecast and includes $19 million in redundancy costs, but the institution is likely to make two more… Audio

Some universities could run out of cash this year or breach their borrowing limits.

The Tertiary Education Commission made the warning in a financial overview of the sector delivered to incoming… Audio

The Government's cellphone ban in schools is causing problems for some neurodiverse children who are struggling to get through the day.

Parents say they are not able to get an exemption.

Meanwhile… Audio

Some school students are finding the government's ban on mobile phones a bit of a shock.

Schools have been open for just a few days, but many have already revised their rules to meet the new… Audio

Education Ministry documents reveal there were major gaps in the monitoring of charter schools between 2013 and 2018, some of which the government of the day declined to fix.

The gaps included… Audio

The number of unqualified people working as school teachers has more than doubled since the pandemic began.

Education Ministry figures show more than 1,800 people were working in schools in December… Audio

Te Pūkenga has announced the departure of its chief executive Peter Winder as it heads for its biggest deficit yet.

A document obtained by RNZ shows it is expecting to lose about $93 million this… Audio

Massey University is moving to sell or lease nearly all of its Albany campus as well as properties at its Wellington and Manawatū campuses.

It has called for proposals from real estate companies to… Audio

An OECD survey shows Kiwi 15-year-olds are more likely to say their classes are disrupted by bad behaviour and distractions than teens in any other of 37 developed nations. Is that because New Zealand… Audio

New Zealand's scores have fallen yet again in the OECD's PISA tests of reading, maths and science.

The average scores in last year's tests of 15-year-olds are only slightly lower in reading and… Audio

Some former charter schools are interested in leaving the state system and returning to charter or partnership school status.

The government is reintroducing the publicly funded private schools which… Audio

Early childhood services say they're running on a knife edge as enrolments drop and record numbers of services go out of business.

Centre managers and owners say some families can no longer afford… Audio

Secondary school principals warn they are pilfering one another's staff as they struggle to find enough teachers for next year.

More teachers are needed to keep up with a surge of enrolments from new… Audio

A Cabinet paper shows the Education Ministry underestimated the cost of passing on school and kindergarten teachers' pay rises to early childhood teachers by a quarter of a billion dollars over four… Audio

Staff at Te Pūkenga are surprised, and some are unhappy the super-institute is pushing ahead with more changes.

It has just finished a major restructure that cost 200 jobs and now it is consulting on… Audio

Results from the prestigious PISA tests of reading, maths and science are due out in December but we already know New Zealand's scores are likely to be 10 points higher than they should be.

So many… Audio

Plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers are unhappy with the training their apprentices have been getting at the super-institute Te Pūkenga.

They say the quality of assessment is poor and courses are… Audio

A study of 10,000 school children shows they want good teachers, access to clubs and sports groups and not too much homework.

Some would also like more sleep - even in the classroom.

The findings… Audio