Education

Nearly 2000 primary school children were sent home last year as a result of serious disciplinary matters - including 75 whose behaviour was so bad they were told not to bother returning.

Thirty pupils were at Rotary Park School today, and school officials are hoping the number will increase with time.

Education staff selection has truly entered the digital age.

Peter Lyons argues that, while there is much scope for innovative public policy to improve teacher and school performance, charter schools are not the way to go.

State integration of a Queenstown special-character school may lead to competition with overcrowded Wakatipu schools for sites designated by the Ministry of Education, a hearing commissioner says.

The Wanaka Primary School Future Trust has made a $6000 distribution of its earnings to the school.

A Labour-led Government would invest $75m over four years to put laptops into the hands of 31,000 year 7 to year 13 students in low-decile schools.

There is merit in Don Brash's call for merit pay for teachers, argues Pete Lyons.

Three Otago integrated schools which have introduced personal laptops or netbooks say parents have supported the move.

An Auckland school has triggered an uproar by placing the new iPad on its 'compulsory' stationery list for Year 9 students next year.