John Gerritsen

The body that registers and disciplines teachers is facing a $10m shortfall unless a law change allows it to increase its fees.

The Education Review Office has found a way of helping schools that have previously defied attempts at improvement.

The government is worried children at schools that don't enrol foreign students are missing out.

A draft government document warns the eventual return of thousands of foreign students could worsen housing and teacher shortages and create over-reliance on students' fees.

In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Māori News Journalist Jamie Tahana and Education Correspondent John Gerritsen look at a suite of new initiatives being brought in to improve Māori achievement…

As part of a series on efforts to better recognise Māori language and culture in schools, RNZ profiles the work of four schools.

Māori educators believe they are seeing an unprecedented push to ensure schools walk the talk of honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to ensure schools and teachers are using reo and tikanga every day. Today, teachers tell RNZ that learning te reo is making them into better…

Principals and teachers say training teachers to tackle racism and value Māori culture is essential for improving the school system.

The government has changed the rules of its main research fund for tertiary institutions to tackle long-standing under-representation of Māori and Pacific researchers.

Principals and teachers want answers from the Teaching Council after the High Court threw out its new system for certifying teachers, potentially undermining its financial stability.

The university said the decision did not include doctoral students and it would not affect students who had already received an offer of place or who were currently enrolled to continue their studies.

The Teaching Council is facing financial chaos after a judicial review quashed its decision to more than double teachers' practising certificate fees. Audio

Test results indicate last year's lockdowns damaged children's achievement in writing, but had little effect on their reading and maths.

A woman says the Education Ministry and Oranga Tamariki had failed her granddaughter because they did not do enough to help her re-enrol.

The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than 100 children who have been kicked out of other schools. Audio

Primary and intermediate schools fear a government review is threatening foreign enrolments worth more than $20 million a year in fees.

Teachers backing the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum say it will help close sometimes woeful gaps in young people's knowledge of this country's past.

Universities are hoping partnerships with foreign institutions will help their international student enrolments recover when border restrictions are eventually lifted.

English language schools are warning that their entire industry could cease to exist by the end of the year.

The teacher union the Educational Institute is mystified that the government has set aside more than $270 million to settle Holidays Act underpayments to school staff.

An autistic boy who was expelled from school despite appealing to the Children's Commissioner has now been out of school for seven weeks.

Moriori are worried their story will be ignored when New Zealand history becomes part of the core curriculum for primary and secondary schools next year.

Future changes and historic payroll mistakes are among the targets of more than $2 billion in new education spending in today's government Budget.

An expert panel has warned that compulsory New Zealand history lessons next year could upset some children and lead to difficult classroom discussions. Audio