By Chris Ormond and Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, July 23 NZPA - Money could be put into improving teacher training so they were equipped to deal with special needs students, Associate Education Minister Heather Roy says.

By Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, July 2 NZPA - Teachers have to do what the Government tells them to, Education Minister Anne Tolley says. The 550 principals at the Principals Federation Conference in Queenstown yesterday voted to oppose national standards.

Wellington, June 25 NZPA - The Auckland Primary Principals' Association (APPA) is telling members to boycott training to implement national standards and it has union backing.

Wellington, June 22 NZPA - National education standards will make students feel like failures, Wellington's Mount Cook School principal Sandra McCallum says.

Wellington, March 30 NZPA - Education Minister Anne Tolley is claiming success in the introduction of national standards in schools as those leading protests against it prepare to descend on Parliament.

Wellington, Feb 17 NZPA - Primary teachers are calling on the Government to ignore an "ideologically-driven" report on school choice. Education Minister Anne Tolley is approaching it cautiously and says she will consider it.

Wellington, Feb 16 NZPA - The Government is considering a modified version of the education voucher scheme for the worst and best performing students.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - Education Minister Anne Tolley has urged people to look beyond the controversy surrounding national standards as processes get underway to implement it in primary and intermediate schools.

Feds pse q for 0400 Wellington, Feb 3 NZPA - The Government has "hit the panic button" with its campaign to explain national standards in schools, the primary teachers' union says.

Wellington, Dec 16 NZPA - A leaked Education Review Office (ERO) report described by Education Minister Anne Tolley as "alarming" is not as bad as the minister is making out, education sector union NZEI says.