Media items selected by the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) as an update on secondary education and union issues in the news, with the main focus on New Zealand.

All links open to the actual article on the news website.

1. 'Church and state' defines debate
2. Concern over teachers being trained in six weeks (video 4:15)
3. Rich Waikato schools widen the gap
4. Novopay debacle costs $3.5m in extra staff
5. Aranui High School let down by ministry
6. Super-school could work, says principal
7. Chch school protests against closure
8. Union questions benefit to students of super school
9. Tenacious Chisnallwood escapes merger
10. Greens suspicious about `mega-schools'
11. Waimea College eyes spare capacity across road
12. Engaging the disengaged- what is the role of Teachers in Secondary School Sport?
13. Schools Network Upgrade Project (SNUP) gets more funding
14. Budget 2013 - Education
15. Schools lead the way
16. Plastic air guns anger deputy principal
17. James Hardie makes no provision on NZ Education Ministry's leaky school claim