Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

Children using smartphones and tablets from an early age can have both troubling and positive consequences, a leading academic says.

Pupils at a low decile Christchurch school will return to school this week excited to see brand new classrooms being built with high-tech materials.

Through international fame and fortune, Chris Liddell has remained loyal to New Zealand business and causes.

A principal who stalked a young teacher has been censured by the teacher's body.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

A teacher has admitted falsifying NCEA documents because he was "panicked" and overwhelmed by work.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

A tertiary training school for business and management students has been closed down by officials.

New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?

The average student is in $21,000 of debt, which will take them more than eight years to pay off.

COMMENT: The only way to achieve high standard of early education will be through Govt restoring per-child subsidies to adequate levels.

The University of Canterbury has revealed its new post-earthquake design.

The cost of putting a child through state school has risen by 15 per cent in 10 years, new figures show.

The new school year is weeks away but schools are struggling to find teachers.

More than 20,000 students asked for an emergency derived grade following the Kaikoura earthquake.

Exam results day can be a stressful one all round for both students and their parents.

New Zealand's education system needs to put more focus on languages, says the woman whose video about Maori pronunciation received thousands of views last week.

Kiwi whiz-kids are being snapped up by prestigious US universities in record numbers. More than a dozen students from across the country have already been offered places at Ivy League and other top-ranked American universities in what are known as early-round offers.Co-founder of education consultancy Crimson, Jamie Beaton talks to Tristram about this.

Catching up with the nine top scholars from 2015 NCEA exams, a year on from their results.

A record number of New Zealand students have received early round offers to some of the world's best tertiary institutions, including the Ivy League.

Some day, young Kiwi swimming star Annabelle Paterson wants to represent her country at the Olympic Games.

When we read, it's very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In written language, spaces are used to separate words from one

Parents who choose single-sex schools do so for many reasons, but a major one is the belief that "boys and girls learn differently."

A former high school principal who was sacked from her job has been awarded $150,000 for unfair dismissal.

At least eleven international students from Korea are in limbo after an education agent ran away with their money, paid for school fees and living expenses.

A review panel will start investigating what went wrong with last year's NCEA maths exams next week - just as exam results are due to be posted.

A "spectacular" multi-million dollar homestead on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and the foothills of the Remarkables has been donated to the University of Otago.