Despite a six-year government literacy and numeracy "crusade" costing more than $250 million, a quarter of children are below the National Standards.

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Six years and $250 million on has the National Standards policy introduced into New Zealand primary schools been worth it?

Rainbow, monochrome, too much detail, not enough - the quality of school report cards remains a lottery, parents say - and studies agree. Here, we asked adult humans to try and decipher a range of real-life examples.

Rainbow, monochrome, too much detail, not enough - the quality of school report cards remains a lottery, parents say.

The school that fought to keep out National Standards.

Maths specialist Sheela Stanley gives 3 tips to parents to help kids with their maths.

She wasn't prepared to opt for an "urban dictionary" version, but as it turned out, the correct word was perceived as far worse.

The way to raise strong children is to lead by example, that was the magic formula that helped Laura Campbell bring up her 14-year-old daughter.

Theft of shed from school grounds is second such incident in West Auckland suburb this week.

A former primary school employee is to pursue a claim of more than $60,000 of back pay for sleepover shifts she worked.

The education and training services sector has been ranked New Zealand's most attractive sector by workers across the country.

The cost of tertiary education has soared seven times faster than the rate of inflation, new data reveals.

The Corelli International Academic School of the Arts, in the North Shore suburb of Browns Bay in Auckland, was taken over by receivers on April 7.

Paul Charman says Warkworth's "Rugged Learning Adventures Camp", cracks the literacy code for slow learners.

A father fighting his daughter's former school over Bible lessons is appealing a judge's decision to strike off his case in the High Court.

A UK head teacher has come under fire for her new policy on student uniforms.

A former Southland principal has won another victory over the school commissioner who unjustifiably sacked her.

Meet the young New Zealander who is turning down 10 of the top universities in the world, including at least four Ivy League schools.

The University of Auckland has agreed to sell its Tāmaki Campus to a local property investment company.

Students at a West Auckland school were told their skirts would need to be lowered to the knees to "stop boys from getting ideas".

Schools are slowly claiming back University Entrance, after a change in the qualification saw a dramatic fall in pass rates in low-decile areas.

She dreams of becoming a lawyer, so 17-year-old Rawhiti-Whenua Ngataki needs top marks. The Tuakau teen attends decile 4 Tuakau College.

COMMENT: New Zealand has no shortage of tea-stained reports about the failures of Child Youth and Family and its hard-working, well-meaning staff.

Like an episode of CSI: Papakura, the Year 9 class at Rosehill College, in South Auckland, must channel all their investigative powers to eliminate the suspects in crime, set by science teacher Alice Nash.

A Hamilton high school teacher has resigned from her job after she allegedly performed oral sex on a Year 13 boy the same night as his school leavers' dinner.

A Maori academic who died suddenly during a celebratory occasion at the University of Waikato is being remembered as a passionate advocate and educator.

The Human Rights Commission and the Secular Education Network will this morning find out if they can join a High Court case to ban Bible in New Zealand schools.

NCEA results are out - and the data shows slight increases across the board.

The post read: "If you see a pack of young Maori/Polynesian males, be prepared to sprint."