Ballooning numbers of preschool kids being taught at home by under-qualified grandparents and nannies - at the taxpayers' expense.

ASG survey shows families struggling to keep up with schooling's extra costs.

Concerns were raised about an evaluation of charter schools by the head of the Government.

A survey of early childhood teachers has found a quarter of them would not be happy to have their own child enrolled where they work.

For some, charter schools are making a genuine and positive difference. They offer choice, and choice is never a bad thing.

A group of young children formed the Rangatahi Philharmonia o Tara orchestra, which will play its first concert at the Auckland Town Hall tonight.

Small class sizes have been hailed as one of the key conditions to charter school success in a first report into how the controversial education model is working.

Anna Redgrave discovers her ADHD syndrom during a psychology lecture at university.

An Auckland primary school principal says he signed a settlement agreement under duress.

Businesses may be placing less importance on university degrees but employees with tertiary education still earn more on average.

After months of pilot programmes OMGTech! launched their nationwide initiative to enable access for all children in NZ to learn advanced technology.

"Bro culture" in many workplaces that pay men more than women means that one law student is entering the workforce with apprehension.

Education Minister's proposal to link school funding to student achievement has been met with scepticism by educators.

The secondary teachers union will drop a proposed move to ban foreign qualifications, saying it was proving a "distraction" from the real issues around NCEA.

The Education Minister has referenced anti-apartheid protests when calling for the PPTA to drop its ban on working with people involved with charter schools.

Mike Hosking says a good worker loses absolutely nothing if they never step foot in a classroom if they're determined, clever and hungry for it. The real world has started to count for more than the academic world.

Education officials are "extremely concerned" a Porirua early childhood centre has re-employed a teacher accused of striking children.

Are businesses placing less importance on university degrees?

A former army major will graduate tomorrow for the third time as the oldest of a record number of University of Auckland students.

While most teenagers spend their spare time checking their Facebook updates, Yasmine Dai has been more interested in staring into murky tanks of sea water.

A successful campaign against a failure to include parents in an overhaul of the special education system has seen an extra 33 meetings held around the country.

The headmaster of one of Auckland's most popular boys' schools will defer retirement to lead the revitalisation of a struggling school across town.

Low pay, big workloads and growing levels of abuse are among factors discouraging people from teaching, according to Post Primary Teachers' Association representatives.

What we need to be talking about is the kind of learning that we think is appropriate before we get to assessment, writes Steve Maharey. Good learning begins with the curriculum.

The trend is growing for programming to become the language of choice in schools.

An Auckland teacher who spat on a five-year-old Down Syndrome boy's face will be allowed to keep teaching.

Three girls from Manurewa High School who were caught on camera earlier this month stomping and punching each other have been expelled.

Auckland's best and brightest are being schmoozed with $5000 sweeteners, rugby tickets and ski trips in a bid to boost student numbers in Christchurch.

It's been humbling to watch reactions of our own students and teachers to the events of the past week, writes Manurewa High principal Salvatore Gargiulo.

John Key has dismissed concerns about the amount of money schools are spending on hungry kids, saying the government is working hard to provide support.