Most teachers and their unions don't seem to understand the rationale behind charter schools, writes Peter Lyons.

International student numbers have bounced back after years of decline, driving the value of the country's fifth largest export industry to $2.85 billion, says a report by Education New Zealand.

Some parents are being pushed into debt as a result of increased demands to shell out for digital devices for their children's schoolwork.

Parents have been warned about buying unnecessary add-ons as retailers take advantage of the requirement of many schools for students to have a laptop or tablet.

Teenager who took a year off school to nurse gravely ill mother makes it into Oxford University. But she wasn't able tell her mother the good news.

The cost of a 'free' education in NZ is $35,000 - and that's raised concerns some children won't return to school next week because their families can't afford it.

The rising cost of tertiary fees is reflected in the latest student loan borrowings figures released yesterday by Statistics New Zealand.

The value of uniforms has been hotly debated since at least since I was wearing the blue tunic required by Hastings Girls' High. Wearing a uniform didn't do me any harm.

A natural outcome of a market economy must be inequality of incomes. They are a necessary and desirable outcome, writes Peter Lyons.

A wet morning with 23 preschoolers at Balmoral's Playcentre.

It didn't take Rahui Mosby's family long to learn about her outstanding NCEA results. "Mum was looking over my shoulder."

Word-lovers are being encouraged to ditch new coinages for long-lost words that may have fallen out of favour.

After a long wait, most high school students will be finding themselves face to face with their year's work as NCEA exam results are published today.

A principal at an Auckland private school has admitted slapping one of his students with the back of his hand and says the incident has torn his family apart.

A group of British teenagers will be taught by Chinese teachers in a unique experiment for a BBC documentary.

Down a driveway in a modest house in Hamilton's university suburb is where the magic happens.

A new, generic school uniform range is being touted as a way to help parents reduce the cost of kids going back to class.

If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.

Parents are being urged to encourage their children to read over the summer in light of research showing kids who forgo books while on holiday lose reading ability at alarming rates.

Fast food is already blamed for all sorts of health problems, from obesity to bad skin, and now a new study has found that it could actually slow down the brain.

Mick Jagger strolls into a pub in Russell and the patrons, though shocked, leave him alone. Wonder if they'd be the same with our own legend, Richie McCaw?...

The single most reliable indicator of future academic success is the number of books you have in your home when you grow up, writes Peter O'Connor.

A private boarding school's head of chemistry who wrote "disparaging" comments on student testimonials has been reinstated while an investigation is carried out.

A primary school relief teacher is on the naughty list with parents this Christmas after apparently casting doubt about Santa's authenticity...

The country's largest university is bankrolling the official name change of transgender students to avoid them being accidentally outed in class.

The Government would have us believe school teachers are just a pack of whiners, writes Dita De Boni. It is exhausting, relentless work, mentally and physically, and I for one am happy to admit I could never hack it.

Teaching can be a hard job where you're left "wondering how you've ever controlled a class", says Brian Stephenson, St Paul's College's outgoing head of science.

Ashburton College’s principal has welcomed the decision to deny name suppression for a former teacher who committed serious misconduct.

Nobel Laureate and former United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu says New Zealand has an opportunity to quickly ramp up its use of renewable energy because of the huge strides being made in wind,....

An explanation of National standards and its place in education.