Christchurch's Phillipstown and Woolston schools are set to merge, despite strong opposition from the local community.

It is certainly possible to grade teachers into broad categories of incompetent, middling and outstanding, writes Peter Lyons. But even these boundaries can be blurred on a daily basis.

Primary teachers’ union NZEI said tonight its members were not happy about having the new $360 million school leadership package sprung on them.

New Te Wananga o Aotearoa boss Jim Mather has big plans for the tertiary organisation he took the helm of in October.

Granny nannies are on the rise as parents seek out more experienced carers - in some cases to fill the role of absent grandparents.

If a sharp drop in the Pisa rankings represented a sobering judgment on this country's education system, not all is doom and gloom.

Taking students back to their roots has proven to be a winning ingredient at Hamilton Boys' High.

A little over six years ago, Selwyn College in Auckland was struggling.

Kwasi Enin, 17, the son of immigrant nurses from Ghana, has become the first person to be accepted to all eight Ivy League universities.

Efforts to ensure all Kiwi kids can access early childhood education are "way ahead" of a similar American push, says the US Secretary of Education.

If proof was ever needed that forecast growth in Auckland's population will present challenges, it is to be found in the pressure on school rolls.

Children are being moulded into desired citizens at preschool through government-funded literature focusing on emotions, says an award-winning thesis.

Microsoft is sponsoring Kiwi schools to train up the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg — but some teachers are uncomfortable with big corporates guiding the curriculum.

There were tears at a Dunedin private school yesterday as principal Melissa Bell, who last year recovered from aggressive breast cancer, announced her resignation.

Two key players in the $90k Ernst & Young review of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust have contradictory views about what the terms of reference allowed the review to do.

Twin brothers Maui and Mihaka Hohua say they got into carpentry to repair their Kawhia home which needs a bit done to it.

A $200,000 scholarship to study music at Cambridge University is a dream come true for student Paul Newton-Jackson.

Sometimes, scandal and the game of league appear to be inextricably linked. But now the rugby union is checking to see if it has a problem.

Radical measures are on the cards to cope with a huge increase in the number of school-age children in Auckland as already full schools struggle to cope.

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is urgently searching for teachers and has turned to outside help for lessons just over a month after opening its doors.

Teachers accused of misconduct can be named and disciplinary tribunal hearings will be open to the public under new Teachers Council rules.

An Auckland high school which excluded a student with Asperger's after a dispute with a teacher is appealing against a judge's ruling to quash the expulsion.

Developers of a new reading application claim that most people can easily double or triple their reading speed without any special training, writes Sally Andrews.

A New Jersey high school cheerleader who sued her parents for child support and tuition has agreed to dismiss her lawsuit.

More Pacific and Maori students are doing better in the classroom - leaving high school with higher qualifications and better options in life.

Tyler McCarthy knows that in order to get to where he wants to be one day, he has to work hard now.

Nearly one in five parents have taken their child out of school in order to go on an overseas holiday, according to a new survey.