When social sciences teacher Nigel Bassett moved into his new classroom he chose not to have a desk.

A charitable group is aiming to give away a million financial literacy work books to New Zealand students by 2020 to try to improve young people's wealth creation skills.

The Labour Party says Education Minister Hekia Parata's consideration of performance funding in schools could lead to the most radical shakeup of education in a generation.

I can still remember the freedom that came with being given my first bike.

The Government is looking to fund schools according to the progress their pupils make, the Education Minister has revealed.

The distraught parents of an infant who needed hospital treatment after being repeatedly bitten by a 2-year-old boy at a preschool.

A principal and her husband siphoned off more than $30,000 from a decile one school in South Auckland and splashed out on themselves.

There will be less chance of dodgy teachers resurfacing at other schools under legislation to be introduced in Parliament today, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.

The Greens want to build up to $200m in cycle lanes and walkways around schools if they are in govt, and funding would be redirected from "low-value" projects such as the Holiday Highway north of Auckland.

Some parents have become obsessed about giving their offspring the added edge, writes Peter Lyons. Choice of school often dominates dinner party conversations.

A recent report in the Herald points out that New Zealand universities have slipped down considerably in the most recent Times Higher Education rankings of universities.

Those inane selfies and comments on our social media sites will live on long after we're dead, says a visiting academic - but it'll be a valuable historical record.

The $1.26 million seismic upgrade of Diocesan School for Girls' old chapel will be finished around mid-May.

Steven Joyce has made himself into the Minister for All Things Large & Little. It seems that no sector of the economy is safe from his reforming zeal, writes Tim Hazledine.

It is disappointing to know that in 2014, people still see the world through an "us" versus "them" lens, writes Alice Wang.

The case of a 14-year-old with Asperger's syndrome excluded from his school has highlighted that teachers are not being taught how to deal with autistic students.

The Ministry of Health has written to school principals advising them to ensure all pupils, parents and staff are immunised against measles as an outbreak threatens to sweep the country.

More than 80 per cent of Kiwi girls left school with a qualification last year, provisional figures released today show.

In an ideal world, parents would teach their children respectful attitudes to sex. In reality, that is not always happening.

Auckland Uni is at risk of slipping from a "storehouse of knowledge to a foreign warehouse" as it is increasingly catering for international students at the potential expense of NZers, says Shane Jones.

Respectful attitudes to sex would become a core part of sex education in schools under an overhaul recommended to the Govt.

It was during his time in Auckland that Dr William Tan says he "blossomed" as a long-distance wheelchair athlete, breaking numerous national records.

When dental hygienist Cynthia Wallbridge read in the Herald that 40 per cent of New Zealand 5-year-olds have tooth decay, she was dismayed.

More investment needs to go into the country's universities if they're to move higher up a list ranking the world's institutions, the head of Auckland University says.

'Are we going to open the gates for 12-year-olds to sue for an Xbox?' A New Jersey judge has ruled against a teen who tried to sue her parents over uni fees.