Parents are going to extreme lengths to give their children a head start before they hit the school system.

Looking over the curriculum for Bible in Schools, what is most striking is how innocuous it is, writes Dr Paul Moon. It makes its critics appear self-righteous and doctrinaire.

New Zealand's largest secondary school lost five teachers after a charter school was established nearby which could offer better salaries.

Amber-leigh Erasmus had Myrah when she was 17 years old.

Parents are "very happy" over the decision by an Auckland school to remove religious education classes from its school day.

Rob Hughes has taught several thousand students during his decades as a schoolteacher.

Taxpayers have spent nearly $30 million targeting vandalism at schools in the past two years, while thieves have made off with items such as plastic guttering and wooden seats.

After 32 years as a corporate lawyer, Derek Dallow was in a financial position to slow down and ease into the twilight of his career.

New guidelines around how teachers can search students have been issued to schools today.

Surely the scandal of school donations should have been Ms Parata's focus this week, rather than a bloated taskforce set up to appease the ideological sensibilities of Act, writes Brian Rudman.

School children will next week have their lunch boxes filled with free bananas, apples and ... mineolas (that's a type of tangelo).

A state primary school is giving each of its students an iPad for their own use - and says government money and fundraising were enough to pay for the project.

Unitec students are fuming over the swift removal of 50 white crosses they put on the berm outside the Mt Albert campus in protest at the "slaughter" of their teaching staff.

A primary school is considering "all options" over its Christianity classes after complaints from three parents.

'Why didn't you get 116 per cent?" My dad didn't actually say this every single time I or my brother or sister got our exam results at school, but boy, the message sure got in.

About 30 boys are being pulled out of class and made to sit in the school hall while staff at Whangarei Boys' High School chase up outstanding fees.

The Government is working towards more charter or partnership schools beyond the five already approved Prime Minister John Key said ahead of the opening of the first one today.

A primary school has come under fire after giving out tags to families which can be used to identify which students have had their voluntary donation paid.

An Auckland school is starting the year on a high after a $1 million donation and plans to use the money to set up a permanent source of funds.

Nearly $200m is being paid by insurer Vero to the Education Ministry for quake-damaged schools in Christchurch, in one of the country's biggest-ever payouts.

Benjamin Gaze started at Auckland Grammar School this week, 132 years after his great-great-grandfather faced the same nerve-racking initiation.

Teaching is as much about stamina as intellect and creativity, writes Peter Lyons. Few teachers launch their careers with the stated ambition of being dullards in the classroom.

Pacific Islanders need to rediscover their entrepreneurial spirit, says the new minister tasked with turning around their job and education prospects.

Urgent action is needed across the school sector after one third of schools were found to be putting students at risk of exposure to sexual predators.

One third of schools are too trusting and are putting students at risk of exposure to sexual predators, a new report has found.

To compare teachers simply on the basis of the results of their students is to overlook the multiple influences on student achievement, writes Graeme Aitken.

Parents with preschool-age children are expected to be the big winners from Labour leader David Cunliffe's State of the Nation address today.