The number of students being stood down for bad behaviour is at its lowest point for more than a decade.

School staff are being told to brace themselves for the worst week of problems with the Novopay payroll system.

A private investigator has begun knocking on doors across Auckland in a heightened game of cat-and-mouse pitting prominent schools against desperate parents.

There's a lot more to modern schooling than the three Rs. One Hamilton school is teaching boys the three Ts: tie tying, tyre changing and steak cooking.

Two women who accused a male teacher of having sex with them failed in a bid to have their complaint heard in public.

Although parents can be fairly sure that school will provide their children with grounding in the basics - the question has to be asked: will it get them ready to deal with life in a fast and unpredictable world?

The Korean parents of a Year 7 student are being billed more than $6000 by an Auckland school for helping to improve his knowledge of English.

Prime Minister John Key mounted a strong defence of Education Minister Hekia Parata today in a speech during annual Ratana celebrations.

Waikohu Ranginui is not your usual high school student.

Nine New Zealand students have aced an internationally recognised exam by scoring 100 per cent in a subject, an extremely difficult feat.

John Key's dramatic Cabinet reshuffle displays a streak of ruthlessness hitherto rarely seen in a New Zealand prime minister.

Doctorate degrees can earn graduates more than double the national median wage five years after capping, a Ministry of Education report has found.

A teacher at a Christian school has admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a student - one of 11 teachers found guilty of serious misconduct last year.

The real question is how much confidence parents have in Parata - and whether National is stuck with a lame-duck minister, writes John Armstrong.

Prime Minister John Key says Education Minister Hekia Parata will be safe in an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle, despite her troubles last year, because she is hugely talented and one of National's best communicators.

Editorial: The charter schools proposal has not been so contentious that the Government would fear its exposure to criticism. Since the critics are mostly busy teachers the legislative calendar might have done them a favour,

Labour MP for Rimutaka, Chris Hipkins, talks to political editor Audrey Young about politics and holidays.

My final grade is just a number, but the process of getting there involved trying, failing, swearing, thinking, retrying, and eventual improvement, writes Verity Johnson.

Jackson Harpur jumped out of bed as soon as he saw the Twitter announcement on his phone: NCEA results had been released.