Calls for Education Minister Hekia Parata to stand down have been renewed after the resignation of Education Secretary Lesley Longstone.

Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone has resigned after a relationship breakdown with the Minister of Education Hekia Parata, and will receive a payout. State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie announced today he had been in "talks" with Ms Longstone for a month, and a joint decision had been reached between them three weeks ago.

A high school teacher who slapped a student's head during a tussle over a pen has been censured by the Teachers Council.

With a product as healthy as milk, this is one child-directed selling ploy that is not going to upset the nutritionists or, for that matter, parents, writes Brian Rudman.

A primary school teacher has been arrested and charged with indecently assaulting pupils at the Auckland school where he worked.

A Northland principal is calling for heads to roll at the Education Ministry as the Novopay debacle continues into the Christmas holiday period.

After 90 years at Western Springs, Auckland Zoo is opening a "show home" for endangered New Zealand species on Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

A Castlecliff principal has quit the profession he loves after 24 years, slamming schools becoming businesses and the advent of National Standards.

It can be stressful sending your child to school and not knowing if they will be able to avoid the food they are allergic to or if staff know what to do in an emergency.

A High Court decision overthrowing an attempt to close a girls' special needs school in Nelson is being celebrated by one Wanganui family whose daughter is enrolled there.

Education Minister Hekia Parata maintains the safety of children at school is "paramount" as she comes under fire for trying to close a girls' special needs school.

The axe has come down on Mount Hutt College's landmark Outdoor Pursuits Course.

Education Minister Hekia Parata unlawfully tried to close a girls' special needs school by disregarding warnings they would face greater risks of sexual abuse.

The High Court has found Immigration's suspension of processing student visas for study at an Auckland private training establishment to be "invalid and unlawful".

A petition signed by more than 11,000 Canterbury teachers calling for the Government's plans for the future of education in Christchurch to be stopped has been delivered.

Mac Planet blogger Mark Webster's Christmas round-up of tech-related presents for yourself or your loved ones.

Despite 40 years of investment, the under-performing tail is as stubborn as ever and will remain so as long as educational policy is driven by ideologies, writes Jim Traue.