Primary school teachers could strike next year if they do not get a better offer, says the teachers' union.

Teachers still plan to strike this week despite two days at the bargaining table with the Ministry of Education.

If you tell children they're failures, they tend not to disappoint you.

A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.

NZ is the third best country to live in the world, climbing 17 places in the latest United Nations' index aimed at measuring development.

The Ministry of Education is contacting the trustees of every primary and intermediate school to ask about their stance on National Standards.

We asked readers if they had confidence in the Govt's national education standards, after more than 200 schools rejected them.

Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

Phil Goff says the "untested" National Standards system the Govt is trying to push through won't succeed and should be delayed.

More than 200 schools are refusing to introduce part of the Government's mandatory national standards next year after voting "no confidence" in the system.

The father of a schoolgirl sent to South Africa after she was bullied at Howick College says the school is in denial if it thinks hers is an isolated case.

A teen has been sent to South Africa to finish her school year after claims she was bullied so badly at Howick College she was too scared to go to class.

A staggering 40 per cent of Kiwi adults lack the literacy skills to carry out their jobs.

Inside the first of the Govt's new boot camps for serious repeat youth offenders.

NZ has the world's best education system, third highest level of personal freedom and our economy is going pretty well, a think-tank says.

Whenever there are cuts to be made, it always seems to be down to the Education Minister to make them, writes Dita De Boni.