Auckland schools are hiring teachers from smaller towns and overseas to meet demand.

A huge overseas recruitment drive will help in schools this year but many still have gaps.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has kicked off work to review NCEA.

A school has been forced to pull two people out of retirement to fill teaching positions.

Students switching from BA and BCom degrees to more job-rich fields such as IT.

The Stage Challenge Foundation says lack of funding is behind the event being axed.

The 20 hours "free" pre-school education is far from free.

Private school cost leap contrasts with falling state costs due to cheaper computers.

Too much classroom time is spent testing for NCEA and a review of the system is timely.

NZQA keeps release time under wraps to prevent repeat of website crash.

Bill would require listing at least 10 languages as "national priority languages".

Diverse population spurs students to learn other nations' languages.

Boy's new school promises to make the placement "the best it can be for the child".

Teacher went to a funeral not realising she had left a 4-year-old girl in the van.

Pakuranga parents say their autistic son, 12, was bullied by kids and mocked by a teacher.

Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School's board of trustees said the money has not been spent.

The 11-year-old boy was locked in the room for up to 10 minutes at a time.

27% of childcare workers would not send their own children to the centre they work at.

Children's progress the new focus, not 'arbitrary' standards, says Education Minister.

Victoria University has inked a deal to sell its Karori campus for retirement buildings.

Desperate measures to lure former teachers back as new survey finds unfilled vacancies.

OPINION: Our education is too important to be affected by fads and competing ideologies.

Teacher trainees will need better literacy and maths, and eventually postgraduate degrees

Briefings: Building spree creates a risk that development will exceed demand, TEC says.

TEC has told the minister it is keeping a close eye on the developments at Wintec

Social worker important for the well-being of students, principal says.

National Standards have not stopped the reading slide, and may have accelerated it.

Wintec has paid out an average of $18,200 per person in exit packages.

Fees-free policy will help 30,000 at varsity and 50,000 in polytechs or industry training.

British Columbia turned down Nigel Murray's bid for a medical school in suburban Vancouver