Primary school boys are falling further behind girls in literacy, but closing up in maths.

National Standards have transformed school cultures - but are kids learning any better?

Huge gaps between boys and girls, and among ethnic groups, show up in new school data.

Leaky school repairs are about to get faster and cheaper but an expert warns against it.

Children's schoolwork is suffering as rising rents force more low-income families to move.

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Model answers for NCEA exams may be cut back to stop cheating.

Warning: This article is about suicide and may be distressing for some readers.

Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some readers.

An overcrowded Auckland school plans to start some classes at 7.45am next year.

Snippets of news around Northland.

A Northland teacher's project focuses on raising Maori achievement through music.

Men teaching preschoolers have almost quadrupled in nine years, but lobbyists want more.

Most new Auckland teachers plan to leave town, and many are deferring having children.

A limited statutory manager has been appointed at the Kelston Deaf Education Centre.

The policy is unlikely to be enough for many middle and high-decile schools.

The Ministry of Education will have to change Parliament's record to fix a wrong answer.

Rotorua Intermediate counsellor Ben Teina-Kore Curtis' workload has tripled in six years.

Two new charter schools, one in Rotorua and the other in Taupō, are set to open next year.

Caregivers bring children to kura to confess after destructive rampage through rooms.

Suspensions for physical assaults on other students is the highest its been since 2009.

Schools are standing down a record number of students for assaulting teachers.

Education sector groups plan a campaign to make Māori history part of the core curriculum.

Transience has hit a record high in low-decile schools as the housing crisis hits children

A new report proposes rating teachers based on how much they lift student achievement.

Parent says primary schoolkids have been allowed to watch porn at a Rotorua school.

Kiwis have been singing iconic song Tutira Mai Nga Iwi wrong for 50 years.

Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.

Students at a top NZ school have taken on the school's toilets in a global online petition

A principal's daughter died from a medical event on the school grounds.