Lynn Euphemia Abraham is defending 11 charges against nine children.

Lynn Euphemia Abraham is defending 11 charges against nine different children.

Police officer Ben McLean, charged with murdering his wife, moved from hospital to prison.

Invercargill families of Anzac Day shooting victims in 'total shock'

Low-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers

COMMENT: Obsessive focus on literacy and numeracy is squeezing lifeblood from creativity.

Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

The man pleaded not guilty to charges including sexual connection and indecent assault.

Teachers are being kicked, punched and stabbed by children of P-addicted mothers.

Parents looking for school that will take autistic Hamilton boy expelled for hitting.

COMMENT: University staff should be heeded when they cite pressure to drop standards.

More money needed to match more responsibilities.

Northland primary schools are threatening to permanently suspend troubled children.

New Lynn's Fruitvale School will get a new $9.5 million classroom block.

Auckland's population growth has sparked a school zoning row in Mt Albert.

Officials will remind all schools that compulsory "BYO device" policies are illegal.

Local educators feel penalised for looking after children with new vetting charges.

A teen couple say they have been forced to stay at home in fear after their school said it could not ensure their safety.

Schools should respond to pupils who marched on Parliament this week.

OPINION: Childcare and early education needs to be less like school, says Sarah Alexander.

Big housing development leads to new classrooms for primary school.

Carter Holt Harvey has dragged 47 local body governments into its leaky schools court case after losing a bid to have the Ministry of Education's claim tossed out.

An accidental strangling in an Australian school has led to one Auckland school moving to cut off the cords from pupils' hats in a bid to prevent similar incidents here.

A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

The mother of a boy injured in a hit-and-run is asking for changes to his school bus route before a child gets killed.

Teachers' pay rates should be based on how much progress their students make in their learning, a report says.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

Teachers have been told to encourage children to speak their first languages in their first few years of education, rather than sticking solely to English.

Pass rates for the controversial MCAT exam, which reduced some students to tears, are higher than previous years.

COMMENT: As our country marks Waitangi Day, it's appropriate to reflect on the outstanding progress being made by Maori children and young people.