COMMENT: I totally support the Greens' initiative to make te Reo Maori a core subject, along with English and maths.

Kiwi parents are paying over $300 more for a school uniform than parents in the UK - prompting calls to overhaul our uniform rules.

Community Board member Darrell Latham knows the relocation of the school is a difficult decision but says it is the wrong one.

A clinical child and adolescent psychologist offers advice for parents following the death of a 10-year-old Auckland child in tragic circumstances.

Massey Primary School gets extra help to support the school community following the tragic death of a 10-year-old child.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

Children using smartphones and tablets from an early age can have both troubling and positive consequences, a leading academic says.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

Almost 60 per cent of Kiwis want subsidies for stay-at-home parents introduced, according to a new poll conducted by Family First.

Who has the power to set school zones is set to change - after two schools resisted official requests to establish an enrolment scheme.

All too soon students will be back at school and questions will resume about about how well our education system prepares them for later life.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

Nikki Kaye is set to become the new Education Minister but her appointment has been put off to allow her to recover from breast cancer treatment.

The controversial charter school model will be expanded to take students who are keen on science, technology, engineering and maths

A former Canterbury primary school principal who groomed a young boy before sexually assaulting him over half a decade was today jailed for more than nine years.

Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.

The mother of a Hamilton primary school student believes the school and other authorities have tried to brush the incident under the carpet, reports say.

At least two more schools have been investigated after complaints about seclusion rooms - including one that was eventually closed.

NZ students rank above OECD average, but girls and rich students have seen their results drop.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

Today's bomb hoax won't be the last time schools are threatened, a security expert warns.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

Nearly a quarter of 10-year-olds say they are bullied on a weekly basis.

The head of an Auckland daycare where a child died is speaking out for the first time.

Four Westport schools will lose thousands of dollars of yearly funding after again failing to convince the Ministry of Education to overturn their decile ratings.

Pupils with learning difficulties struggle to get the help they need, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.

Worried Hato Petera College principal is expecting bad news about the future of his school.

John Paul College principal Patrick Walsh is standing down from the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand after 10 years

Thousands of central Wellington workers face an uncertain week as the clean-up from Monday's devastating 7.8 earthquake clean-up.