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.

David Seymour has disputed claims charter schools have been inflating their NCEA exam results.

Charter school NCEA pass rates are out of line with state schools, new analysis shows.

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.

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.

Raw footage of the moment two students launched at a police officer after another allegedly attacked the principal's car has been revealed online.

The Education Council is set to receive $21 million, to keep it afloat until it can raise teacher registration fees.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

Most schools will open tomorrow, following hundreds of closures after the quake.

Scholarship exams have been cancelled, but NCEA exams can go ahead in schools if they are not earthquake damaged, NZQA says.

The two toddlers most seriously hurt when a tree toppled at an Auckland daycare last Tuesday are expected to be discharged on Monday.

A childcare centre manager who left children unsupervised - one was eventually found on the street by members of the public - is not

Thousands of school students are ditching the paper and pen and taking their revision online.

An event at Hill St Early Childhood Centre in Wellington this morning will publicise the campaign to restore funding and quality to ECE.

It is unbelievable that a difficult child could be locked in a tiny cell at any New Zealand school nowadays.

An Auckland primary school is asking parents to fork out up to $100 for a transition-to-school programme for under 5s.

Consultation has begun on an update of the 20-year-old early childhood education curriculum.