School principals uncertain about their right to discipline international students have asked the Ministry of Education to clear up confusion.

The Government has announced it will spend more than $14 million rebuilding a Manurewa primary school riddled with toxic mould and asbestos.

A parent of a pupil at Salisbury School has spoken of his disappointment over the proposal to close the special needs school his daughter attends.

A decision to start discussions over the future of a special education school for girls is "unbelievably short-sighted", the school's board chairman says.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has talked for years about replacing the decile system of school funding.

EXCLUSIVE: Government evaluates plan to allocate cash based on students' risk of failure.

Teacher aides should be paid in the same way as teachers, an education union says, as new research shows they are among the worst-off occupations.

The New Zealand First leader is demanding an explanation from the Education Minister.

Senior education officials say the teacher drain from Auckland is reaching crisis point - leading to calls for an "Auckland allowance".

The Ministry of Education is offering schools professional development programmes to help teachers deliver sex education.

Almost half of preschoolers referred to a government service because of learning or behavioural difficulties are not getting help quickly enough.

A troubled private Christian school forced to close at the end of last term over safety fears for children will fight to re-open.

Ballooning numbers of preschool kids being taught at home by under-qualified grandparents and nannies - at the taxpayers' expense.

All Ministry of Education-contracted vehicles used to transport special needs children will have cameras installed following the case of a driver who sexually assaulted a girl he was tasked with....

Efforts to sell Fisher & Paykel Finance are gathering momentum, but mixed messages are emerging over when the deal might be clinched.

A successful campaign against a failure to include parents in an overhaul of the special education system has seen an extra 33 meetings held around the country.

Education bosses are now considering calling in debt collectors to chase the teachers who between them owe more than $2.5 million.

A list of the country's most leaky and mouldy schools is being kept secret by the Government so Crown ministers don't feel pressured to make decisions.

Teachers and principals have seemingly been exposed in the Ashley Madison hacking scandal.

The school bearing Sir Edmund Hillary's name faces government intervention for the second time since it opened 10 years ago.

Gloriavale could lose millions of dollars in taxpayer funding over its opposition to identification numbers for preschoolers.

Evidence has emerged showing the grades of boys are finally catching up with girls' since a radical overhaul of the secondary school exam system.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has not answered questions about whether she believes a report on learning for under-3s will affect a key Govt target.

An ERO report says almost half of our centres are not doing enough for under-3s in vital developmental areas.

Designated staff members should be specially trained to restrain violent and unruly pupils, a leading secondary school principal says.

If the public was asked to choose the most worthy use of their taxation, children in need of special education would probably be at or near the top of the list.

We've made enormous progress in fulfilling that vision of including all children in school, writes Secretary for Education Peter Hughes.

Lawyers taking rising numbers of special education cases say an independent tribunal is needed to ensure funding decisions are resolved fairly.

Dozens of parents who pay for extra teacher aide time for their special needs kids say they have no other choice, despite finding it's not a government-supported practice.