The national student union is hosting a series of conferences on tertiary education issues with students and staff.

Bean bags, bright colours, wide-open spaces - they're the hallmarks of modern-day classrooms - but not at Auckland Grammar.

Three of Auckland's biggest public high schools are seeking to build international student hostels on site so they can boost numbers and reap the financial rewards.

New Zealand’s largest Islamic school moves to protect young from extremism amid concerns over how terror groups are using the internet to recruit members.

Hine felt the centre was not a good fit for her son, and that they didn't understand her culture. Her boy would cry every day when she dropped him off.

A teachers' union called for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education in the wake of a series of Herald stories.

A Herald investigation reveals: Children in early childhood education may have been placed at risk of developmental damage.

More charter schools will be opened next year if Act Party leader David Seymour's "quiet confidence" is warranted.

Our poorest students have been hit the hardest by changes to University Entrance, with up to 50 per cent fewer pupils making it over the new threshold.

An Auckland primary school has suspended two teacher aides after they were snapped exchanging cannabis in the staff room.

Destiny Church's bid to make its private school part of the state system has failed. The church says the rejection is disappointing as its case was compelling and valid.

One of the country’s flagship charter schools is now teetering on the edge of closure. Kirsty Johnston goes behind the gates at Whangaruru.

Carter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective", the Court of Appeal has heard.

Students are not being taught enough "space and shape" mathematics and the "huge" learning gap is hurting achievement, the Ministry of Education says.

Spark has agreed to sell its Telecom Rentals business for $106 million to Australian financial services company FlexiGroup.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.

Students caught "sexting" or cyber-bullying at school will be asked to reveal the offending content or face having their device seized and given to police.

The average Kiwi teacher is a woman in her early fifties and she's facing a generation of kids who have grown up with Wi-Fi, the cloud and hand-held technology.

New Zealand's bullying problem may be going unchecked because schools do not want to share their problems nationwide.

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is failing, abysmally, and the Ministry of Education must stop dodging questions, writes Rose Patterson.

A principal at an Auckland private school has admitted slapping one of his students with the back of his hand and says the incident has torn his family apart.

A primary school relief teacher is on the naughty list with parents this Christmas after apparently casting doubt about Santa's authenticity...

The country's largest university is bankrolling the official name change of transgender students to avoid them being accidentally outed in class.

Scores of pupils will be frozen out of some of Auckland's top primary schools after a zone revamp.

The way failing schools are taken over and managed is set to change as the Ministry of Education seeks to improve how it oversees the process.

The Government has signed up the first schools to take part in its flagship education scheme. One union says relatively low interest shows teachers and parents are not on board.

A flagship charter school has lost nearly a quarter of its students and is still battling problems as it nears the end of its first year.

Destiny Church's failed attempt to set up a charter school was blocked in part because of fears about students being pressured into joining the church.

Principals say it's "party time" in many Auckland schools because the city's housing shortage has bumped about half the region's schools down the decile ratings.

Free uniforms and stationery are on offer to those who enrol at a new charter school.