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.

Schools say they have been waiting up to three years for plans to be signed off as Nikki Kaye reassures major redevelopments are in the pipeline.

Vicki Carpenter asks what the boards of two dilapidated schools have been doing about basic maintenance.

Company denies liability, awaits appeal result involving Ministry of Education.

A primary school riddled with toxic mould is desperate to get rebuilt but despite years of waiting, children remain in damp classrooms with no date in sight.

The finances of every public secondary school in NZ are being investigated by the Office of the Auditor-General hunting for breaches over charges to parents.

The provider of Bible studies will argue in court today for the right to be heard in a legal battle over religious studies being taught in state schools.

Providers of Bible studies at more than 660 public Kiwi schools will head to the High Court next week to fight to keep religious studies in our classrooms.

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.

Pressure to broaden the use of identification numbers attached to preschoolers has concerned the Privacy Commissioner.

Two teacher aides caught passing drugs at an Auckland primary school have resigned today.

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.

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

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

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.

Ongoing problems with Novopay and why a struggling charter school has not been shut down have been raised with the Ministry of Education in a select committee hearing today.

A principal at a private West Auckland school who admitted slapping a 14-year-old boy with the back of his hand has avoided conviction.

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.