New agreement provides trained secondary teachers an average pay increase of 1.6 per cent a year.

The Government is being accused of taking a slash and burn approach to spending after Finance Minister Bill English signalled cuts to public services and new figures showed substantial job losses in the sector.

Writing to schools demanding action on bullying is a "wet" response to the problem, Labour's David Shearer says.

One former businessman's compassion reaches across Auckland's growing cultural divide

Plans being made to rebuild confidence in the international education sector

Chinese parents who lost their only child in last month's Christchurch earthquake will not be getting special compensation, Prime Minister John Key says.

The Chinese Embassy has asked the Government to give special compensation to Chinese families who lost children in last month's Christchurch earthquake.

University of Auckland staff conditions are not under threat.

Bad behaviour at school after death of father turns into a year's suspension.

Police today released the names of six more people who died in Christchurch's February 22, magnitude 6.3 earthquake, while Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced 110 schools in the region will have reopened by next week.

It was a lot more enjoyable during playtime at Christchurch's Wharenui School today than a fortnight ago, when students and teachers were huddled on the grass as the earth shuddered beneath them.