Most adults lack an 'effective level of literacy'.

Principals are worried that primary schools in poor areas will be made to look bad when national standards are introduced next week.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has defended herself against claims she has not been coping with the demands of her education portfolios.

Proportion of women entering law increasing as more men turning to trades.

The Ministry of Education was forced to intervene in almost 50 at-risk schools last year, more than four times the amount from 2007.

Parents on remote Stewart Island say the bureaucrats are not making their quest for an early childhood teacher any easier.

A new PM defied the odds as the Govt struggled to deal with the worst recession in decades, and Labour played catch up politics.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has been accused of manufacturing a crisis for political gain over a damning report into basic teaching skills.