Parents are battling an Auckland about the removal of 360 tonnes of contaminated soil.

An asbestos expert says an Auckland school shouldn't remove 700 tonnes of contaminated soil while the children are around.

A top educator says streaming children into top, middle and bottom classes is steadily dragging down Kiwi students' learning.

Is New Zealand's education system failing an entire generation?

Parents of pupils who attend an Auckland school contaminated with asbestos are pulling their kids out of the school.

EDITORIAL: "Streaming" schoolkids by ability might explain their declining performance.

Some parents want the school to wait until Christmas.

In the driving rain, a bit of number eight wire thinking saved an auditorium from flooding.

A small-town school has four empty classroom and has lost 80 students in four years following local job losses.

A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

An Auckland schoolboy was approached by an unknown man in a white van yesterday, in what is suspected to be an attempted abduction.

Leader of country's largest public school quits to run a private school.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

It's taken travelling the world for Napier MP Stuart Nash to realise that there's no better place to raise a family than Napier; and

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

The cost of putting a child through state school has risen by 15 per cent in 10 years, new figures show.

Changes to school toilets unlikely, despite death of 9-year-old boy.

The controversial charter school model will be expanded to take students who are keen on science, technology, engineering and maths

Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.

Grab your cape and mask, one Auckland school is seeking a principal who is 'like Batman'.

Every parent knows - it's a constant struggle managing children's screen time. In Rotorua, there's an answer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Dare to Explore summer reading program at Dawson Primary School in Otara to encourage school kids to read over the school holidays.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

Today's bomb hoax won't be the last time schools are threatened, a security expert warns.

Four Westport schools will lose thousands of dollars of yearly funding after again failing to convince the Ministry of Education to overturn their decile ratings.

Pupils with learning difficulties struggle to get the help they need, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.

Worried Hato Petera College principal is expecting bad news about the future of his school.

Two schools became an unexpected battleground today in the squabble over who will win over Mt Roskill.