Newmarket School will get a four-storey high classroom block to cater for its growing roll as part of an $8.7 million redevelopment of the site.

Thousands of children across the country are spending most or all their years of education in a poorly performing school. EU leaders have responded angrily to Nigel Farage attending the European Parliament in its first debate since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.

Three of Auckland Normal Intermediate's teachers are quite excited. Clara Kim, Alicia England and Ben Griffiths have just shown a group of Epsom Girls Grammar teachers around their school and will go on a a reciprocal trip the following day.

After battling against many illnesses, this teacher is glad Owairoa Primary has started teaching children how to limit infections spreading.

COMMENT: In 2008 John Key said National Standards will lift education. Who bought that? National Standards is only a measuring device. Nothing more, writes Andrew Dickens.

COMMENT: We have a major employment problem in this country, writes Mike Hosking. Kids entering the job market with poor education never catch up.

Six years and $250m down the track, has the National Standards education policy been a success? Recent data shows just a small increase

The changes made to the Health and Safety Act were made for all the right reasons out of the Pike River Mine disaster but if the same rules prevent kids from climbing trees, what's really been achieved?

POLITICAL ROUNDUP: A number of recent reports highlight major problems in primary and secondary education, writes Bryce Edwards.

For the past 6 months the Kelly triplets have been excitedly counting down the days leading to their return to Milton Primary School.

6-year-old identical triplets Olivia, Charlotte and Haylee have been excitedly counting down the days leading to their return to Milton Primary School.

It's a big step in a small person's life - going to school. For some it's traumatic, for others just overwhelmingly exciting.

Senior education officials say the teacher drain from Auckland is reaching crisis point - leading to calls for an "Auckland allowance".

Move over milk and lunch monitors - a cockroach infestation at an Auckland school has forced it to introduce roach monitors.

A move by one of the country's most exclusive private schools to take girls at a younger age has seen an exodus of 50 students from its competitors.

The Education Ministry's head of sector enablement and support, Katrina Casey, said a school had been directed to enrol the boy.

Illness has been a major factor in increasing numbers of children missing school.

When it comes to hooking young Kiwis on science, there might be no brighter way than making things glow in the dark.

Teachers who hit students at a private Tongan Christian school in Mangere were not taken to court because of the wishes of the families, despite complaints from five children.

A fern on the flag is okay but please keep the red, white and blue ...

Lack of support for special- and high-needs pupils was cited as the single biggest concern of 35 per cent of 104 principals.

Primary school principals are being urged to pay for one-stop media training to prepare for crisis situations.

Children learn to use strategies to build a wide repertoire of mathematical knowledge, write Murray Britt and Kay Irwin.

Falling maths grades will be addressed by "lifting" primary teachers' knowledge through more on-the-job training, the Government says.

There is no need for a major overhaul to the Numeracy Project, just modification so that rote learning is taught for the benefit of struggling pupils.

A report to be launched by the Minister of Education today criticises the way pupils are taught maths and calls on parents to demand a return to basics.

Primary schools are looking to adopt new policies that will see children begin at preset dates throughout the school year - meaning some will wait up to five weeks after they turn five.