If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.

The Government would have us believe school teachers are just a pack of whiners, writes Dita De Boni. It is exhausting, relentless work, mentally and physically, and I for one am happy to admit I could never hack it.

An explanation of National standards and its place in education.

Some teachers need to get over their victim mentality and recognise the benefit of cutting their holiday time, a leading principal says.

Getting the Government's Investing in Educational Success programme running in relatively quick order was never going to be easy. The concept was bound to be opposed by some.

The Government has signed up the first schools to take part in its flagship education scheme. One union says relatively low interest shows teachers and parents are not on board.

An Auckland primary school has been closed by the Ministry of Health after a number of pupils and staff came down with a vomiting bug.

Students at West Auckland’s Marina View School – some as young as 7 – are learning to code using robots. Students programme the robots to carry out tasks and complete a set course.

As the Government runs the rule over the way our children learn, a US expert suggests change may be needed — but it should start at the top.

Fewer children starting school can speak in sentences, prompting an investigation by education chiefs.

Luxurious holidays in the south of France or Rarotonga and an internship in New York are among the prizes on offer at an extravagant school fundraiser.

Schools are being made to re-enrol students they had kicked out for bad behaviour including carrying weapons, physical assaults and drug use.

Her own boy has done okay - but over a 35-year teaching career Margaret McCaw has helped in the development of hundreds of other children.

The number of young school children achieving or bettering the national standard in reading has fallen or flat-lined in half of the country's regions.

Labour will fund an extra 2000 teachers under its policy to reduce primary class sizes to 26 students by 2016 - a step expected to cost $350m over the next three years.

Labour's new teaching policies are response to National's proposal to pay good teachers and principals more and require them to work with others.

Labour wants to end "voluntary" school donations by offering a grants of $100 per student to schools that stop asking parents to fund "day to day" spending.

Act's education policy of allowing schools to opt into a charter school format has prompted an education union to urge National to steer clear of any coalition partnership deals.

Ghetto kid turned presidential hopeful Ben Carson is in New Zealand to help celebrate as the Duffy Books in Homes scheme turns 20.

Act wants to give all state schools the option of becoming charter schools, Act leader Jamie Whyte said today.

Schools are increasingly putting students under closed-circuit television surveillance to cut bullying.

With NZ's education system dropping in world rankings, is our curriculum keeping pace with a rapidly-changing world and do enough children have full access to new technology?

Health services at more than one in 10 New Zealand schools have been found to consist of little more than the offer of a sticking plaster.

A principal is flabbergasted at a decision to allow a liquor store to open in a former video parlour directly opposite his school in Mangere.