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.

New Zealanders would rather money was spent on improving teaching standards than on reducing class sizes, a Herald-DigiPoll survey reveals.

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.

Black leather shoes mandatory at many New Zealand schools in winter are causing harm to children's feet, say podiatrists.

Researcher Hana Turner's reports of racist attitudes among her fellow teachers show prejudice is as deeply woven into our school system as ever.

Parents are raising more than $357 million a year in donations and fundraising to support the "free" schooling system.

A Government-funded survey, published today, finds our primary and intermediate schools are in 'mixed health'.

Children risk losing out on the benefits of millions of dollars being spent on technology in classrooms, teachers say.

In a distinguished career as a top corporate lawyer Derek Dallow was involved in his fair share of multi-million-dollar projects.

Phillipstown principal Tony Simpson said the community was "very disappointed" at today's news, after the decision to combine Phillipstown & Woolston School to create a 465-child super-school, which comes as part of the Government's $1 billion shake-up of post-earthquake Christchurch schools.

Primary teachers’ union NZEI said tonight its members were not happy about having the new $360 million school leadership package sprung on them.

There will be less chance of dodgy teachers resurfacing at other schools under legislation to be introduced in Parliament today, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.

More investment needs to go into the country's universities if they're to move higher up a list ranking the world's institutions, the head of Auckland University says.

Building stronger links with industry to enable students to leave university with skills employers want will be a focus of a new tertiary education strategy announced today.

Finding the right school is not an easy task. There are many complications, not least the relevance of data available on each school, and ongoing debate about the value of the qualifications offered.