In plain language, the Wanganui Collegiate integration is a taxpayer bailout for a failing private school, writes John Minto.

A family who bought a home to be within a school zone discovered after the purchase that the primary school took only pupils from odd-numbered houses in the street.

Angry parents in a small coastal town claim changes to a school bus route will put children's lives at risk.

Parents can now pay school fees in some bookstores while picking up stationery packs as the battle for back-to-school dollars heats up.

The recent small surge in reports recounting child poverty in New Zealand make grim reading, writes Paul Moon, especially as so many of the conditions blighting children's lives can easily be remedied.

Researchers studying a school-based programme credited with reducing the rates of obese and overweight 7-year-olds have now found a reduction in asthma symptoms.

Auckland's primary school principals are refusing to take on any new work with the Ministry of Education until it resolves ongoing problems with its new payroll system.

The charter schools advisory group wants those who have no teaching qualifications to be given official registration - a call at odds with Govt policy.

Pies, hot dogs and cookies feature strongly in school tuck shops, a survey has found, suggesting efforts to improve the quality of the school food supply have failed.

A handful of schools are holding out on releasing National Standards to the Minister of Education as the first round of data is made public.

How should we grade the Government for its handling of the release of national standards in reading, writing and mathematics? 'Could do better'.

Prime Minister John Key says he welcomes the debate generated by the publication of national standards data.

Two views on the Government's decision to require social welfare beneficiaries with little children to arrange for them to attend preschool education centres from July next year.