Students taking part in a sports technology course at an Auckland high school will attend the training sessions of top teams.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has released figures for the first time showing iwi by iwi how Maori children do in early childhood education, primary school and NCEA.

Nearly four in five Auckland secondary schools now ask or permit students to bring a device such as a laptop or tablet - potentially adding hundreds of dollars to back-to-school costs.

Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.

Most teachers and their unions don't seem to understand the rationale behind charter schools, writes Peter Lyons.

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is failing, abysmally, and the Ministry of Education must stop dodging questions, writes Rose Patterson.

The single most reliable indicator of future academic success is the number of books you have in your home when you grow up, writes Peter O'Connor.

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

Our nation's children will never be better at mathematics than the ministry's curriculum material allows them to be, writes Gus Hubbard.

A flagship charter school has lost nearly a quarter of its students and is still battling problems as it nears the end of its first year.

Mike Hosking writes: One of the things you get used to very quickly when you grow up in Christchurch is that people believe the role of the school in your life defines who you are.

Flimsy rules and poor enforcement around size mismatches are putting children in harm's way on the rugby field, says a Masterton mother.

Netball star Maria Tutaia has been out of high school for a decade - but that didn't stop her from donning her old school uniform for a special occasion.

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.

Prime Minister John Key says National is likely to outline "a broad sense" of the conditions needed for tax cuts before the election, but no specific details.

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.

A high school teacher who had sex with her former student has been censured and banned from teaching by the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.

Adecile 10 Auckland school considered criminal charges after it uncovered a scam it says enabled out-of-zone families to fraudulently enrol children.

Students are being kicked out of some of Auckland's most sought-after schools after officials ruled they were not genuinely living within zone.

What goes through the minds of educational professionals when they see the lengths that property owners will go to remain in a prestigious school zone?

Failure to pass on information at school’s management level was critical to the overlooking of allegations made by students.