Rather than blame CIE for engendering a lack of confidence in NCEA, perhaps they should look at NCEA and discuss how best to improve it, writes John Morris.

Without a national achievement target, how would the PPTA suggest the performance of the eduction system be checked?

Grumpy teenagers who don't want to get out of bed have had their complaints vindicated by scientists who analysed 30 years of sleep science.

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

The principal who introduced Cambridge exams to New Zealand says he believes the qualification still has a place here, as a top school opts out.

With all the complexities and these weighty matters for Educanz to resolve, how will the "independent voice" of the profession know that it is on track?

She aced her level 3 NCEA exams at only Year 12 and now a bright spark Auckland student has scooped gold in an international geography competition.

A new report says there is no evidence that programmes are providing teens a more effective pathway to further education and training.

Many teachers would like students to be able to do external assessment "online, anytime", NZQA says.

The principal at Northcote's Hato Petera College has been suspended from his role as chief executive of the school's hostel and three managers have resigned.

Teachers' unions always insist they are professional bodies serving the interests of education, not just their members.

High school principals will cut the number of pupils attending popular trades academies in a bid to protect the jobs of teachers and senior management.

Boys are often fun to teach. I always swore I would never teach at a boys' school given my own experiences at school in the 1970s. It was violent, brutish and dull.

A carving programme that fostered passion and changed attitudes to learning has been announced as the supreme winner of the Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards.

Schools are struggling to find maths and science teachers, while middle management jobs are going begging as senior staff retire.

The finances of every public secondary school in NZ are being investigated by the Office of the Auditor-General hunting for breaches over charges to parents.

Financially strapped secondary schools are cutting back on classroom activities, dropping field trips, and ditching science experiments.

Green Bay High School is going to one of the country's highest courts to fight to keep a teenager with Asperger's out of the classroom.

Schools have been asked to consider offering gender-neutral uniforms as part of new sexuality education guidelines aimed at being more inclusive. Is this a good idea?

Two bandana-clad men have been charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence after going to a college in Mosgiel in school time to confront a pupil.

Both North and South Island Secondary School Champs are streaming live.

School leaders should be commended for standing firm on the type of building that suits the Grammar philosophy and pedagogy, writes John Morris.

Students will be sitting exams on computers by the end of this year, as NZQA plans to get rid of some paper-based exams altogether as soon as 2018.

Three of Auckland's biggest public high schools are seeking to build international student hostels on site so they can boost numbers and reap the financial rewards.

An Auckland girls’ school has banned an anonymous messaging app, after students reported problems with bullying and nasty comments.

Principals at poorer schools have defended the huge drop-off in the number of students gaining UE, rejecting accusations they push students into "soft" subjects.