National Standards have not stopped the reading slide, and may have accelerated it.

Charlotte Fischer says her daughter Kaya has become a passionate reader thanks to Speld.

Former English teacher has swapped the classroom for the stars.

Reg Korau failed to disclose driving convictions and drove school van for personal use.

She did it "because kids get so bored with learning about the basic stuff".

Level 1 students would have had to know a formula teachers say isn't taught until Level 2.

Experts say questions in the Level 1 maths exam were taken from the Level 2 curriculum

COMMENT: The past is full of missed educational opportunities, writes Matt Heath.

School principals say Christmas will be too late to act on teacher shortages for 2018.

Many teachers are beginning to doubt the value of homework, a new survey has found.

National Standards will go and NCEA is also up for review by the new Labour-led Government

Education Minister Chris Hipkins plans a pre-Christmas package to tackle teacher shortages

Almost 200 schools in deprived parts of NZ have on-site health clinics. We visit one.

Waimate High School teacher censured for taking students on kayaks without lifejackets.

Kiwi students are trialling tests to measure their "21st century skills" such as tenacity.

Auckland's primary teacher shortage has hit a new record with 287 vacancies.

A principal has been censured for showing up without an invitation - once at 2am.

The teacher performed sex act on the 15-year-old as 'a birthday treat'.

A teacher who married a student half her age has to pay $23,000 in costs.

Two British teachers hired in July have quit in frustration at delays recognising service.

Paeroa College deputy principal and Turaukawa Bartlett, youth worker and student councillor talks about creating strong bonds turning boys into amazing young men.

The Greens want te reo Māori to be compulsory in all schools by 2030.

Where the education system has room to improve

Four teaching groups have proposed a radical way to ease the teacher shortage crisis.

The Hits radio presenter Stacey Morrison shares bringing her children up with te reo.

NZ students are paying the seventh-highest tertiary fees in the developed world.

Learning te reo Māori helps Māori students learn other subjects too, experts say.

Most teachers feel they have been shut out of developing goals for new groups of schools.

Election voters must choose between two starkly different sets of education priorities.

Auckland, Christchurch and Gisborne will get new charter schools in 2019.