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.

Auckland kindergartens' shift to all-day care is now in doubt as their CEO quits.

COMMENT: Without National Standards children can be assessed on wider criteria.

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.

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'.

'We need to be sure that this is not just a dangerous experiment', teacher says.

Schools are facing a severe shortage of teachers in some subjects.

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

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.

Glenfield College's principal has moved to Long Bay College after only 16 months.

A Wairarapa teacher has been deregistered after repeatedly swearing at students.

A teacher has been ordered to apologise or pay $100K to a principal for alleging bullying.

A language expert is calling for national debate on which languages kids should learn.

Beginner teachers will get a bonus of up to $17,500 to teach in Auckland schools from 2018

A teacher has been deregistered after marrying a student who was half her age.

A scheme offering new teachers up to $17,500 to teach in low-decile schools has flopped.