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'.

'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.

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.

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.

Up to 100 expatriate and foreign teachers will get a $7000 grant to move to NZ.

Primary school boys are falling further behind girls in literacy, but closing up in maths.

National Standards have transformed school cultures - but are kids learning any better?

Huge gaps between boys and girls, and among ethnic groups, show up in new school data.

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Model answers for NCEA exams may be cut back to stop cheating.

COMMENT: Childcare centres should be required to provide more space.