Welby Ings believes teachers need to disobey rules to help students believe in themselves.

A former MIT lecturer said he resigned in protest when the student was not disciplined.

Academics say they're being told to pass incompetent students so they keep paying fees.

We learn gentleness and empathy from experiences not a whiteboard

A top educator says streaming children into top, middle and bottom classes is steadily dragging down Kiwi students' learning.

The Ministry of Education is ruling out any changes to the teaching of sexual consent in schools.

A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.

A grant from the Heartland Fund has helped the latest Kawhia beach cleanup. But, an ownership review of King Country Energy could mean the future of the community fund is at risk. Made with Funding from NZ On Air

More needs to be done to combat the pervasive influence of porn, a visiting expert says.

Big housing development leads to new classrooms for primary school.

Lawrence Watt sits in at a class at Oaklynn Special School in Avondale, one of 12 state-run special schools in Auckland.

A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

Teachers' pay rates should be based on how much progress their students make in their learning, a report says.

Comment: New ways of teaching have some merits, but many flaws.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

A teacher who held a student against a wall while yelling and swearing, says she's deeply remorseful and wants to be allowed to continue teaching.

COMMENT: I totally support the Greens' initiative to make te Reo Maori a core subject, along with English and maths.

The Greens and some Labour MPs are calling for a national goal of making Māori language compulsory for all children in state schools.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

A teacher has admitted falsifying NCEA documents because he was "panicked" and overwhelmed by work.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

The University of Canterbury has revealed its new post-earthquake design.

The new school year is weeks away but schools are struggling to find teachers.

Parents take a win with free early childhood education, but Hamilton centres out of pocket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Teacher squirted hand soap into boy's mouth after he slapped her.

A spot of sub-par rapping at an end-of-year party led to a drunken Mount Maunganui College teacher pummelling a colleague on the ground.

An Auckland teacher who had sex with a 17-year-old student and let the student watch her have sex with her partner has lost her registration.

The teacher having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl was not fired from the school where he worked over his contact with the girl, an inquest heard.

NEW PASTURES: Seven Otumoetai teachers are retiring this year. L-R Doreen Swetman, Larry Dixon, Julie Eagle, Stewart Henderson, Anna

Reiha McLelland would be alive today if it were not for her "inappropriate" relationship with her intermediate school teacher, the inquest into her death has been told.