Class disruptions and a lack of exposure to algebra and geometry are just some issues being linked to NZ slipping from 13th to 22nd in OECD maths ratings.

An Auckland teacher accused of committing indecent acts on 10 girls was caught in compromising positions by other adults, the Crown says.

A teacher who failed to report the behaviour of a student who developed an intense crush on him has been censured, but will continue to be able to teach.

Her own boy has done okay - but over a 35-year teaching career Margaret McCaw has helped in the development of hundreds of other children.

A high school teacher who had sex with her former student has been censured and banned from teaching by the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.

After pouring $45m in to fix Novopay, the teachers’ payroll system is no longer a "dog" and teachers will be thankful that the Government has taken it over, John Key says.

Failure to pass on information at school’s management level was critical to the overlooking of allegations made by students.

In the mid-1990s, Gus, a polar bear in the Central Park Zoo, alarmed visitors by compulsively swimming figure eights in his pool, sometimes for 12 hours a day.

The Government's $359 million expert teachers policy has proved to be the latest in a series of "epic failures" in the education sector due to a lack of consultation with teachers.

Parents of a schoolgirl psychologically abused by her headmistress are furious she has denied targeting their daughter.

A researcher has been shocked by the racist attitudes of the teachers she interviewed for a study looking at expectations for students' success.

Some British teachers are taking food to give their pupils breakfast every day because they are too hungry and exhausted to learn, says a new report.

There will be less chance of dodgy teachers resurfacing at other schools under legislation to be introduced in Parliament today, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.

An estimated 10,300 new entrants are just starting school - and beginning to learn the "three Rs". And their parents will soon have to learn to grapple with the fourth R: Reports.

Labour has already given a conditional tick of approval to the Green Party's policy today aimed at low-decile schools, including free after school care and a free lunch.

Schools say they know who their top teachers are and have already put some of them in the "expert" roles just announced by the Govt.

The catalyst for the PM's announcement regarding four new roles in the teaching profession is the longstanding problem of persistent and growing disparity, writes Viviane Robinson.

New "executive" and "expert" positions in schools could have wide-reaching effects - including more-energised teachers and reduced competition between schools.

A Christian college that weathered two high-profile disciplinary actions against former teachers is welcoming new rules removing teachers' automatic right to keep their misdeeds secret.

A repeat drunk driver who was caught driving while his breath alcohol reading was off the scale has been allowed to continue teaching.