A flagship charter school has lost nearly a quarter of its students and is still battling problems as it nears the end of its first year.

Mass killer Stephen Anderson who in 1997 gunned down 10 people, killing six of them, including his 60-year-old father is no longer tutoring at an art school.

Free uniforms and stationery are on offer to those who enrol at a new charter school.

Students are now less likely to have a male teacher, with many going through their early education years without ever encountering a male role model.

A primary school lost more than 55 teachers in four years - but got a government inspector's tick of approval.

A class set of laptops has proved life-changing for a young Aucklander who believes he is NZ's only wheelchair-using teacher with cerebral palsy.

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.

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.

An Auckland school failed to act on concerns raised by two teenage students who felt unsafe around their teacher - six years before he was arrested for sexually grooming one of them and other underage girls.

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

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.

A professor has been sacked after he accidentally beamed porn through a lecture room projector for all his students to see.

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.