Confucius is being credited for the growth in popularity of Mandarin learning at a top Auckland Catholic boys' school.

Elite educators frustrated by ‘pointless’ paperwork, low pay and limited career options, study finds.

Teachers have been told to pull their socks up when it comes to their dress code.

A proposed charge on criminal checks will hit poorer school communities hardest, a teacher union says.

A male teacher resigned after sending inappropriate late-night Facebook messages to a 13-year-old female student, telling her "you'll be a catch when you are older".

A decision to allow a former P addict and convicted methamphetamine smuggler back into the classroom has been slammed by the Early Childhood Council.

75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.

A former childcare worker and P addict caught smuggling methamphetamine into New Zealand has been cleared by her professional body to return to the classroom.

Teachers showering Kiwi kids with praise - and never allowing them to fail - are threatening to do more harm than good, a leading educationist says.

Schools' latest stationery demands are making some parents mad enough to cry - especially the discovery that tissues are now listed among their children's essentials.

If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.

The Government would have us believe school teachers are just a pack of whiners, writes Dita De Boni. It is exhausting, relentless work, mentally and physically, and I for one am happy to admit I could never hack it.

He's 28 and a former mechanic - but had to go to jail to learn that it's useful to save some of your money.

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.

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.

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.