Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

Kids with imaginary guns are learning real safety lessons at kindergartens and early childcare centres around the country.

Top school tracks student performance with new software.

I have to go to a barbecue this week. This, in itself, isn't exactly newsworthy - even though it may very well be one of the last barbecues of the summer, which is always a poignant little mini-event worth noting.

Sure, books are one of life's pleasures, but who said every kid has to love reading?

Recent debate supports the call to have the national standards reviewed, New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) president Peter Simpson says.

The difficulty is that most university lecturers aren't trained teachers but have generally "picked it up on the job".

Auckland Grammar head John Morris responds to a Herald editorial on the school opting out of NCEA.