The teaching programme, which recognises the contribution of gay people in history, was created in an effort to stamp out homophobic bullying.

If you tell children they're failures, they tend not to disappoint you.

The Ministry of Education is contacting the trustees of every primary and intermediate school to ask about their stance on National Standards.

We asked readers if they had confidence in the Govt's national education standards, after more than 200 schools rejected them.

Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

Two education researchers are supporting a boycott of the Government's mandatory national standards by 225 primary school boards.

More than 200 schools are refusing to introduce part of the Government's mandatory national standards next year after voting "no confidence" in the system.

The principal of a tiny school in the Hutt Valley faces the heart-breaking task of telling pupils a popular teacher was shot dead at the weekend by a hunter stalking deer at night.

There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.

The Ministry of Education says it will not dock the pay of secondary teachers striking this week as a show of good faith.

Anne Tolley says secondary school teachers striking over pay and conditions need to wake up to the economic reality of their situation.

More than 120,000 students will be asked to stay at home for a day this week after the teachers' union rejected what the Ministry of Education says is an 'excellent' pay offer.