John Key and Anne Tolley justified a $200,000 taxpayer-funded public relations campaign to sell national standards.

The Govt will spend $200,000 on a nationwide letter and brochure drop to inform people about new educations standards in place from today.

John Key is trying to shut down concerns about national standards by saying decisions on how the data will be publicly reported are too far away to worry about.

The North Shore primary school at which a teacher has been accused of indecent assault will apply to have the man's name suppression lifted.

A school which demoted a teacher for a series of incidents, including throwing a tennis ball at a student, overstepped the mark, the ERA rules.

Parents on remote Stewart Island say the bureaucrats are not making their quest for an early childhood teacher any easier.

A school principal wants the value of te reo exams reassessed, saying some students have it too easy.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has been accused of manufacturing a crisis for political gain over a damning report into basic teaching skills.

Hundreds of Auckland primary school principals want the introduction of national standards to be delayed so they can be tested.

Anne Tolley says she will sack the boards of primary schools which allow teachers to boycott national standards, saying they would be refusing to obey the law.