A woman teacher, who had a baby with one of her 17-year-old students, has managed to hang on to her registration.

Leading New Zealand businesses are urging schools to teach crucial Asian culture and language classes.

A teacher at a top boys' school has been cleared after she was suspended for being wrongly accused of appearing on a sex tape.

The Government has released new education standards to be introduced next year, tracking a student's progress and reporting it to their parents.

John Key laid down a challenge to teachers yesterday - sacrifice part of a pay rise so school support staff can have one.

Education Minister Anne Tolley says there is no money for counsellors and social workers at low decile schools.

A 17-year-old Auckland student will appeal a jail term handed down today for stabbing his teacher in the back in class.

An overdue law reform will remove the ability for criminal cowboys to set up a private school.