Beck Vass on why being the perfect parent isn't always easy or necessary.

Eight more complainants have come forward against a school rugby coach facing sex charges.

Report says kids encouraged to develop independent thought will flourish more.

Police were called to a Tamahere school after students spotted a man with a gun.

Ice Fernz captain Dr Helen Murray is determined to keep up both research and sport

COMMENT: Auckland schools urgently needs help with a staff shortage.

Youngsters given valuable opportunity to learn about their past

Two British teachers hired in July have quit in frustration at delays recognising service.

The electorate is not so much demanding deep reform as a realignment of priorities.

Wheel barrow full of the money will be delivered to the head office of NZEI in Wellington.

Steve Braunias watches the results of a political election at Rutherford Primary School.

Despite a recent lift, youth voting numbers are still lower than three years ago.

A high school staffer has been suspended after allegations of sexual abuse.

A Christchurch business school for international students has been closed by NZQA.

Would you be better off under a Labour or National Government?

Willie Jackson's new charter school will be in Manurewa, upsetting Te Wharekura o Manurewa

Students who learn in Māori do better in NCEA, even though they come from poorer families.

New Zealand's feistiest young political minds against Leighton for this standoff.

Where the education system has room to improve

Country is in the grip of a major mumps outbreak, with 57 cases notified in the last week.

Four teaching groups have proposed a radical way to ease the teacher shortage crisis.

NZ students are paying the seventh-highest tertiary fees in the developed world.

"If they fail to teach kids right from wrong then the Government needs to step in."

School says it has dealt with "insensitive comments allegedly made by a staff member".

Girls pull ahead of boys in languages as early as 2, a new study shows

The biggest problems affecting teenage girls and why parents are getting it so very wrong.

Coping with change will become just as important as core subjects says Kate McKenzie.

We could learn a lot from the Swiss model says Mercury CEO Fraser Whineray.

Rotorua principal says teacher shortage is caused by low pay and extra workload.

Learning te reo Māori helps Māori students learn other subjects too, experts say.