Rainbow, monochrome, too much detail, not enough - the quality of school report cards remains a lottery, parents say - and studies agree. Here, we asked adult humans to try and decipher a range of real-life examples.

Rainbow, monochrome, too much detail, not enough - the quality of school report cards remains a lottery, parents say.

The school that fought to keep out National Standards.

Six years and $250 million on has the National Standards policy introduced into New Zealand primary schools been worth it?

Maths specialist Sheela Stanley gives 3 tips to parents to help kids with their maths.

She wasn't prepared to opt for an "urban dictionary" version, but as it turned out, the correct word was perceived as far worse.

The way to raise strong children is to lead by example, that was the magic formula that helped Laura Campbell bring up her 14-year-old daughter.

In the first study of its kind, data from nearly every school in NZ was collected and found 62 per cent of city schools had a fast food outlet within 800m.

Being a nanny gives school leavers hands-on experience to set them up for a career in childcare.

The education and training services sector has been ranked New Zealand's most attractive sector by workers across the country.

The cost of tertiary education has soared seven times faster than the rate of inflation, new data reveals.

The Corelli International Academic School of the Arts, in the North Shore suburb of Browns Bay in Auckland, was taken over by receivers on April 7.

Paul Charman says Warkworth's "Rugged Learning Adventures Camp", cracks the literacy code for slow learners.

A father fighting his daughter's former school over Bible lessons is appealing a judge's decision to strike off his case in the High Court.

A UK head teacher has come under fire for her new policy on student uniforms.

A former Southland principal has won another victory over the school commissioner who unjustifiably sacked her.

Across the OECD, New Zealand children from poor backgrounds are 21 percentage points more likely to achieve low results than the average child.

Christchurch mother claims her daughter's high school isn't doing enough to stop bullying.

Students at a West Auckland school were told their skirts would need to be lowered to the knees to "stop boys from getting ideas".

Schools are slowly claiming back University Entrance, after a change in the qualification saw a dramatic fall in pass rates in low-decile areas.

She dreams of becoming a lawyer, so 17-year-old Rawhiti-Whenua Ngataki needs top marks. The Tuakau teen attends decile 4 Tuakau College.

COMMENT: New Zealand has no shortage of tea-stained reports about the failures of Child Youth and Family and its hard-working, well-meaning staff.

Like an episode of CSI: Papakura, the Year 9 class at Rosehill College, in South Auckland, must channel all their investigative powers to eliminate the suspects in crime, set by science teacher Alice Nash.

A Hamilton high school teacher has resigned from her job after she allegedly performed oral sex on a Year 13 boy the same night as his school leavers' dinner.

A Maori academic who died suddenly during a celebratory occasion at the University of Waikato is being remembered as a passionate advocate and educator.

The Human Rights Commission and the Secular Education Network will this morning find out if they can join a High Court case to ban Bible in New Zealand schools.

NCEA results are out - and the data shows slight increases across the board.

The post read: "If you see a pack of young Maori/Polynesian males, be prepared to sprint."

COMMENT: Are our universities out of control? Have they lost sight of their core missions? Do they know what they are doing?

It is not only first home-buyers who are casting a nervous eye at rapidly climbing property prices.