It's been humbling to watch reactions of our own students and teachers to the events of the past week, writes Manurewa High principal Salvatore Gargiulo.

John Key has dismissed concerns about the amount of money schools are spending on hungry kids, saying the government is working hard to provide support.

Rather than blame CIE for engendering a lack of confidence in NCEA, perhaps they should look at NCEA and discuss how best to improve it, writes John Morris.

There was a good question in the Herald editorial yesterday about the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA), amongst a fair bit of confusion and misinformation.

Without a national achievement target, how would the PPTA suggest the performance of the eduction system be checked?

Schools should persuade girls to ditch studying psychology and switch to 'hard sciences', an education leader says.

Education bosses are now considering calling in debt collectors to chase the teachers who between them owe more than $2.5 million.

Destiny School's bid to become state-integrated was rejected because the proposed syllabus was too small and the cost of conversion too high, education papers reveal.

Not one student at Gloriavale school has gone beyond Year 11 in the past three years sparking fresh calls for an investigation.

Kura hourua is just one of a number of initiatives aimed at lifting Maori educational achievement but compared with other models it provides much greater autonomy and freedom.

With all the complexities and these weighty matters for Educanz to resolve, how will the "independent voice" of the profession know that it is on track?

Kelsey Rebekah Allen was a physical education and health teacher at Morrinsville College in 2014 when she started a relationship with an 18-year-old student.

Prime Minister's son will help young people with sporting prowess access American colleges.

An inner-city Auckland school has been let off a $90 permit fee for using a public park for its end-of-year picnic.

Wesley College to be demolished and relocated elsewhere for new small town hosting thousands of new homes.

The 17-year-old Rotorua Girls' High School student is one of three winners of a nation-wide competition run by NetSafe and Google.

Three University of Auckland students have been awarded scholarships to study for their doctorates at one of the world's top universities.

More than half of mums and dads spend more than 40 hours a year trying to keep up with the latest school curriculum, research found.

Inner-city Auckland schools on cramped sites are fighting a new charge for holding their end-of-year picnics and running races on public parks.

Evidence has emerged to show boys are gaining on girls in educational achievement.

Teachers who hit students at a private Tongan Christian school in Mangere were not taken to court because of the wishes of the families, despite complaints from five children.

A witness saw a group of girls viciously fighting each other and two police officers trying to break it up, outside the shop next to his.

The principal of a South Auckland private school to be closed by the Government is not a registered teacher, documents reveal.

The fate of one of the country's last Maori boarding schools has not been decided - but taxpayers will not stump up money to repair its dilapidated buildings.

An Auckland kindergarten has devised an out of the box way to raise funds for its new playground.

Past pupils sheltered from the rain and wiped away tears as a rousing haka was performed outside of Parliament in an effort to save Turakina Maori Girls' College.

Past pupils sheltered from the rain and wiped away tears as a rousing haka was performed outside of Parliament in an effort to save Turakina Maori Girls’ College.

A University of Waikato student has managed four years of study without owing any money. But it's not over yet.

September is early spring in New Zealand and is "Golden Autumn" in China.

Complaints about a "biased" and "unprofessional" school review have seen the entire report scrapped in a highly unusual move from the ERO.