Boys are often fun to teach. I always swore I would never teach at a boys' school given my own experiences at school in the 1970s. It was violent, brutish and dull.

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

When he was supposed to be teaching a class, an Auckland primary school teacher instead managed his family's cleaning business and bought a house.

Designated staff members should be specially trained to restrain violent and unruly pupils, a leading secondary school principal says.

Little Devon Roke was turned down by three early childhood education centres before BestStart's ABC Waterview agreed to enrol him.

Urgently, we need to increase the availability and scope of apprenticeships to meet the changing demands of our economy.

Figures released today show that part of the education underspend was in special education.

We've made enormous progress in fulfilling that vision of including all children in school, writes Secretary for Education Peter Hughes.

If the public was asked to choose the most worthy use of their taxation, children in need of special education would probably be at or near the top of the list.

More than half the 57 million young children still not in classrooms today live in countries torn apart by conflict or natural disaster, writes Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

The mother of a 3-year-old with cerebral palsy approached four childcare centres before one would take him.

Linda, a mum from Auckland, has a daily struggle trying to get the best education for her special needs kids. She tells her story.

Lawyers taking rising numbers of special education cases say an independent tribunal is needed to ensure funding decisions are resolved fairly.

Sam Judd is the co-founder of Sustainable Coastlines, an organisation that works with businesses, school kids and criminals to educate, plant trees and clean up our coastlines.

Teacher accused of indecently touching nine girls aged under 12.

Dozens of parents who pay for extra teacher aide time for their special needs kids say they have no other choice, despite finding it's not a government-supported practice.

Desperate parents of special needs children are being forced to pay for teacher aides as state funding falls short.

An education will teach you that sometimes stuff sucks. I don't always love working, but hey, here we are, writes Jack Tame.

Schools are digging into their teaching budgets - in some cases relying on donations from principals and teachers - to feed children who turn up hungry.

When you're 15, standing up to school is standing up to the biggest power you know, writes Verity Johnson.

Maths teacher Simon Toon was found guilty of an indecent act in a classroom, but had fought to keep his name out of the media.

Everyone wants to live in a neighbourhood with good schools. The publication of decile rankings is often seen as an opportunity to find out where the good schools are. But does the decile system really have anything to do with quality?

In over-reacting to a classroom speech, the school surrendered the high ground and provided ammunition for those eager to support the 15-year-old's claims.

Two investigations are being carried out as to how an email revealing alleged family violence was accidentally sent to students.

In a move that has fired up parents, teachers in the UK have won the right to inspect pupils’ lunchboxes and confiscate unhealthy snacks.

The 15-year-old schoolgirl at the centre of a fracas over a provocative speech says she will miss her last day of classes rather than face her peers.

School students face more testing after the Education Minister revealed options to assess pupils aged 13 and 14.

The principal at Napier Girls' High School has met with Anela Pritchard and her family and says that the issue has been resolved.

So following on from puffer jackets a few weeks ago, the big education story of the moment is a student who may or may not have been stood down for posting a speech critical of her teachers on Facebook.

A 15-year-old girl was stood down from school after making a speech which claimed her teachers needed to work harder, rather than "sit around and do nothing."