Hine felt the centre was not a good fit for her son, and that they didn't understand her culture. Her boy would cry every day when she dropped him off.

Thousands of students in Auckland suburbs including Ellerslie and Te Atatu will be part of a radical education reform that aims to spread the best teaching.

"Some days we are so busy that we can't change nappies for two hours" - what working in an understaffed, poorly-managed early childhood centre is like.

Calls for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education have been met with support from opposition parties, but the Government says it isn't warranted.

Steven Joyce has begun a 10-day visit to South America to try to drum up more interest in New Zealand as a study destination.

A teachers' union called for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education in the wake of a series of Herald stories.

Singer-songwriter Lizzie Marvelly is singing at Massey University’s graduation ceremonies on Auckland’s North Shore today.

Educators fear profits are coming before kids as the number of commercial operators entering the early childhood market continues to grow.

Urbanlife participants go behind-the-scenes and gain practical training and work experience through a series of back-of-house tours and creative workshops.

A naturally redheaded school pupil has been barred from classes in the north of England for being too ginger.

Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.

More charter schools will be opened next year if Act Party leader David Seymour's "quiet confidence" is warranted.

The recently dubbed high-tech capital of New Zealand, Wellington, is hosting free coding courses at libraries around the region this week to promote coding in schools.

A $244 million package to build seven new schools and expand four existing ones is a "disappointing" Budget announcement, says Labour.

How to have a meaningful, impactful conversation is so necessary for any social setting. While those skills don't come naturally to most kids, they can be taught.

Primary schools are massive child storage lockers. They keep your kids housed, happy and out of harm's way all day so you can go to work or play golf, writes Matt Heath.

Principals at poorer schools have defended the huge drop-off in the number of students gaining UE, rejecting accusations they push students into "soft" subjects.

Students at a Bay of Plenty high school were so determined to pass NCEA they stayed after hours, and during the holidays to make it through.

NCEA: Who wins, who loses? Our interactive will show you how your child's school has fared.

Two high school students from Tauranga and their robot will be heading to the United States this weekend hoping to become world champions.

Our poorest students have been hit the hardest by changes to University Entrance, with up to 50 per cent fewer pupils making it over the new threshold.

Deep in the statistics (see our interactive) shines something bright. It is the long-maligned, low-decile schools fighting back.

New Zealand has been blasted as "stupid" by a top space engineer for not investing more in science and engineering.

A high-performing, predominantly Maori and Pasifika school says it is being snubbed by locals because of its low decile and "brown" community.

A $150,000 mannequin named "Thomas" is a shining star of the new paramedicine department of AUT University's Manukau campus.

There seems to be far too much about the computers themselves and far too little about creating cool stuff or learning cool stuff in schools, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

New Zealand-based international education company Cognition Education is buying online learning company Wavelength for an undisclosed sum.