The value of uniforms has been hotly debated since at least since I was wearing the blue tunic required by Hastings Girls' High. Wearing a uniform didn't do me any harm.

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is failing, abysmally, and the Ministry of Education must stop dodging questions, writes Rose Patterson.

A natural outcome of a market economy must be inequality of incomes. They are a necessary and desirable outcome, writes Peter Lyons.

A wet morning with 23 preschoolers at Balmoral's Playcentre.

It didn't take Rahui Mosby's family long to learn about her outstanding NCEA results. "Mum was looking over my shoulder."

Word-lovers are being encouraged to ditch new coinages for long-lost words that may have fallen out of favour.

After a long wait, most high school students will be finding themselves face to face with their year's work as NCEA exam results are published today.

A principal at an Auckland private school has admitted slapping one of his students with the back of his hand and says the incident has torn his family apart.

A new, generic school uniform range is being touted as a way to help parents reduce the cost of kids going back to class.

If teachers were unpaid, they would be reluctant to do the job and, in the end, children would be worse off, writes Jamie Whyte. Yet the same goes for those who supply the capital.

There are aspects of playing rugby that are not dissimilar to coaching. I believe in leading people by making sure that I have a connection with everyone I am involved with and giving them the trust and belief to do their job well.

If teacher performance is to be based on student assessments it is likely to be subject to numerous rorts and manipulations, writes Peter Lyons. It is also likely to narrow the focus of teaching to ensuring assessment results rather than broader learning.

Parents are being urged to encourage their children to read over the summer in light of research showing kids who forgo books while on holiday lose reading ability at alarming rates.

Fast food is already blamed for all sorts of health problems, from obesity to bad skin, and now a new study has found that it could actually slow down the brain.

Mick Jagger strolls into a pub in Russell and the patrons, though shocked, leave him alone. Wonder if they'd be the same with our own legend, Richie McCaw?...

The single most reliable indicator of future academic success is the number of books you have in your home when you grow up, writes Peter O'Connor.

A private boarding school's head of chemistry who wrote "disparaging" comments on student testimonials has been reinstated while an investigation is carried out.

The Government would have us believe school teachers are just a pack of whiners, writes Dita De Boni. It is exhausting, relentless work, mentally and physically, and I for one am happy to admit I could never hack it.

Teaching can be a hard job where you're left "wondering how you've ever controlled a class", says Brian Stephenson, St Paul's College's outgoing head of science.

Ashburton College’s principal has welcomed the decision to deny name suppression for a former teacher who committed serious misconduct.

Nobel Laureate and former United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu says New Zealand has an opportunity to quickly ramp up its use of renewable energy because of the huge strides being made in wind,....

An explanation of National standards and its place in education.

Some teachers need to get over their victim mentality and recognise the benefit of cutting their holiday time, a leading principal says.

Like other students at Koru School in Mangere, Tyler Adams has his own burgeoning library at home.

With so many gadgets and gizmos available these days, seeing a child getting excited over a book can be pretty extraordinary.

There are growing concerns schoolboy rugby is a fertile environment for drug taking to become rife.

Scores of pupils will be frozen out of some of Auckland's top primary schools after a zone revamp.

Students are borrowing more than ever as tertiary fees rise - and those who head overseas after study are likely to take much longer to repay their loan.