A Government-funded survey, published today, finds our primary and intermediate schools are in 'mixed health'.

In a distinguished career as a top corporate lawyer Derek Dallow was involved in his fair share of multi-million-dollar projects.

Children risk losing out on the benefits of millions of dollars being spent on technology in classrooms, teachers say.

They’re the kids born totally wired, the first generation who will spend their whole lives in a world where the planet’s accumulated wisdom is available instantly at the touch of a finger. And the first of them have just left school.

New Zealand students will move out of "the dark ages" and complete experimental NCEA assessments online this year.

New Zealand students will move out of "the Dark Ages" and complete NCEA assessments online this year.

Vulnerable school students have been labelled "dummies" and "brats" by a company paid tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to help reduce truancy numbers.

A 12-year-old maths whiz who is studying at university is trying to help other students learn.

The current attempt by the Minister of Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, to whip the country's universities into line.

Okay, as a change from being the guy who sits back and lobs grenades of cynicism at the easy targets, here's an actual idea for an election year policy that will be a winner (at least in my house): tax-free savings accounts for children.

Students buying assignments, forging signatures, and using phones in exams were among more than 540 cases of cheating dealt with by universities last year.

I'll say this for the guy in the fourth row at the performance of Socrates Now in the Selwyn College Theatre on Monday morning: he's a young man who knows his own mind.

Auckland Grammar School is set to be transformed by a multi-million-dollar building project.

Education Minister Hekia Parata says a mailing error which led to 455 NCEA exam papers being sent to the wrong students was a “regrettable mistake”.

The founder of the kohanga reo movement, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, has spoken of a "sense of shame" over allegations of misspending of public money.

Universities fear upcoming reforms could force them to produce graduates to a state-controlled master plan. The Government says it's just trying to make the current system work better.

Warring between MediaWorks' radio and TV arms has calmed since new owners took over in November, writes John Drinnan.

Hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into Asian universities are one reason Australasian institutions have dropped in international rankings.

A naturally thin student has won a battle with Yale University after refusing to force-feed herself with junk food to prove she was not suffering from an eating disorder.

Phillipstown principal Tony Simpson said the community was "very disappointed" at today's news, after the decision to combine Phillipstown & Woolston School to create a 465-child super-school, which comes as part of the Government's $1 billion shake-up of post-earthquake Christchurch schools.

Christchurch's Phillipstown and Woolston schools are set to merge, despite strong opposition from the local community.

It is certainly possible to grade teachers into broad categories of incompetent, middling and outstanding, writes Peter Lyons. But even these boundaries can be blurred on a daily basis.

Primary teachers’ union NZEI said tonight its members were not happy about having the new $360 million school leadership package sprung on them.

New Te Wananga o Aotearoa boss Jim Mather has big plans for the tertiary organisation he took the helm of in October.

Granny nannies are on the rise as parents seek out more experienced carers - in some cases to fill the role of absent grandparents.

If a sharp drop in the Pisa rankings represented a sobering judgment on this country's education system, not all is doom and gloom.