I really didn't think the Novopay debacle could get any worse - but the decision by Talent2, the company that runs Novopay, and the Ministry of Education to sic debt collectors on to teachers who have been overpaid was mind-numbingly stupid.

Preschool educators are calling for an urgent review of government funding after the Herald on Sunday revealed a large number of parents are paying extra for what was supposed to be a free service.

Up to half of NZ's primary teachers may not have enough maths knowledge to teach children properly under new methods, says the education expert who introduced the changes.

The money's good, the jobs are plentiful - so why does New Zealand's growing IT industry find it so hard to attract skilled staff? Anthony Doesburg reports

In an effort to attract the best and brightest into teaching, a central Auckland school will pay the university fees of former students who want to become teachers.

Steven Joyce, the minister in charge of Novopay, says debt collections have ceased following revelations teachers were being chased for overpayments as low as $22.

Kidicorp's CFO Bruce Woodward has been convicted of tax evasion and perjury, but is keeping his job at the daycare centre chain.

The Novopay debacle has hit a new low, with revelations the payroll company and debt collectors are chasing teachers for overpayments as low as $22.

The Ministry of Education is using debt collectors to retrieve money overpaid to teachers in error by the Novopay system.

At the heart of this model of school is a binding, legally enforceable contract with the Crown, writes Catherine Isaac. "No teacher will be forced to teach at one of these schools and no student will be forced to enrol in one."

The minister responsible for the troubled Novopay teacher payroll system says there is a shortage of skilled people to help fix it.

All eight of New Zealand's universities are being taken to the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal for refusing to agree to an increased annual licence fee which allows lecturers to copy authors' work for students.

Does the experience of lecturing university undergraduates prepare teachers adequately to teach children and adolescents? Dr Peter Lind gives his view.

Prime Minister John Key says compensation to schools to halt legal action over the Novopay system is a possibility, if the teacher unions would agree to a package.

Weekend Herald stories about how children learn maths at school have prompted a flood of responses from readers and experts. Andrew Laxon explains what the argument is about.

The number of new international students approved to study in New Zealand has dropped nearly a quarter since 2009 despite government measures to boost the industry.

Are wealthy Kiwis passing on their financial knowledge to children.

Regional polytechnics are important to their communities, and the National-led government is underfunding them, two Labour politicians say.

A Wanganui fireman is now heading the country's firefighters union and says he wants to develop much closer and clearer relationships with the Fire Service on his watch.

A Masterton father accused of failing to ensure his 15-year-old daughter attended school says his family has been put through hell and his wife had a nervous breakdown.

Prime Minister John Key has defended the $425,000 payout of former Education Secretary Lesley Longstone after a year's service, saying it was the "bare minimum".

Young New Zealanders are at a huge disadvantage to Australian and European students because so few are learning a second or third language.

Former Education Secretary Lesley Longstone received a $425,475 payout after her resignation at the end of last year, it has been revealed.