Novopay Minister Steven Joyce says there is "a wider range of villains" behind the troubled payroll system than the National MPs whose offices are being picketed today.

In a positive development for Dunedin's tertiary education industry, Otago Polytechnic predicts higher student numbers later this year.

Oh-kayyyy. So Mike Williams, a former Labour Party president, calls parents who try to get their kids into higher decile schools "dumb", writes Deborah Hill Cone.

The chances of the most disadvantaged students getting any benefit from a PPP school may be no better than the toss of a coin, writes John O'Neill.

It is many years since our primary schools adopted "new maths".

A leaked document threatens to sabotage an ambitious bid for an $800,000 "tele-medicine" scheme for remote Far North schools.

Dr Lance O'Sullivan says he would not see most of Kaitaia's children with skin infections if he didn't go into schools to look for them.

School boards of trustees want charter schools to be limited to three only, set up on a trial basis for three to five years, and assessed by an independent research programme.

The KidsCan charity says an "epidemic" of poverty-related illnesses makes earthquake-damaged eastern suburbs of Christchurch its next priority for school-based health services.

A former Mt Albert Grammar student says a headmaster's speech about education being a "silver bullet" was eerily similar to one given in fictional TV show The West Wing.

Minister in charge of Novopay Steven Joyce says he understands the frustration of secondary teachers who say they will pursue legal action over the Novopay payroll system.

The Post Primary Teachers' Association has launched legal action seeking compensation for members affected by the Novopay payroll system.

By trekking across town twice a day, any conceivable benefits are negated by a longer day, none of your schoolmates living close by, less exercise, and rootlessness. This behaviour is just plain dumb.

A physics teacher who had a sexual relationship with a female student from the age of 15 has been struck off - but the teachers' disciplinary tribunal is protecting his identity.

Stephen Hovell, the principal of the school where confessed paedophile James Parker preyed on children has been sacked.

Stressed primary schools are struggling to fend off enrolment challenges from pushy out-of-zone parents.

Thousands of Kiwi teachers are at risk of developing serious voice problems because of high noise levels and poor acoustics in classrooms.

Decades of military misrule have left the country's education in a mess. But change is in the air

Education Minister Hekia Parata is considering a return to basic arithmetic for primary school children in an attempt to lift New Zealand's faltering performance in maths.

The first software upgrade of the troubled Novopay system will be rolled out this weekend.

A former director of charter schools overseas is urging New Zealand not to introduce them here.

The Education Minister has confirmed that up to 50 teaching positions will be lost in the shake-up of Canterbury Schools.