The Ministry of Education is contacting the trustees of every primary and intermediate school to ask about their stance on National Standards.

We asked readers if they had confidence in the Govt's national education standards, after more than 200 schools rejected them.

Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

Two education researchers are supporting a boycott of the Government's mandatory national standards by 225 primary school boards.

Phil Goff says the "untested" National Standards system the Govt is trying to push through won't succeed and should be delayed.

More than 200 schools are refusing to introduce part of the Government's mandatory national standards next year after voting "no confidence" in the system.

A teen has been sent to South Africa to finish her school year after claims she was bullied so badly at Howick College she was too scared to go to class.

A staggering 40 per cent of Kiwi adults lack the literacy skills to carry out their jobs.

Inside the first of the Govt's new boot camps for serious repeat youth offenders.

NZ has the world's best education system, third highest level of personal freedom and our economy is going pretty well, a think-tank says.

Whenever there are cuts to be made, it always seems to be down to the Education Minister to make them, writes Dita De Boni.