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Pacific scholarships to double - PM
New Zealand will open its doors to 200 education scholarships for Pacific people, as well as commit $4.8 million towards the policing of Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister John Key announcement today.
New support system for schools announced
"Expert practitioners" will work with schools to lift achievement, but a teachers' union is sceptical of the government's announcement.
New school reports score from A+ to Fail
Parents are surprised at the range of school reports on offer - from poor to wonderfully informative.
College board fined over boiler room blast
Orewa College's board of trustees has been ordered to pay almost $137,000 over a fatal boiler room explosion.
Know your faults to find your strength
A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career, warns Jasbindar Singh.
Sharples to review te reo spend
Moves are under way to give Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples closer scrutiny of the estimated $250 million government spend on te reo initiatives.
Writing on the (classroom) wall in Mandarin
Confucius classrooms have opened for learning in New Zealand, thanks to a $250,000 investment by the Chinese Government.
ERO: Schools lacking in special needs practices
An Education Review Office survey of 229 schools found about 20pc had inadequate inclusive practices for special needs pupils.
Gay netball coach sacked by school
A Christian school's Board of Trustees has been told to attend a human rights course after sacking a netball coach because he was gay.
Syria bans full face veils at universities
Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil.