COMMENT: University staff should be heeded when they cite pressure to drop standards.

More money needed to match more responsibilities.

Northland primary schools are threatening to permanently suspend troubled children.

New Lynn's Fruitvale School will get a new $9.5 million classroom block.

Auckland's population growth has sparked a school zoning row in Mt Albert.

Officials will remind all schools that compulsory "BYO device" policies are illegal.

Local educators feel penalised for looking after children with new vetting charges.

A teen couple say they have been forced to stay at home in fear after their school said it could not ensure their safety.

EDITORIAL: "Streaming" schoolkids by ability might explain their declining performance.

OPINION: Childcare and early education needs to be less like school, says Sarah Alexander.

Big housing development leads to new classrooms for primary school.

Carter Holt Harvey has dragged 47 local body governments into its leaky schools court case after losing a bid to have the Ministry of Education's claim tossed out.

An accidental strangling in an Australian school has led to one Auckland school moving to cut off the cords from pupils' hats in a bid to prevent similar incidents here.

A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

The mother of a boy injured in a hit-and-run is asking for changes to his school bus route before a child gets killed.

Teachers' pay rates should be based on how much progress their students make in their learning, a report says.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

Teachers have been told to encourage children to speak their first languages in their first few years of education, rather than sticking solely to English.

COMMENT: I totally support the Greens' initiative to make te Reo Maori a core subject, along with English and maths.

Kiwi parents are paying over $300 more for a school uniform than parents in the UK - prompting calls to overhaul our uniform rules.

Community Board member Darrell Latham knows the relocation of the school is a difficult decision but says it is the wrong one.

A clinical child and adolescent psychologist offers advice for parents following the death of a 10-year-old Auckland child in tragic circumstances.

Massey Primary School gets extra help to support the school community following the tragic death of a 10-year-old child.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

Children using smartphones and tablets from an early age can have both troubling and positive consequences, a leading academic says.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

The cost of putting a child through state school has risen by 15 per cent in 10 years, new figures show.

Police were called after school holiday programme staff noticed a man talking to a child in the playground.

Almost 60 per cent of Kiwis want subsidies for stay-at-home parents introduced, according to a new poll conducted by Family First.