Seventy per cent of schools will scrap donations if Labour pays $150 per student instead.

Educationalist David Hood says Tai Wānanga shows what all schools need to do.

Four-fifths of schools now ask parents for "donations" ranging from $7 to $1225 a year.

Principal Toby Westrupp at Tai Wānanga talks school fees and donations to help feed students. / Michael Craig

EDITORIAL: Labour's grant replacing school fees will be of limited value.

Grammar Headmaster Tim O'Connor and Sir Edmund Hillary Principal Peter Uys talks about fees and donations. / Jason Oxenham

Wanganui Collegiate BOT claims the school is financially sound and no longer in debt.

Curious about cadavers? April is your chance to see them up close.

COMMENT: Charter schools are working well and ought to be allowed to continue.

Amendment bill aims to bring charter schools back in to the state system.

A primary school teacher has been fired after sharing photos of her same-sex wedding.

New classroom and teacher at rural school.

ACT Leader David Seymour insists charter schools work.

Whangarei's Te Kapehu Whetu school is not fazed by Govt intention to end charter schools.

EDITORIAL: The Government has no good reason to abolish charter schools.

Bill English challenges the PM to host a sausage sizzle at a charter school.

Principal says children should have time to join clubs and do activities after school.

School's amazing maze keeps rural teacher employed.

NZQA working to fix problem and plans to release correct results by the end of the day.

History and civics should be taught in schools and senior levels should not be single sex.

NCEA students wrongly failed by digital exams.

Fifteen staff are jobless and 145 international students have to move to another school.

Richard McMillan says staff worked extremely closely with students to help them achieve.

A new year with no national standards is welcomed by teachers' union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Kindy opening soon promises new jobs, extended hours and will take children from birth.

It's a special token from a child's first day but, confesses Beck Vass, she missed it.

Government up funding for children's performance providers after Stage Challenge axed.

Sea change for pre-school education in Whanganui

COMMENT: Books and reading open up new worlds and experiences, particularly for children.

Pair who died at Cascade Falls were keen football players at Massey High School.