With a shortage of subject teachers causing concern, Lawrence Watt sits in on a college Maths class with an award-winning teacher

Danielle Wright finds out why a degree is still a smart investment

Scrapping the long-standing decile funding system for schools is now a step closer.

Steve Braunias is giving a lecture tonight at Auckland University. But before that, he explains why uni was not for him.

More children with special needs will have access to teacher aides after the Government increased funding, but critics say it's still not enough.

Kids using tech devices in the classroom at Stanhope school in Mt Wellington.

Can you solve this riddle about passengers on a train?

COMMENT: It was a brave move of NZ unis last week to admit that they are not attracting enough of the brightest graduates to train as teachers.

A teacher who was found guilty of physically assaulting a pupil in his classroom says he wanted respect from his pupils.

How did a note clearly written by a child get ticked off as legitimate?

The primary school system is in trouble. It is failing some of the young pupils who can least afford to be left behind.

A school in Apia was forced to shut its doors yesterday after a police investigation into alleged violence was launched.

Is New Zealand's primary school system making the grade?

Students from low-income families are twice as likely to leave primary school without the expected reading and writing skills when compared with wealthy peers.

22 full-time jobs to go from the university's education department in proposal revealed to staff.

Maori prayers could be banned from the classroom if campaigners are successful in their bid to remove religious instruction from state schools.

Serious ongoing issues with mathematics results of children has experts pushing for radical changes to primary schooling.

NZ's smartest teenager credits surfing off Auckland's coast for her academic success as she swept her way through the toughest exams in the country.

A survey of recently-graduated primary school teachers has revealed many are struggling to get jobs and are entering the workforce loaded with debt.

Students accepted into teaching degrees have some of the lowest entrance scores across all bachelor programmes, prompting calls to mandate postgraduate entry.

SECRET TEACHER'S REPORT: High expectations can be a burden for parents during their child's early stages of primary school.

COMMENT: We have a major employment problem in this country, writes Mike Hosking. Kids entering the job market with poor education never catch up.

A highly respected chief executive who is leading an overhaul of the Ministry of Education has been named the new head of public service.

Multiple reports have raised concerns about the quality of literacy and numeracy teaching.

13,000 people are needed to fill positions on boards of trustees at 2500 schools. Here's everything you need to know.

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee announced the creation of the New Zealand Excellence Awards at Auckland University of Technology.

Six years and $250m down the track, has the National Standards education policy been a success? Recent data shows just a small increase

Despite a six-year government literacy and numeracy "crusade" costing more than $250 million, a quarter of children are below the National Standards.

Interactive: New Zealand’s three main education achievement problems explained.