Teachers' pay should contain a decile element to encourage them to stay where they are most needed. Decile funding, too, should be more heavily weighted to compensate.

Bullrush will not be banned from a Christchurch school despite two students breaking bones during games this week.

New Zealand has known about the achievement gap between rich and poor for 25 years. And yet it persists. Where are we going wrong?

Children at schools in poor areas are still lagging far behind their wealthy peers, with rising pass rates making but a small dent in the achievement gap, latest data shows.

Avondale College students have been reprimanded over a hoax letter outlining the need for a full body inspection before entering their exams.

Aspiring music producer Emily Hayward, 15, dropped out of school before her NCEA exams and has been under Child, Youth and Family's care for the past year.

Children as young as four are participating in transgender classes, sparking mixed reactions from parents' groups and teachers.

Students should be taught to use words with intent, not as cute-sounding but empty Orwellian contrivances, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Schools with persistent student underachievement will face a broader range of action from officials under a proposed revamp of education law.

The maths exam question that is dividing the internet.

A senior doctor who told a medical intern she would get good marks if she slept with him has lost his job.

National agricultural training provider goes into liquidation. The money may not be able to be recovered.

New Zealander Peter Cooper donates $74 million to top American university.

The All Blacks' rugby haka is being used to help inspire London schoolgirls to study science and technology in sport.

Police have now stepped in to investigate allegations a student hacked into an Auckland school's database and sent pornographic images to all its pupils.

Mt Albert Grammar student hacked into the school's database and sent out pornographic images.

Understaffing issues almost tripled, justified behavioural complaints more than doubled and there was an 80 per cent jump in fraud cases, according to the Ministry of Education.

Students were asked to choose people defined by their race, gender and occupation to save from a sinking boat.

Canterbury University's "Go Canterbury" package offered to star Auckland Year 13 school pupils included summer and winter trips.

Disadvantaged children are group's focus but critics say Teach First NZ's kids could be treated like guinea pigs.

Edu-sports is being seen as a new revenue stream to help the Government meet its target of doubling the value of export education to $5 billion by 2025.

Lawrence Watt goes back to the classroom to dispel some wide-held beliefs around what makes a good school

It's exam season and time to employ old student standbys - procrastination and distraction, writes an expert in the subject, Julie Cleaver.

By disabling the filter, pupils as young as 5 would have had no blocking system in place.

This biology teacher has her own way of teaching about the human body.

Labour wants a minimum qualification requirement for all early childhood educators, seeking to curb the rapid growth of taxpayer-subsidised nannies and au pairs.

"After a continuing and comprehensive review of the current situation, the board have decided that it is untenable for the trust to continue to provide the supportive environment that is required."

The morning tea will raise funds for Kiwis for kiwi, the national charity that works to protect the national bird and its habitat.

Troubled Auckland Maori school Hato Petera has made the "painful" decision to close its junior boarding facility, saying it could no longer provide a supportive environment.

Labour would introduce a minimum qualification requirement for all early childhood educators, seeking to curb the rapid growth of taxpayer-subsidised nannies and au pairs.