The Government is promising 239 new classrooms for Auckland schools over the next 18 months as many reach capacity.

The decision to keep a failing charter school open was based on data that showed the children had virtually nowhere else to go.

Inequality reigns across primary school children's reported ability to learn to read, write and do maths, national data shows.

Minister of Education Hekia Parata will address media in Auckland and end months of uncertainty for the school and its students.

The school under fire for bribing its kids with takeaways says it never served fried chicken - only pizza.

A net inflow of 3000 migrants in June pushed the annual net gain to 58,300 - the 11th straight month it has hit a new record.

The first task when AUT moved into its new premises in Manukau, South Auckland, was to pull down a wire barrier surrounding the site.

Teachers' unions always insist they are professional bodies serving the interests of education, not just their members.

High school principals will cut the number of pupils attending popular trades academies in a bid to protect the jobs of teachers and senior management.

An Australian teacher who won $20,000 on a TV game show will buy new shoes for the students at her school.

Exclusive: Massey health and safety investigation at Albany campus reveals chemical incident just days earlier, reports Anna Leask.

Do we need more university degrees? Josh Williams says 'no', while Derek McCormack says universities are producing more than degrees.

A principal has criticised the Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal for not being tougher on a teacher who managed a business and bought a house during class time.

Boys are often fun to teach. I always swore I would never teach at a boys' school given my own experiences at school in the 1970s. It was violent, brutish and dull.

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

Little Devon Roke was turned down by three early childhood education centres before BestStart's ABC Waterview agreed to enrol him.

Urgently, we need to increase the availability and scope of apprenticeships to meet the changing demands of our economy.

Figures released today show that part of the education underspend was in special education.

We've made enormous progress in fulfilling that vision of including all children in school, writes Secretary for Education Peter Hughes.

If the public was asked to choose the most worthy use of their taxation, children in need of special education would probably be at or near the top of the list.

Key issues to be addressed in an update of special education will include wait-times and their negative effect on children with extra needs , documents show.

More than half the 57 million young children still not in classrooms today live in countries torn apart by conflict or natural disaster, writes Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

The mother of a 3-year-old with cerebral palsy approached four childcare centres before one would take him.

Linda, a mum from Auckland, has a daily struggle trying to get the best education for her special needs kids. She tells her story.

Sam Judd is the co-founder of Sustainable Coastlines, an organisation that works with businesses, school kids and criminals to educate, plant trees and clean up our coastlines.

Lawyers taking rising numbers of special education cases say an independent tribunal is needed to ensure funding decisions are resolved fairly.