The board of a large central Auckland school has refused to engage with officials on a multimillion-dollar building programme.

A teacher has been struck off after failing to tell a day-care centre she had previously been accused of verbally and physically abusing children in her care.

In a three-week operation launched last week, officers will be on the lookout for children 16 and under hanging around shops, train stations and parks during school hours.

A trust that owns two charter schools has bought its students a $100,000 waka to help with their learning.

The Education Minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality. Hekia Parata yesterday released....

The education minister has welcomed an increase in Maori and Pasifika children participating in early childhood education - despite ongoing concerns about quality.

Eight years ago, a new primary and secondary school curriculum spoke glowingly of the benefits of knowing another language.

Nearly half of Kiwis who want schoolchildren to learn a foreign language pick Chinese as the language to learn, according to a survey.

Our investigation of early childhood education last week found a problem that invites an obvious solution.

Confucius is being credited for the growth in popularity of Mandarin learning at a top Auckland Catholic boys' school.

The percentage of students learning a second language in New Zealand secondary schools has dropped to its lowest in over 80 years.

A Cambodian girl who grew up in an orphanage supported by a NZ school is now spending a year at the college that helped give her a home.

It's 11am on a Thursday at Mt Albert Playcentre and a toddler has just covered most of herself in red paint.

Hine felt the centre was not a good fit for her son, and that they didn't understand her culture. Her boy would cry every day when she dropped him off.

Thousands of students in Auckland suburbs including Ellerslie and Te Atatu will be part of a radical education reform that aims to spread the best teaching.

Steven Joyce has begun a 10-day visit to South America to try to drum up more interest in New Zealand as a study destination.

A teachers' union called for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education in the wake of a series of Herald stories.

Singer-songwriter Lizzie Marvelly is singing at Massey University’s graduation ceremonies on Auckland’s North Shore today.

Educators fear profits are coming before kids as the number of commercial operators entering the early childhood market continues to grow.

A Herald investigation has found there were 150 services reviewed by the ERO in 2014 alone that required "further development" or had to have a supplementary review. Is NZ childcare up to scratch?

A Herald investigation reveals: Children in early childhood education may have been placed at risk of developmental damage.

Urbanlife participants go behind-the-scenes and gain practical training and work experience through a series of back-of-house tours and creative workshops.

A naturally redheaded school pupil has been barred from classes in the north of England for being too ginger.

Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.

More charter schools will be opened next year if Act Party leader David Seymour's "quiet confidence" is warranted.

The recently dubbed high-tech capital of New Zealand, Wellington, is hosting free coding courses at libraries around the region this week to promote coding in schools.