Destiny Church's bid to make its private school part of the state system has failed. The church says the rejection is disappointing as its case was compelling and valid.

Vodafone New Zealand is helping to boost education in refugee areas with the development of its instant classroom - a digital "school in a box".

Dr Michelle Dickinson, aka ‘Nanogirl’, who runs New Zealand's only nanomechanical lab, talks about science on TV, radio, social media and in schools.

One of the country’s flagship charter schools is now teetering on the edge of closure. Kirsty Johnston goes behind the gates at Whangaruru.

A struggling Northland charter school has removed its management team in what it says is a last-ditch attempt at avoiding closure.

A decision to allow a former P addict and convicted methamphetamine smuggler back into the classroom has been slammed by the Early Childhood Council.

75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.

A former childcare worker and P addict caught smuggling methamphetamine into New Zealand has been cleared by her professional body to return to the classroom.

A Hamilton high school teacher who gave pass grades to students whose work had been assessed as "not achieved" has been banned from the classroom.

Getting a good education could be the best form of contraception for teenagers, according to a new study.

Jensen Au Yeung was doing basic maths by 2 and algebra by 3. Now the 10-year old maths whiz has skipped five grades at school.

Carter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective", the Court of Appeal has heard.

A home-based childcare company that uses Education Ministry funding to entice people to work for it took seven weeks before it started paying a new home-based educator.

One of the most memorable stories in Open, Andre Agassi’s autobiography, got stuck into Pete Sampras for guarding his wallet as tightly as his service games.

Students beginning university this week are most likely to take a degree focused on human society or culture, despite the ongoing push towards science and technology.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.

Teachers showering Kiwi kids with praise - and never allowing them to fail - are threatening to do more harm than good, a leading educationist says.

When it comes to maths, 11-year-old Johnathan Leung is right up there with students gaining university entrance.

The average Kiwi teacher is a woman in her early fifties and she's facing a generation of kids who have grown up with Wi-Fi, the cloud and hand-held technology.

Education Minister Hekia Parata has issued a formal warning to the troubled charter school in Whangaruru which now has a month to show it can rectify its problems or it could face closure.

A troubled charter school in Northland has just 37 students and legal advice on its possible closure has been provided to Education Minister Hekia Parata.

An Australian sexologist will pitch her explicit sex education course - which features topics such as pornography, consent, rape and teen pregnancy - to Kiwi educators.

Management at Te Awamutu College will complete an internal investigation before deciding the fate of four students who got involved in a fracas with police.

Ongoing problems with Novopay and why a struggling charter school has not been shut down have been raised with the Ministry of Education in a select committee hearing today.

The second of a two-part interview with new College Sport chief executive Dave Currie.

The high school teacher producing the country's top dance scholars says the secret is treating the teenagers like "mini-professionals".

Education and gay rights activist Robin Duff has died this morning.

''I try to pick up the broken glass every Sunday morning, but it was just too bad.'' 1000 revellers helped plaster a Dunedin street in glass - to residents' disgust.