Former All Whites coach Kevin Fallon says legal action is likely over his sacking from Mt Albert Grammar after 18 years, as his former players threaten a boycott.

My son turned 5 and started school last week. It was an emotional time for me. He is so small and his uniform so large, writes Matt Heath.

Politicians hate targets. The risk associated with them is all too apparent.

Helping close achievement gaps in our classrooms will be a priority for a leading academic appointed to a major new science education role.

What goes through the minds of educational professionals when they see the lengths that property owners will go to remain in a prestigious school zone?

Failure to pass on information at school’s management level was critical to the overlooking of allegations made by students.

School students can forget trying to wriggle out of a part-time job - new research says it isn't all that bad.

The number of young school children achieving or bettering the national standard in reading and writing has fallen in many regions.

The number of young school children achieving or bettering the national standard in reading has fallen or flat-lined in half of the country's regions.

Only 4 per cent of non-Maori secondary school students are learning te reo Maori, the latest figures show.

New Zealanders would rather money was spent on improving teaching standards than on reducing class sizes, a Herald-DigiPoll survey reveals.

How open Kiwi students are to international cultures and opportunities could be measured as an important part of the school curriculum.

Today, Pita Sharples will carry out the first reading of the new Maori Language Bill 2014 in Parliament.

The curriculum in New Zealand schools is "compulsory" and nobody minds - until it is suggested that all New Zealand children should be given a grounding in te reo Maori.

Aserial entrepreneur with a geeky streak is bringing technology into the classroom with her award-winning start-up.

A refugee from Afghanistan who arrived in the country without being able to speak a word of English came third in a spelling bee just five years after arriving and is now studying political science.

All New Zealand schoolchildren would learn Maori under Labour's long-term plan for te reo, but it appears the party is loath to give the policy a high profile.

An Auckland school will have a zone for the first time after a remarkable turnaround in its results and reputation.

Jake Miller was head prefect of his school with a $40,000 scholarship to study law waiting for him.

Imagine teaching every child in this country how to program a computer - from age 5. When you think about it, it is odd that we don't.

For Labour, size matters - particularly when it comes to education, writes Kerre McIvor.

100 low-income families were asked what they needed to get out of poverty. Here are their answers.

New Zealand teens are more money savvy than young people in other developed nations, according to a new report.

Grace Eriksen, 18, is in her first year of university and reaping the rewards of three years of saving.

For years scientists thought they knew what caused the hole in the ozone layer but now it appears they could have been wrong.

About every 18 months the issue of vaccinations (or, more specifically, the issue of not having your children vaccinated) becomes especially newsworthy.