A top principal will face court before starting a new job at a prestigious English school, after his ex-wife launched a private prosecution against him.

Researcher Hana Turner's reports of racist attitudes among her fellow teachers show prejudice is as deeply woven into our school system as ever.

Rose Toki should be getting a few cups of tea in bed tomorrow - the mum-of-10's brave step into adult education will be felt by her family for generations to come.

Parents are raising more than $357 million a year in donations and fundraising to support the "free" schooling system.

An Auckland school has started a simple but unique fundraising plan it hopes will bring in tens of thousands of dollars to help provide classroom equipment.

It's hoped asbestos-contaminated demolition material that kept an Auckland primary school closed today will be cleared by Monday.

The Tertiary Education Commission has today revealed the six Centres of Research Excellence (CoRES) which will get access to millions of dollars in funding.

The board of trustees has decided to shut an Auckland primary school because it's concerned about the risk of asbestos dust from a nearby building site.

Armed men in Nigeria have abducted eight girls, as the government continued to struggle to find 276 schoolgirls kidnapped three weeks ago in the same region.

The chairman of a school board has accused victims of historic sex crimes of exploiting their abuse as an 'excuse' for difficulties in later life.

A principal and her husband who admitted siphoning more than $30,000 from a decile one school in South Auckland have been sentenced to home detention.

A researcher has been shocked by the racist attitudes of the teachers she interviewed for a study looking at expectations for students' success.

A Government-funded survey, published today, finds our primary and intermediate schools are in 'mixed health'.

In a distinguished career as a top corporate lawyer Derek Dallow was involved in his fair share of multi-million-dollar projects.

Children risk losing out on the benefits of millions of dollars being spent on technology in classrooms, teachers say.

They’re the kids born totally wired, the first generation who will spend their whole lives in a world where the planet’s accumulated wisdom is available instantly at the touch of a finger. And the first of them have just left school.

New Zealand students will move out of "the dark ages" and complete experimental NCEA assessments online this year.

A 12-year-old maths whiz who is studying at university is trying to help other students learn.

The current attempt by the Minister of Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, to whip the country's universities into line.

Editorial: Eighteen months ago, Steven Joyce had a warning for the country's universities saying he was "more than willing" for the Government to be more directive.

The family of Christie Marceau marked what would have been her 21st birthday by giving two other youngsters an opportunity of a lifetime.

Okay, as a change from being the guy who sits back and lobs grenades of cynicism at the easy targets, here's an actual idea for an election year policy that will be a winner (at least in my house): tax-free savings accounts for children.

Students buying assignments, forging signatures, and using phones in exams were among more than 540 cases of cheating dealt with by universities last year.

I'll say this for the guy in the fourth row at the performance of Socrates Now in the Selwyn College Theatre on Monday morning: he's a young man who knows his own mind.

Auckland Grammar School is set to be transformed by a multi-million-dollar building project.

Education Minister Hekia Parata says a mailing error which led to 455 NCEA exam papers being sent to the wrong students was a “regrettable mistake”.

The founder of the kohanga reo movement, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, has spoken of a "sense of shame" over allegations of misspending of public money.