Radical measures are on the cards to cope with a huge increase in the number of school-age children in Auckland as already full schools struggle to cope.

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is urgently searching for teachers and has turned to outside help for lessons just over a month after opening its doors.

Teachers accused of misconduct can be named and disciplinary tribunal hearings will be open to the public under new Teachers Council rules.

An Auckland high school which excluded a student with Asperger's after a dispute with a teacher is appealing against a judge's ruling to quash the expulsion.

Developers of a new reading application claim that most people can easily double or triple their reading speed without any special training, writes Sally Andrews.

A New Jersey high school cheerleader who sued her parents for child support and tuition has agreed to dismiss her lawsuit.

When social sciences teacher Nigel Bassett moved into his new classroom he chose not to have a desk.

Nearly one in five parents have taken their child out of school in order to go on an overseas holiday, according to a new survey.

A charitable group is aiming to give away a million financial literacy work books to New Zealand students by 2020 to try to improve young people's wealth creation skills.

The Labour Party says Education Minister Hekia Parata's consideration of performance funding in schools could lead to the most radical shakeup of education in a generation.

The Government is looking to fund schools according to the progress their pupils make, the Education Minister has revealed.

The distraught parents of an infant who needed hospital treatment after being repeatedly bitten by a 2-year-old boy at a preschool.

I can still remember the freedom that came with being given my first bike.

A principal and her husband siphoned off more than $30,000 from a decile one school in South Auckland and splashed out on themselves.

There will be less chance of dodgy teachers resurfacing at other schools under legislation to be introduced in Parliament today, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.

The Greens want to build up to $200m in cycle lanes and walkways around schools if they are in govt, and funding would be redirected from "low-value" projects such as the Holiday Highway north of Auckland.

Some parents have become obsessed about giving their offspring the added edge, writes Peter Lyons. Choice of school often dominates dinner party conversations.

It is disappointing to know that in 2014, people still see the world through an "us" versus "them" lens, writes Alice Wang.

Australia's teenagers are increasingly becoming trapped in a culture of booze, drugs and gambling.

Architecture students have imagined how Auckland will look sporting a new super-brothel, and Wellington's future if sea levels rise.

Steven Joyce has made himself into the Minister for All Things Large & Little. It seems that no sector of the economy is safe from his reforming zeal, writes Tim Hazledine.

A recent report in the Herald points out that New Zealand universities have slipped down considerably in the most recent Times Higher Education rankings of universities.

Those inane selfies and comments on our social media sites will live on long after we're dead, says a visiting academic - but it'll be a valuable historical record.

The $1.26 million seismic upgrade of Diocesan School for Girls' old chapel will be finished around mid-May.