The mother of a boy injured in a hit-and-run is asking for changes to his school bus route before a child gets killed.

COMMENT: Papakura High School and its community are victims of decades of Government policy in social services and education, writes Camilla Highfield.

Residents in Otorohanga are coming together to get through the tough economic times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Free full-time early childhood education and no NCEA exams until a student's final year of school.

Teachers' pay rates should be based on how much progress their students make in their learning, a report says.

Lucy Clark on why we shouldn't stress about our children's academic success - or lack of it.

A substitute teacher in the US has been slammed after telling a young cancer survivor: "If you're bald, you won't be pretty."

Nine Indian students who had been facing deportation have been offered a deal that would let them reapply for student visas after returning to India.

Supporters of Indian students who have taken sanctuary in an Auckland church to avoid deportation say the students' vigil is entering its final days.

COMMENT: We need a return to the anti-drug movies of the 1930s as we fight a new danger destroying families and communities, writes Paul Charman.

An Auckland schoolboy was approached by an unknown man in a white van yesterday, in what is suspected to be an attempted abduction.

A teacher has come up with a unique way to encourage students to strive for higher educational achievement.

Church says students welcome for as long as they need sanctuary.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

Comment: It's a subject dear to the hearts of 84 per cent of the world's population. But here in New Zealand, religion is almost taboo, Rachel Smalley writes.

A Herald film on a year in the life of Papakura High School has "flipped a switch" in the students' minds, says one of the film's star talents.

Labour, Greens, Maori Party add weight to call for inquiry into claims of abuse of children in state care.

New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

In Papakura, in Auckland's south, crime and gangs are a regular feature of many students' lives and can affect their education.

Students at Papakura High School are striving to change the community's perception of their school, one of the country's most disadvantaged.

Learn more about The Rising Foundation, a charity helping students from schools like those in Under The Bridge, the Herald's documentary project.

Papakura High School has a falling roll, and as far as results go, it's among the worst schools in the country. But there is hope.

Labour leader will make a last-ditch appeal to the Government not to deport a group of Indian students over fraudulent documents submitted by their immigration agents.

Teachers have been told to encourage children to speak their first languages in their first few years of education, rather than sticking solely to English.

In this video, school staff including principal John Rohs discuss the impact of a variety of social issues on the students.

At the edge of the city and margins of society, a school is fighting back.

Joanna Li scored a perfect 40 out of 40 in her scholarship history exam - despite taking it a year early.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.

A team of journalists spent a year inside one of the country's most underprivileged schools filming the Herald's first long-form documentary.

Three students are completing their final year at the beleaguered Papakura High School.