A student says she dedicated hundreds of hours of study in an effort to get into a medical programme, only to be told hours before a test she had been rejected.

One teacher allegedly accessed porn at school and blamed it on his son.

The cost of housing in Auckland is pushing staff in industries to leave the city, while Auckland businesses must be prepared to pay more to keep staff.

Recent controversies over Indian students were just waiting to happen says Victoria University academic.

A top Auckland school is losing three science teachers as houses become an "unrealistic" goal for many in the profession.

A Massey High School student has secured a place at a prestigious music college, the same institution that sparked the careers of John Mayer, Imagine Dragons and Quincy Jones.

A Kiwi academic who jokingly wrote a research paper written by Apple's iOS autocomplete has been accepted to present his findings at a nuclear physics conference.

In a video, the teacher is seen standing over the boy, who is lying on the ground crying.

COMMENT: The first time our son stuttered I burst out laughing. By the next day he could barely get a word out at all and it wasn't a laughing matter.

At just four years of age Bella Devyatkina is wowing the world with her language skills.

Increasing numbers of parents are worried they do not have enough money for their child's education.

Education Minister Hekia Parata revealed that 8 of the 64 special schools in New Zealand are using a seclusion room.

Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Prime Minister's suggestion that her husband's ill-health played a part in her shock decision to retire from politics is wrong.

Top education and police chiefs are investigating their own staff following accusations they sent porn to a Northland principal.

Lincoln University has repaid $1.5m after it was found it did not teach for as many hours as it was funded for.

Salvation Army recommends tightening immigration rules further beyond last week's Government decisions to raise the point system.

The University of Auckland has hit out at plans by Waikato University for a new medical school, calling it "ill conceived" and costly.

Real world and digital worlds are combining more rapidly as technology becomes increasingly accessible to more Kiwis.

Principal advocate says difficult students may be informally removed but additional support was needed or all other students bore the brunt.

Oxford has revealed five questions, along with the best ways to answer them.

Cambridge High School and Ngaruawahia High School Waikato will both undergo major redevelopments at a cost of $17 million.

The Prime Minister has visited more than three times as many high decile schools this year, than low decile.

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.

Australian children will be taught about "male privilege" and shown images of men cleaning dishes and women playing football in a drive to break gender stereotypes.

Fraud and the risk of exploitation means New Zealand should focus on "quality not quantity" in the Indian student market, a former High Commissioner to India says.

Party-goers and concerned police will be given just 24 hours' notice of the venue for an unofficial school ball.

Thousands of Facebook users have been baffled by this head-scratcher. Can you figure it out?

The Chief Ombudsman will investigate the use of seclusion rooms in schools, following reports that locked "time out" rooms had been used to restrain children.

Brian Jaques has spent more than half his life serving as a Justice of the Peace and has no plans to call it quits any time soon. He

A father who lost a battle against Bible teaching in his daughter's school now says the school is pursuing him for costs.