Teacher accused of indecently touching nine girls aged under 12.

Dozens of parents who pay for extra teacher aide time for their special needs kids say they have no other choice, despite finding it's not a government-supported practice.

Desperate parents of special needs children are being forced to pay for teacher aides as state funding falls short.

An education will teach you that sometimes stuff sucks. I don't always love working, but hey, here we are, writes Jack Tame.

Furious parents are threatening principals with legal injunctions if their kids are overlooked for sports teams and school musicals.

The kura at the centre of a controversy involving a student being slapped is facing closure.

Schools are digging into their teaching budgets - in some cases relying on donations from principals and teachers - to feed children who turn up hungry.

When you're 15, standing up to school is standing up to the biggest power you know, writes Verity Johnson.

Maths teacher Simon Toon was found guilty of an indecent act in a classroom, but had fought to keep his name out of the media.

Two investigations are being carried out as to how an email revealing alleged family violence was accidentally sent to students.

In a move that has fired up parents, teachers in the UK have won the right to inspect pupils’ lunchboxes and confiscate unhealthy snacks.

The 15-year-old schoolgirl at the centre of a fracas over a provocative speech says she will miss her last day of classes rather than face her peers.

School students face more testing after the Education Minister revealed options to assess pupils aged 13 and 14.

The principal at Napier Girls' High School has met with Anela Pritchard and her family and says that the issue has been resolved.

So following on from puffer jackets a few weeks ago, the big education story of the moment is a student who may or may not have been stood down for posting a speech critical of her teachers on Facebook.

A 15-year-old girl was stood down from school after making a speech which claimed her teachers needed to work harder, rather than "sit around and do nothing."

Senior academics at the University of Otago have called for a free contraceptive programme to be made available to teens before they become sexually active.

An Auckland school principal who slapped a pupil across the face has failed in a bid to keep his name secret.

Schools say they have been waiting up to three years for plans to be signed off as Nikki Kaye reassures major redevelopments are in the pipeline.

John Key took over Paengaroa School's school assembly and explained politics in the simplest form - 'I'm Prime Minister because my team is biggest'.

Some kids can be a handful, but it's never okay for anyone to tape their mouth shut to teach them a lesson, writes Rhonwyn Newson.

A leaky Auckland primary school says it was told nine months ago its 33-classroom rebuild plan would go to the Cabinet — but it is still waiting.

Vicki Carpenter asks what the boards of two dilapidated schools have been doing about basic maintenance.

A 4-year-old's mouth was taped with cellotape by child-care staff, and he was threatened with a bigger piece of tape if he kept putting toys in his mouth.

At least half of children aren't getting all the help they need to make the "critical" move to school, a government study has found.

Lincoln University in Canterbury is known for its stubby-wearing students and land-based prospectus. For the first time in the university's history, females outnumber males.

Each year a handful of our high school students gain entry to some of the world’s top universities. It’s an exclusive, mysterious process - but should it be?

Editorial: Children coming into Auckland primary schools are carrying an undiscovered treasure - the ability to speak more than one language.