A $244 million package to build seven new schools and expand four existing ones is a "disappointing" Budget announcement, says Labour.

How to have a meaningful, impactful conversation is so necessary for any social setting. While those skills don't come naturally to most kids, they can be taught.

Primary schools are massive child storage lockers. They keep your kids housed, happy and out of harm's way all day so you can go to work or play golf, writes Matt Heath.

Massey University is planning to spend more than $130 million in the next year to double the student capacity of its Albany campus.

Slouching on the sofa watching movies often isn't the best way to get study done, but for medical students, a trip to the DVD store can be good for grades.

Principals at poorer schools have defended the huge drop-off in the number of students gaining UE, rejecting accusations they push students into "soft" subjects.

Students at a Bay of Plenty high school were so determined to pass NCEA they stayed after hours, and during the holidays to make it through.

Two high school students from Tauranga and their robot will be heading to the United States this weekend hoping to become world champions.

Deep in the statistics (see our interactive) shines something bright. It is the long-maligned, low-decile schools fighting back.

New Zealand has been blasted as "stupid" by a top space engineer for not investing more in science and engineering.

A $150,000 mannequin named "Thomas" is a shining star of the new paramedicine department of AUT University's Manukau campus.

A high-performing, predominantly Maori and Pasifika school says it is being snubbed by locals because of its low decile and "brown" community.

There seems to be far too much about the computers themselves and far too little about creating cool stuff or learning cool stuff in schools, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

New Zealand-based international education company Cognition Education is buying online learning company Wavelength for an undisclosed sum.

Pressure to broaden the use of identification numbers attached to preschoolers has concerned the Privacy Commissioner.

The future of Hato Petera College is under threat from a falling roll, dilapidated buildings, bullying, infighting and a lack of confidence from its owner.

An early childhood educator says many people are losing confidence in how to be parents because they see their role as going back to paid work.

Teachers looking for a job should head to Wellington, according to Seek's latest Labour Market Report.

An Auckland teen has made a "dream come true" and will be heading to one of the world's top universities on a scholarship worth $100,000.

Teachers have been told to pull their socks up when it comes to their dress code.

As a parent, you want your child to know you've got their back, especially when they become teenagers.

The country's leading early childhood education provider, Kidicorp Limited will today announce its new status as a not-for-profit charity.

Two teacher aides caught passing drugs at an Auckland primary school have resigned today.

An Auckland primary school has suspended two teacher aides after they were snapped exchanging cannabis in the staff room.

The case of the St Bede's College students who breached Civil Aviation rules while on a school rowing trip raises some big questions. Lawyer Mai Chen looks at them.

Common sense, they say, is a large part of the law but it seems to desert courts when they are invited to overrule school discipline.

The families of two boys who went to the High Court to allow their sons to compete in a rowing regatta say they did it because of concerns over the school's disciplinary process.

It was meant to be the best excuse ever to get out of class - a bogus news report announcing NZ's biggest school would be closed due to Cyclone Pam.