A group of secondary school students are embarking on an ambitious project to build a three-bedroom home in six months.

Parents of a schoolgirl psychologically abused by her headmistress are furious she has denied targeting their daughter.

Hundreds of students sitting their NCEA exams last year were found cheating - taking in cellphones, extra notes and even having someone else sit the exam for them.

A teacher who crept into the bedroom where a student was sleeping in his house and kissed her has been de-registered.

The secrets of some of the highest-performing lower decile schools have been unlocked in an attempt to address one of the biggest problems in New Zealand education.

New Zealand's largest university is about to give away its teaching free as the Government calls the tertiary sector together to discuss whether such an approach is the way forward.

How much graduates in different fields of study can expect to earn has been revealed. So what should school students be choosing to study?

Ball season has arrived - and so have the costs, which can approach $2000 once the dress, shoes, spray tan, hair, makeup, nails and tickets have been paid for.

Rugby players from a top school have been caught shoplifting at a world championship in Japan.

A school already in financial strife spent almost half a million dollars on company shares - to get the milk from its dilapidated school farm collected.

Suspect spending by schools has been uncovered - including one that gave thousands of dollars in gift vouchers to staff, bought from a company owned by the principal.

Students' needs increasingly met online but printed books still seen as key

A top principal has pleaded not guilty to assaulting his ex-wife in a private prosecution she has launched against him.

Several years ago I was given the opportunity to introduce a course in financial literacy for my senior students, writes Peter Lyons.

Learning English was just a dream for Ye Tun Oo, let alone being able to start a degree in an English-speaking country.

Calls are being made to remove dissections from first-year courses as the killing of animals at universities comes under fresh scrutiny.

Spending on early childhood education and schools is to top $10 billion a year - but is not enough to avoid parents paying more for pre-school, an industry body claims.

Government will slash tertiary tuition fees for science, agriculture, and some health science courses, Budget 2014 shows.

Join us for a live video stream from Parliament as Finance Minister Bill English delivers the 2014 Budget from 2pm.

An Auckland couple convicted over their daughter's prolonged absences from primary school have been told their actions verged on negligence.

We face an interesting irony when it comes to applied tertiary education.

Black leather shoes mandatory at many New Zealand schools in winter are causing harm to children's feet, say podiatrists.