The Ministry of Education has hit back at suggestions it did not provide enough support to a school which later expelled a teenager with Asperger's.

Legal action taken against a school which expelled a teenager with Asperger's should be directed against the Ministry of Education.

My daughter goes to university this week having been one of those secondary school all-rounders who also achieves stellar academic results

A teenage boy with Aspergers and dyslexia was expelled because his school didn't feel it had the resources to look after him, lawyers for the pupil argued in court today.

As a rich historical and cultural tapestry the Bible has played a prominent role in the development of human civilisation over the past two millennia, both for better and for worse.

The Secular Education Network is not anti-Christian as Dr Paul Moon's article written on February 13 suggests, writes David Hines.

A Dunedin solo mother is disappointed after Aoraki Polytechnic cut a course she was signed up to start next week, but neglected to inform her.

Ateenage boy who suffers from Asperger's and dyslexia may receive one-on-one tutoring, as his family prepares for a court battle over his exclusion from a high school.

New Zealand's most at-risk school students should receive similar funding as those who are attending controversial charter schools, those involved in alternative education say.

Police have warned students and other O-Week revellers that anyone involved in lighting fires will be put before the courts.

What is going on with charter schools? Their justifying principle was fairly simple: they would receive funding for each pupil.

Parents are going to extreme lengths to give their children a head start before they hit the school system.

Looking over the curriculum for Bible in Schools, what is most striking is how innocuous it is, writes Dr Paul Moon. It makes its critics appear self-righteous and doctrinaire.

New Zealand's largest secondary school lost five teachers after a charter school was established nearby which could offer better salaries.

Amber-leigh Erasmus had Myrah when she was 17 years old.

Parents are "very happy" over the decision by an Auckland school to remove religious education classes from its school day.

This week we profile five of the expedition's members, starting with Shelley Campbell, CEO of the Sir Peter Blake Trust.

After 32 years as a corporate lawyer, Derek Dallow was in a financial position to slow down and ease into the twilight of his career.

New guidelines around how teachers can search students have been issued to schools today.

Surely the scandal of school donations should have been Ms Parata's focus this week, rather than a bloated taskforce set up to appease the ideological sensibilities of Act, writes Brian Rudman.

School children will next week have their lunch boxes filled with free bananas, apples and ... mineolas (that's a type of tangelo).

A state primary school is giving each of its students an iPad for their own use - and says government money and fundraising were enough to pay for the project.

Unitec students are fuming over the swift removal of 50 white crosses they put on the berm outside the Mt Albert campus in protest at the "slaughter" of their teaching staff.

A primary school is considering "all options" over its Christianity classes after complaints from three parents.

'Why didn't you get 116 per cent?" My dad didn't actually say this every single time I or my brother or sister got our exam results at school, but boy, the message sure got in.

The former headmistress of a top school has been deregistered and censured after pursuing an inappropriate relationship with a female pupil.