A Christian school's Board of Trustees has been told to attend a human rights course after sacking a netball coach because he was gay.

Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil.

The Confucius Institute wants to get 50,000 people learning Mandarin by next year.

Teaching is a privilege, but proposed changes require careful consideration, says an education lecturer.

Should our first thoughts about our political relations with China always be about human rights and democracy?

Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.

A teacher who allegedly slapped a young boy was allowed straight back into the classroom.

There's no simple job description for fatherhood, but Mangere first-time dad Daniel Brown knows the kind of dad he doesn't want to be.

A unified qualifications framework will make life easier for employers and people who want to study, Steven Joyce says.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has told principals they should stop talking to the media and focus on implementing the controversial national standards.