Police are investigating claims parents have organised after-school fights between Northland teenagers to settle playground disputes.

The number of known leaking schools is now 145, double the estimate in September last year. The worst will benefit from $82 million allocated in the Budget for remedial work in the next year.

New research suggests cannabis use is dumbing down young people.

A teaching method for caregivers of children from broken homes is "a bit like Supernanny" says the boss of a scheme aimed at coaching foster parents.

A Gisborne school community is reeling from the tragic loss of a student, after an 11-year-old died in a freak accident on Wednesday night.

Bill English has delivered a Budget in which he can have a bob each way, writes Audrey Young.

The education sector has had to come up with more than half of the $1.9 billion to fund new education initiatives over the next four years.

The Govt's decision to remove recognition for fully qualified centres 'dumbs down' the sector, early childhood educators say.