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Walker kicks off his 'field of dreams'

NZ youth losing out in health, education, jobs

NZ has one of the highest school dropout rates, with the sixth-lowest high-school completion rate in the developed world, a report has found.

Jamie Oliver's menu is recipe for academic success

The British chef's healthy school dinners have produced a marked improvement in national curriculum test results, research has found.

Spreading the word on Mandarin

Should there be a dress code for teachers?

Canterbury University to cut up to 80 jobs

Teachers upset over principal's dress edict

Teachers at an Auckland school are upset at being told to wear "businesslike" clothing to set an example for students. Do you agree?

Power to study European justice

Market for floristry students blooming

Masters of communication

Sikh daggers testing schools

The Human Rights Commission has been asked to clarify whether a Sikh student should be allowed to wear a ceremonial dagger to school.

School issues first national standards-based reports

Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.

Migrant rewarded for her disciplined learning path

When 13-year-old Rennie Qin arrived from China four years ago she couldn't speak English and her parents couldn't afford to send her to the "good schools" - but that wasn't enough to stop her from striving for the top.

Tolley stays on message to blunt Labour attack

Fight video of Rotorua student circulated

Linguistic dissection

Students get to sleep in while their teachers learn

Otago students drop code challenge