The Ministry of Education is due to release a report into a cell-like seclusion room used by a Wellington primary school as punishment.

Around $9 million will be invested in the redevelopment of Edgecumbe College in the Bay of Plenty, Education Minister Hekia Parata

VILLAGE SCIENCE: Te Whakarewarewa Village Charitable Trust chairman James Warbrick with an air sampling cartridge, along with village

Childcare costs in New Zealand are among the highest in the developed world, according to an international study.

A question for incoming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff: How will you lift the city's economic relationship with China? One in 12 Aucklanders

As a child, Ash Goddard was proud of her unique hair colour. But all that changed when she started high school.

The annual race is encouraging high school students to take on engineering as a subject. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Latest 'scary clown' sighting has been caught on camera at the University of Auckland.

A primary student kicked a man in the groin after an attempted abduction outside a Hamilton school.

Fairfield College's former, and controversial, principal is set to take up one of the top positions at Waikato's most prestigious school.

Angry parents say they will pull their children from a Wellington school caught using a "time-out" room for naughty pupils unless there is more accountability.

Brave Auckland teenagers hit centre stage for their final performance in Manawa Ora: Courage is Contagious.

Construction is underway on the Southern Cross Campus redevelopment's $23.5 million second stage in Mangere.

Revelations a primary school was locking misbehaving children in a cell-like "time out" room has prompted the Children's Commissioner to look into it.

EXCLUSIVE: Mother hits out at Wellington primary school's "dirty little secret": "I'm horrified a school would do that, my son is petrified of the dark."

COMMENT: Undermining the public education system could fuel the collapse of an informed participatory citizenship.

A former school secretary has been jailed today for stealing thousands of dollars from Parkvale School in Hastings.

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COMMENT: As Vice-Chancellor of the Uni of Auckland, I do draw the line at unwarranted complaints about our generous donors and their philanthropic support.

A US woman has been convicted over several child abuse acts, including her role in what prosecutors called a "baby fight club."

COMMENT: A 'little' strike at the University of Auckland has shone a light on what really is happening on campus.

Six rainy-day activities to keep the kids engaged and you sane these school holidays.

Indian students facing deportation for immigration fraud targeted Indian-born National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi in a noisy protest

The release of seclusion and restraint guidelines to teachers faced with violent and extreme situations has been delayed due to legal problems.

Teachers are demanding to know if they risk police charges for physically separating school fights or defending themselves when students attack.

The news that teachers fear legal action for stopping school fights underlines what a hard job school teaching must be.

A new study claims we'll all be saying 'fink' instead of 'think' in the not so distant future.

Why the celebrity chef was asked not to attend his daughter's parents evening.

High-school coaches focus on technical rugby skills rather than personal development, study finds.

The Productivity Commission is toying with the idea that secondary school students begin a savings fund for university.