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Watch this teacher's cringe-worthy classroom rap

On her first day with a new class, this teacher decided to rap through the lesson, tweaking the likes of Drake's Hotline Bling to help educate her kids.

Young Chinese clueless about sex

Asians have the highest abortion rates and ratio among all ethnic groups in New Zealand.

Hey, Hekia, leave those teachers alone!

COMMENT: Funding for schools should be focused on what matters most: education.

Patea reef life surprises and excites

A reef offshore from Patea is not being explored in order to find life forms that seabed mining could endanger - but that may be one

Lincoln University 'dead in a year'

Lincoln University's vice-chancellor Professor Robin Pollard has refused to elaborate on why he said the university would be "dead" in a year.

School plan not quite 'bulk funding'

Teachers in Auckland this week held the first of 50 planned stopwork meetings around the country over a Government proposal called a "global budget".

Funding change cost us $85k - school

Rangitoto College says the decision to not increase school operations grants to match inflation next year, in favour of targeting money to "at risk" students, will cost it $85,000.

Watch NZH Focus: Tristram had a little lamb

Waitoki School in rural North Auckland is trying a new approach to boost its attendance levels - they've introduced a lamb daycare so the kids are never too far away for feeding time!

'Bulk funding' rejected by sector group

A funding proposal that has been criticised by unions as "bulk funding" has been rejected by an advisory group set-up by Education Minister Hekia Parata.

Two new charter schools to open in 2017

'Heroic' charter schools have to put up with relentlessly negative attacks from other parts of the education system, says David Seymour.

Pictures no parent wants to see

These tortured drawings reveal a world that no 12-year-old should have to endure.

Employee 'got a buzz' from stealing

School feels betrayed after trusted member of Lynfield College staff admits embezzling more than $400,000 to spend on trips and clothes.

Editorial: Parents need to commit to school too

Truancy is obviously damaging to a child's education, but so is its well-to-do relative: family holidays during term.

What you pay to fly in school holidays

Holidays overseas may cost thousands more during school breaks.

Cartoon: COOL result of 'Online Learning'

Breaking 'science is for geeks' barrier

Students being taught new STEAM concept, an acronym which mixes science, technology, engineering and maths, with art

Do your kids skip school for holidays?

Should parents be fined for taking kids out of school for family holidays?

Paul Little: Totally way too COOL for School

COMMENT: You just have to look at try-hard sexy acronym to know something's up. "Psst, kid - do you want to go to school? Or would you rather go to COOL?"