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Now you can become a hobbit specialist

Prepare to embark on a quest of your own to discover the incredible world of "the Hobbit" as modern archaeological science uncovers perplexing secrets hidden in time.

Digital technology to be added to education curriculum

Digital technology will be formally made part of the New Zealand Curriculum - the first change since 2007.

Childcare centre charged with misrepresenting government subsidy

An Auckland childcare centre faces a raft of charges for misrepresenting the government subsidy it was receiving to parents.

Principals seek clarity on discipline

School principals uncertain about their right to discipline international students have asked the Ministry of Education to clear up confusion.

Teens and sex: what's going on in schools?

A better approach is urgently needed to target a high-risk group of school-aged Kiwis having unprotected sex.

Children source of hope for te reo

A musician who now leads the Maori Language Commission wants to make Maori language compulsory in primary schools.

Teacher who kicked student keeps job

A teacher who kicked the back-side of a Year 9 student with a hearing impairment because he wasn't listening has kept his job.

Rangitoto College brings in sniffer dogs

The country's largest secondary school will use drug-sniffer dogs to drive the zero tolerance message home to students.

Heads speak up on 'teacher crisis'

Two top high schools Principals have accused education officials of doing nothing to address a "crisis" over a shortage of maths and physics teachers.

Editorial: Easy answer is to abolish school zones

School zoning was a subject once close to the heart of public education. Now it serves a vested interest of a different sort.

Girls take to trades to keep up with boys

Steel-toe-capped boots and hi-vis jackets don't sound like your usual girls' school uniform, but it's just a typical Thursday for these young women.

School to get $14.5m redevelopment

The Government has announced it will spend more than $14 million rebuilding a Manurewa primary school riddled with toxic mould and asbestos.

Watch: Kelston College girls learn trade skills at Unitec

Parents set up Givealittle page to support sacked principal

Unease at schools' funding overhaul

A new proposed funding scheme for schools and teachers has been likened to 90s bulk-funding and has already received criticism by both the secondary and primary school unions.

Reducing Grammar Zone 'communism'

Developers hit at calls to change school zone rules for prestigious Auckland schools.

Expand top schools, says property developer

Expand top Auckland schools, don't shut out people from their enrolment zones, says one property developer.

School girls told short skirts 'distracting'

Girls at a Christchurch high school have been told to wear longer skirts because they are distracting for male teachers and students.