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School bans blind girl's cane

A blind seven-year-old girl has been told she cannot use her white cane at school because it poses a health and safety risk to teachers and pupils.

Teachers on bizarre things parents say

Forget about kids saying the darnedest things, it seems some parents have a tendency to spout amusing, shocking comments too.

Preparing students for the real world

Head of King's quits after just one year

Education sources say head's decision to leave prestigious school is "eyebrow-raising".

Unwanted schoolboy 'one of dozens'

A 7-year-old Wanaka boy who is unwanted by the schools in his area is one of dozens of similar cases around the country.

AUT strike: 'Withholding grades is wrong'

AUT students are taking to social media to express their frustration with a strike that's delaying the release of crucial final grades.

Shopping for scholarships

A multitude of scholarships are available for tertiary students but you've got to be in to win.

Creative skills = global opportunity

Not so long ago, parents of a teenager wanting to be an artist or a musician would tell them to get a real job but that perception has changed

Decision time for students

Some teens know exactly what they want to do with their lives. For others, it can be difficult to decide which career path to follow, writes Louise Richardson

Novopay: Debt collectors to be sent out

Nearly 2000 school staff owing $1.8m have made no effort to return their excess taxpayer money.

Tom Nicholson: Dyslexic kids need more than kind words

27 pupils struck by mystery illness

More than two dozen students have fallen ill at an English secondary school with children collapsing during a Remembrance Day service.

Resits after exam papers stolen

Univerity of Otago dentistry students were forced to re-sit their last exam without being told why, after 98 unmarked scripts were stolen from the Clocktower building.

Cuts in special education revealed

The revelation comes on the same day as an urgent need to address delays in support for our youngest kids was highlighted.

Speed-interviewing gets youths into jobs

A push to help youth into jobs has seen more than 150 young people participate in a round of speed-interviewing today - with half expected to be offered positions.

Exam papers stolen from Otago Uni

In what the University of Otago has slammed as a "reprehensible act", 98 unmarked student exam scripts have been stolen in a burglary at the campus.

Dunedin schools compete for pupils

A war is being waged between Dunedin secondary schools, which are estimated to be spending big money on marketing to attract pupils.

Performing arts college loses registration

A Rotorua-based performing arts college has been stripped of its registration and ordered to repay $2.6 million in taxpayer funding it wasn't entitled to.