New Zealand university students are turning to potentially harmful drugs to get ahead in their studies, new research shows.

Attending an all-girls high-school or college can keep women on the technology track, a panel of women investors and executives said at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit on Monday.

The Government's $359 million expert teachers policy has proved to be the latest in a series of "epic failures" in the education sector due to a lack of consultation with teachers.

It is easy to dismiss evening classes as a diversion for middle-aged folk escaping the tedium of endless reality cooking shows, writes Peter Lyons. But these classes were more than yoga for the aged,

Editorial: David Cunliffe's announcement represented Labour finally dipping a more positive toe into education policy.

The Serious Fraud Office says it has found no criminal offending at Te Pataka Ohanga, the subsidiary of the Kohanga Reo National Trust.

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has released plans to restore some incentives for solo parents who take up full-time study.

A high school teacher caught altering student work and removing negative feedback about himself from student assessments has been deregistered by the professional watchdog.

Teaching methods will need to change if tertiary institutions expect to keep charging thousands for learning that is available free on the web, says an expert.

We have a national qualification that we can be proud of and it is disappointing a few people annually attempt to undermine it to promote alternatives, writes Dale Burden.

A Scottish Rudolf Steiner preschool teacher has been denied another temporary work visa by Immigration New Zealand because he is taking the job of a New Zealander.

In high school, I excelled in mathematics, chemistry and biology, writes Robert Greenberg. It seemed I was destined to fulfil the parental dream and pursue a career in medicine or, at the very least, in the natural sciences.

Thousands of school students are being awarded the wrong NCEA grades, a review of last year's results has revealed.

Six University of Canterbury students are taking part in what has been called a once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity.

A group of secondary school students are embarking on an ambitious project to build a three-bedroom home in six months.

A teacher who crept into the bedroom where a student was sleeping in his house and kissed her has been de-registered.

The secrets of some of the highest-performing lower decile schools have been unlocked in an attempt to address one of the biggest problems in New Zealand education.

How much graduates in different fields of study can expect to earn has been revealed. So what should school students be choosing to study?

New Zealand's largest university is about to give away its teaching free as the Government calls the tertiary sector together to discuss whether such an approach is the way forward.

A teacher who sent a 16-year-old student suggestive messages on social media, despite the student's attempts to stop him, has been deregistered.

Ball season has arrived - and so have the costs, which can approach $2000 once the dress, shoes, spray tan, hair, makeup, nails and tickets have been paid for.

Rugby players from a top school have been caught shoplifting at a world championship in Japan.

A school already in financial strife spent almost half a million dollars on company shares - to get the milk from its dilapidated school farm collected.

Suspect spending by schools has been uncovered - including one that gave thousands of dollars in gift vouchers to staff, bought from a company owned by the principal.