Our neediest teenagers are often being educated in "Third World" conditions without trained teachers, textbooks or standard school services.

Half of New Zealanders support the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools, according to a national survey of 1000 people.

A small stencil used by Sir Edmund Hillary to mark crates for one of his expeditions is likely to go on show in the Hillary family home.

A boy who stabbed his teacher four times with a knife had been bullied by other pupils, his family say.

"Where is the zapper?" is as constant a question in our house as "where are your shoes?"

The number of young people aged 20 to 24 with no income almost trebled between 1996 and 2006, according to new figures.

Anne Tolley has told secondary schools the Government is serious about education, but the next few years will not see a great deal of new money.

Young children should not watch any TV because it sets them up for obesity and poor academic performance at school, say experts.

Parents, beware: watching television makes toddlers fatter and stupider at primary school, according to new research.