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Who benefits from fees-free? The swing from polytechnic to university

More than three-quarters of fees-free students came from decile 6 to 10 schools

Shock after much-loved Canterbury school principal's sudden holiday death

Alan John Sutton died of a heart attack while in Ashburton on Sunday.

Summer reads: Unravelling the world of early childhood education

How to find a way through the myriad of daycare options.

New opportunity to be 'good Treaty partner'

Tāwhiao McMaster says history must reflect Māori as well as Pākeha versions of events.

Private v public schools - what's best for your kids?

When it comes to schooling, can money buy success?

NZ's top 10 richest private schools: The school with nearly $1b in assets

A Weekend Herald investigation ranks New Zealand's ten richest private schools.

Summer jobs for students: Who's hiring - and what they'll pay

Plenty of young people want - or need - to earn while they don't learn.

Record enrolment for te reo Māori, foreign languages down

The number of secondary school students studying te reo Māori has passed 30,000.

Editorial: Our history needs wise words and even wiser heads

Editorial: The shared history of these islands at the bottom of the world is who we are.

Emily Baragwanath: Why kill Latin studies?

Opinion: If education isn't about raising aspirations then what is it about?

Bad timing: 2871 new Auckland CBD students units offered, planned

Twin-block planned when international students were plentiful.

NZ door opening for 500 students a month?

Decision expected soon on next cohort of overseas students coming into NZ.

Covid kept rich kids in school, scared poor kids away

Second lockdown in August affected Auckland students' attendance rates more.

Massey professors hit out over controversial science shake-up

More than 70 Massey professors make rare and direct appeal to chancellor over shake-up.

Local Focus: Building future scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians

Getting kids to solve problems "from the ground up". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Ponsonby school fire: Residents left in the dark over asbestos risk

They were advised to leave their homes due to the risk, but what now?

Food rules change for ECEs after boy left brain damaged from choking

It's a bittersweet victory for a family of a little boy left brain damaged after choking.

Dilworth School sexual abuse investigation: Another accused named

Dilworth School was opened with the aim of helping boys from disadvantaged families.