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Time capsule headscratcher for Parkvale School solved

Buildings were built around the time capsule, it turns out.

French sheep join country school's class action

15 sheep have been enrolled at a primary school to save classes threatened with closure.

Child prodigies: Why we shouldn't hold back the best and brightest

Promoting kids ahead of their age group at school can lead to university success.

Renowned dyslexia expert to speak in Rotorua

International expert on dyslexia to speak in Rotorua

John Tamihere: Warriors of left and right have surrended to the self-centred

Tamihere: ruling New Zealand political parties are not left or right. They are centrist.

$6.1 billion-plus: Government's three-year building plan

The report shows the scope of spending from now to 2021.

Vic Uni name change row prompts law amendment

University name-change plan highlighted anomaly, Minister says.

Far North school celebrates a total rebuild

Far North school's total rebuild after suffering leaky buildings

Cellphone ban helps low-decile Māori school top NCEA ranks

Two low-decile Māori schools hit top 10 for University Entrance.

Modern learning: It's reading, but not as we knew it

Learning to read is all about understanding, not rote learning.

Love isn't enough to sustain our teachers

Sarah Proctor-Thomson says the very essence driving our tutors and lecturers is in peril.

17-year-old maths whiz among country's youngest uni graduates

From solving Sudoku puzzles at age 2 and starting uni at 13 - Tristan Pang moves fast.

Girl snaps number plate of man performing indecent act outside schools

Teen praised for way she reacted to man performing indecent act near two schools.

Whangārei student gets into Stanford PhD programme

Only about 15 graduate students are accepted by the PhD programme each year.

Shocking video of vicious assault sent to 'terrified' victims

Students were brutally attacked by bullies. Now victim's family are getting gang threats.

$95 million in Budget package for thousands of new teachers

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced a Budget package to boost teacher numbers.