Hawke's Bay student Lucan Battison and his controversial head of hair got the last minute all-clear to attend his school ball last night.

Act wants to give all state schools the option of becoming charter schools, Act leader Jamie Whyte said today.

NZ schools are facing hefty legal bills to ensure their rules on students' appearances are legally watertight.

Editorial: Justice Collins made it clear that his judgment related only to this case. It did not rule on the lawfulness of schools' rules that attempt to regulate a student's hair.

School-leavers would be issued with a certificate detailing their tardiness, attendance and attitude under a scheme called for by employers.

Schools are increasingly putting students under closed-circuit television surveillance to cut bullying.

With NZ's education system dropping in world rankings, is our curriculum keeping pace with a rapidly-changing world and do enough children have full access to new technology?

Serious health and safety issues including drug use and bullying plagued one of New Zealand's first charter schools as its management became dysfunctional.

I reckon that single-sex schools and healthy cereal are the same phenomenon, writes Verity Johnson.

A principal is flabbergasted at a decision to allow a liquor store to open in a former video parlour directly opposite his school in Mangere.

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

Black leather shoes mandatory at many New Zealand schools in winter are causing harm to children's feet, say podiatrists.

Researcher Hana Turner's reports of racist attitudes among her fellow teachers show prejudice is as deeply woven into our school system as ever.

Parents are raising more than $357 million a year in donations and fundraising to support the "free" schooling system.

A German international student has been expelled from school and faces being kicked out of the country because he had one puff on a joint in his free time.

New Zealand students will move out of "the dark ages" and complete experimental NCEA assessments online this year.

More investment needs to go into the country's universities if they're to move higher up a list ranking the world's institutions, the head of Auckland University says.

Building stronger links with industry to enable students to leave university with skills employers want will be a focus of a new tertiary education strategy announced today.

Finding the right school is not an easy task. There are many complications, not least the relevance of data available on each school, and ongoing debate about the value of the qualifications offered.

International students are paying tens of thousands of dollars to attend our state schools - funding that is crucial to lessons, teacher development and other support for locals.

A Herald analysis shows students do far better under internal assessment, away from the pressure of tests

New Zealand's most at-risk school students should receive similar funding as those who are attending controversial charter schools, those involved in alternative education say.

Looking over the curriculum for Bible in Schools, what is most striking is how innocuous it is, writes Dr Paul Moon. It makes its critics appear self-righteous and doctrinaire.

About 30 boys are being pulled out of class and made to sit in the school hall while staff at Whangarei Boys' High School chase up outstanding fees.

An Auckland school is starting the year on a high after a $1 million donation and plans to use the money to set up a permanent source of funds.

A top Auckland secondary school is asking parents to shell out more than $1000 when their sons return to class in two weeks' time.