Police have released the name of the student found dead at King's College in Otahuhu, south Auckland, yesterday.

A 15-year-old college boy was found dead by his schoolmates in his boarding house this morning.

A 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy has been remanded in custody over the stabbing death of a fellow student.

New Zealand's once-yawning gap in student achievement between schools in rich and poor areas has closed by almost a third in the past five years.

Booze checks in the greater Auckland area indicate the number of drunk drivers under 20 has risen by 77 per cent compared with three years ago.

A school in Huntly paid out nearly $400,000 in undeclared benefits to its principal, an Education audit found.

Greater powers are needed to censure private schools which are not up to scratch, the Law Commission has recommended.

Only 2 per cent of high schools are ready for an extensive overhaul of the national curriculum in five months, a report says.

A rugby disciplinary committee member is accused of not declaring a friendship with the father of the sole boy acquitted in a violent brawl.

Footage of a schoolgirl brawl at Lynfield College, which shows a male teacher being knocked to the ground while trying to stop it, has emerged.

A roll of dishonour: nzherald.co.nz recalls schoolyard brawls, bullying and bashings from our files.

More Auckland parents are opting to spend thousands of dollars sending their children to boarding school - even if they live just minutes away.