A Whangarei brothel operating next door to a childcare centre that's being built has been found to be operating outside the hours permitted.

EDITORIAL: Education should open doors for everyone to fulfil their potential.

Eight Indian students facing deportation for immigration fraud have agreed to leave New Zealand by Monday but they are also asking

A Kiwi teenager has spoken out about her school's decision to allow a transgender student to use the girls' bathrooms, saying her rights were overlooked.

Students at Otaki's Te Kura-ā-Iwi O Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, study NCEA, and tertiary papers at the same time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Raising nine is no easy feat. The Arthur family of Marton reveal why - and how - they home schooled all their children.

The price of a home in areas zoned for Auckland's highest-ranked schools has jumped to $2 million.

The transgender community has responded to a Kiwi teenager who spoke out about her school's decision to allow a transgender student to use the girls' bathrooms.

The mother of a boy injured in a hit-and-run is asking for changes to his school bus route before a child gets killed.

Free full-time early childhood education and no NCEA exams until a student's final year of school.

Teachers' pay rates should be based on how much progress their students make in their learning, a report says.

Lucy Clark on why we shouldn't stress about our children's academic success - or lack of it.

A substitute teacher in the US has been slammed after telling a young cancer survivor: "If you're bald, you won't be pretty."

Nine Indian students who had been facing deportation have been offered a deal that would let them reapply for student visas after returning to India.

Supporters of Indian students who have taken sanctuary in an Auckland church to avoid deportation say the students' vigil is entering its final days.

Comment: New ways of teaching have some merits, but many flaws.

COMMENT: AUT University says it is looking at developing journalism as a skill-set rather than a career prospect, John Drinnan writes.

COMMENT: We need a return to the anti-drug movies of the 1930s as we fight a new danger destroying families and communities, writes Paul Charman.

Church says students welcome for as long as they need sanctuary.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

Comment: It's a subject dear to the hearts of 84 per cent of the world's population. But here in New Zealand, religion is almost taboo, Rachel Smalley writes.

A Herald film on a year in the life of Papakura High School has "flipped a switch" in the students' minds, says one of the film's star talents.

Labour, Greens, Maori Party add weight to call for inquiry into claims of abuse of children in state care.

New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

Radical changes are needed to New Zealand's schooling model to stop the success of wealthy schools at the expense of the poor, education experts say.

A 13-year-old Auckland student came home with a maths puzzle that left his parents scratching their heads. Can you solve it?

In Papakura, in Auckland's south, crime and gangs are a regular feature of many students' lives and can affect their education.

Students at Papakura High School are striving to change the community's perception of their school, one of the country's most disadvantaged.

Learn more about The Rising Foundation, a charity helping students from schools like those in Under The Bridge, the Herald's documentary project.

Papakura High School has a falling roll, and as far as results go, it's among the worst schools in the country. But there is hope.