An education union is calling for support after a survey found only 1 in 10 special needs co-ordinators believed support for students was adequate.

A Dunedin high school teacher only admitted having a sexual relationship with a pupil after images circulated showing her in bed with a different former pupil.

Herald on Sunday has found primary school children do only 15 minutes a night on average and the experts seem happy with that.

Her resignation from King's High School in Dunedin follows rumours nude photos of her were being shared by pupils on social media.

Healthy scroggin and fruit pottles are replacing chips as lunch for some Mt Roskill schoolchildren.

School is back and the homework battle is about to begin.

If I was a greedy, grasping, socialist, I would be totally underwhelmed by Labour leader Andrew Little promising free "post-school" education.

The newly appointed vice-chancellor at Canterbury's Lincoln University says he wanted to find out more about the tertiary institution before he took on the job.

This time last week, Labour leader Andrew Little announced in his state of the nation speech that come the glorious day when Labour is elected Government, tertiary education will be free.

Free study far easier to boast about than secretive trade deal that prioritises multinationals.

Free tertiary education is a daring reversal of the thrust of educational and economic policy of the past 30 years.

At least three more tertiary providers are under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

For the past 6 months the Kelly triplets have been excitedly counting down the days leading to their return to Milton Primary School.

Labour leader Andrew Little says any unfairness in Labour's scheme for three years of free tertiary education will only be short term.

A summer reading programme run by Auckland Libraries has helped more than 12,000 children keep on top of their reading over the long holiday break.

Feel-good soap can't fix back-to-school challenges, so it's up to us now, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says Labour's new no-fees policy will take from the poor to give to those studying for lucrative jobs.

NZ Herald talks to Rebekah Bradfield who is starting Year 9 at Westlake Girls High.

Anirudh Bhatnagar is looking forward to his last year of high school at Mt Roskill Grammar.

Labour has announced a multi-billion dollar plan to provide every New Zealander with three years of free tertiary education.

Three of the Bay's most remote schools are part of 49 country schools now connected to faster broadband just in time for the start of term one, says Communications Minister Amy Adams.

Could your teen live without technology? Meet the students who go digital cold turkey for a month.

A survey has revealed growing class sizes, pay levels for teachers and an increase in technology are among concerns for Kiwi parents.

NZ Herald talks to 5-year-old Kiara Hillman who is back to Cannons Creek School in Porirua.

A month seems a long time out of school. It probably seems even longer to the pupils of Auckland's St Cuthbert's College who spend a month in a remote outdoor education centre in the Bay of Plenty....

The senior student behind a rousing school speech has come through chemotherapy: 'I am officially in remission.'

The Serious Fraud Office has confirmed it is investigating Intueri Education Group.

To entice kids on to her walking school bus, Kerry Sorensen-Tyrer sometimes dresses up as a pukeko.

Education consultant Jayne-Ann Young has dedicated more than half her life to making the lives of young people better.