Students at a Bay of Plenty high school were so determined to pass NCEA they stayed after hours, and during the holidays to make it through.

NCEA: Who wins, who loses? Our interactive will show you how your child's school has fared.

Two high school students from Tauranga and their robot will be heading to the United States this weekend hoping to become world champions.

Our poorest students have been hit the hardest by changes to University Entrance, with up to 50 per cent fewer pupils making it over the new threshold.

Deep in the statistics (see our interactive) shines something bright. It is the long-maligned, low-decile schools fighting back.

New Zealand has been blasted as "stupid" by a top space engineer for not investing more in science and engineering.

A high-performing, predominantly Maori and Pasifika school says it is being snubbed by locals because of its low decile and "brown" community.

A $150,000 mannequin named "Thomas" is a shining star of the new paramedicine department of AUT University's Manukau campus.

There seems to be far too much about the computers themselves and far too little about creating cool stuff or learning cool stuff in schools, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Pressure to broaden the use of identification numbers attached to preschoolers has concerned the Privacy Commissioner.

The future of Hato Petera College is under threat from a falling roll, dilapidated buildings, bullying, infighting and a lack of confidence from its owner.

Elite educators frustrated by ‘pointless’ paperwork, low pay and limited career options, study finds.

An internet cafe owner has been criticised by police for a lack of "social responsibility" for allowing a schoolboy to play computer games during school hours.

An early childhood educator says many people are losing confidence in how to be parents because they see their role as going back to paid work.

Teachers looking for a job should head to Wellington, according to Seek's latest Labour Market Report.

An Auckland teen has made a "dream come true" and will be heading to one of the world's top universities on a scholarship worth $100,000.

Teachers have been told to pull their socks up when it comes to their dress code.

Two teacher aides caught passing drugs at an Auckland primary school have resigned today.

An Auckland primary school has suspended two teacher aides after they were snapped exchanging cannabis in the staff room.

The case of the St Bede's College students who breached Civil Aviation rules while on a school rowing trip raises some big questions. Lawyer Mai Chen looks at them.

Common sense, they say, is a large part of the law but it seems to desert courts when they are invited to overrule school discipline.

The families of two boys who went to the High Court to allow their sons to compete in a rowing regatta say they did it because of concerns over the school's disciplinary process.

It was meant to be the best excuse ever to get out of class - a bogus news report announcing NZ's biggest school would be closed due to Cyclone Pam.

Vodafone New Zealand is helping to boost education in refugee areas with the development of its instant classroom - a digital "school in a box".

Destiny Church's bid to make its private school part of the state system has failed. The church says the rejection is disappointing as its case was compelling and valid.

Dr Michelle Dickinson, aka ‘Nanogirl’, who runs New Zealand's only nanomechanical lab, talks about science on TV, radio, social media and in schools.

A struggling Northland charter school has removed its management team in what it says is a last-ditch attempt at avoiding closure.

One of the country’s flagship charter schools is now teetering on the edge of closure. Kirsty Johnston goes behind the gates at Whangaruru.

A decision to allow a former P addict and convicted methamphetamine smuggler back into the classroom has been slammed by the Early Childhood Council.