A fixation on global school tests has led to scripted "vendor"-made lessons that harm rather than help children, a coalition of leading academics has warned.

Armed men in Nigeria have abducted eight girls, as the government continued to struggle to find 276 schoolgirls kidnapped three weeks ago in the same region.

The chairman of a school board has accused victims of historic sex crimes of exploiting their abuse as an 'excuse' for difficulties in later life.

A principal and her husband who admitted siphoning more than $30,000 from a decile one school in South Auckland have been sentenced to home detention.

A researcher has been shocked by the racist attitudes of the teachers she interviewed for a study looking at expectations for students' success.

A Government-funded survey, published today, finds our primary and intermediate schools are in 'mixed health'.

Children risk losing out on the benefits of millions of dollars being spent on technology in classrooms, teachers say.

In a distinguished career as a top corporate lawyer Derek Dallow was involved in his fair share of multi-million-dollar projects.

New Zealand students will move out of "the Dark Ages" and complete NCEA assessments online this year.

Vulnerable school students have been labelled "dummies" and "brats" by a company paid tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to help reduce truancy numbers.

A 12-year-old maths whiz who is studying at university is trying to help other students learn.

The current attempt by the Minister of Tertiary Education, Steven Joyce, to whip the country's universities into line.

Editorial: Eighteen months ago, Steven Joyce had a warning for the country's universities saying he was "more than willing" for the Government to be more directive.

The family of Christie Marceau marked what would have been her 21st birthday by giving two other youngsters an opportunity of a lifetime.

Okay, as a change from being the guy who sits back and lobs grenades of cynicism at the easy targets, here's an actual idea for an election year policy that will be a winner (at least in my house): tax-free savings accounts for children.

Students buying assignments, forging signatures, and using phones in exams were among more than 540 cases of cheating dealt with by universities last year.

Auckland Grammar School is set to be transformed by a multi-million-dollar building project.

Education Minister Hekia Parata says a mailing error which led to 455 NCEA exam papers being sent to the wrong students was a “regrettable mistake”.

The founder of the kohanga reo movement, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, has spoken of a "sense of shame" over allegations of misspending of public money.

Universities fear upcoming reforms could force them to produce graduates to a state-controlled master plan. The Government says it's just trying to make the current system work better.

Workshop aims to equip school-leavers with basic grasp of 'worldly skills

Mentor says helping young students has proven to be a two-way exchange.

Warring between MediaWorks' radio and TV arms has calmed since new owners took over in November, writes John Drinnan.

Hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into Asian universities are one reason Australasian institutions have dropped in international rankings.

A naturally thin student has won a battle with Yale University after refusing to force-feed herself with junk food to prove she was not suffering from an eating disorder.

Phillipstown principal Tony Simpson said the community was "very disappointed" at today's news, after the decision to combine Phillipstown & Woolston School to create a 465-child super-school, which comes as part of the Government's $1 billion shake-up of post-earthquake Christchurch schools.