Building stronger links with industry to enable students to leave university with skills employers want will be a focus of a new tertiary education strategy announced today.

An 18-year-old US student is allegedly suing her parents for refusing to pay for her college education.

Aspiring teachers should be trained mostly at schools instead of university to help get the best and brightest in front of classrooms, a report argues.

Religious instruction policies will not be altered, despite some schools making changes after complaints from parents, the Ministry of Education says.

University College of Learning (UCOL) staff will strike today for a pay rise after months of negotiations and other industrial action has not resolved the negotiating stalemate.

An American-based firm has expressed interest in setting up a charter school in New Zealand.

A professor has been sacked after he accidentally beamed porn through a lecture room projector for all his students to see.

The Year 7 pupil at Liston College in Henderson was yesterday named the New Zealand sudoku champion at the inaugural New Zealand Festival of Mindsports in Thames.

It's not a battle to the death - but the robots in this weekend's national schools championships are still impressive machines.

Concerns are being raised that all religious symbolism could be abolished from schools following the removal of Bible studies from an Auckland school timetable.

A school that must pay out on a hefty backpay bill to hostel staff says the Govt needs to ensure boarding remains an affordable option.

A school trustee has quit and a family withdrawn their child in protest at an explicit sexual education programme at a West Coast primary.

International students are paying tens of thousands of dollars to attend our state schools - funding that is crucial to lessons, teacher development and other support for locals.

A young guitarist with dreams of playing for Katy Perry or Rihanna is a step closer to realising that dream after being accepted into a top American music school.

The school that excluded an Asperger's student after a row with a teacher says the decision to remove the boy was not taken lightly, but it'll work with his family.

The family of an Asperger's child who was excluded from his high school after a dispute with a teacher hope he will be able to return to the school.

The internet and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets could be the difference for the survival of Te Reo Maori, says a senior Maori academic.

In the second of our three-part education series we investigate what's gone wrong - and how more time with better-trained teachers could help our kids lead the world again.

A Herald analysis shows students do far better under internal assessment, away from the pressure of tests

The Ministry of Education has hit back at suggestions it did not provide enough support to a school which later expelled a teenager with Asperger's.

My daughter goes to university this week having been one of those secondary school all-rounders who also achieves stellar academic results

Legal action taken against a school which expelled a teenager with Asperger's should be directed against the Ministry of Education.

A teenage boy with Aspergers and dyslexia was expelled because his school didn't feel it had the resources to look after him, lawyers for the pupil argued in court today.

The Secular Education Network is not anti-Christian as Dr Paul Moon's article written on February 13 suggests, writes David Hines.

As a rich historical and cultural tapestry the Bible has played a prominent role in the development of human civilisation over the past two millennia, both for better and for worse.

A Dunedin solo mother is disappointed after Aoraki Polytechnic cut a course she was signed up to start next week, but neglected to inform her.

Ateenage boy who suffers from Asperger's and dyslexia may receive one-on-one tutoring, as his family prepares for a court battle over his exclusion from a high school.

New Zealand's most at-risk school students should receive similar funding as those who are attending controversial charter schools, those involved in alternative education say.

An Auckland family whose son, who has dyslexia and Asperger's, was excluded from high school 10 months ago are taking their case to court.