A 9-year-old boy was left crying and scared after former Murrays Bay School principal dragged him from the hall by his collar.

Only 10 students at Ebbett Park School having hearing difficulties but the whole school learns sign language. And these awesome kids have made their own YouTube clip to showcase their skills. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Only 10 students at Ebbett Park School having hearing difficulties but the whole school learns sign language. And these awesome kids have made their own YouTube clip to showcase their skills. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Jonathan Coleman says he attended a fundraising ball where parents were playing with fake cocaine.

Teachers in Auckland have kicked off their campaign against the Government's global funding scheme, at a packed town hall gathering this afternoon.

The Fox Glacier School roll has fallen to five, its lowest number in over 20 years when the village school was briefly closed.

Karamea School students got a lesson on the power of nature today, after lightning struck the school during lunchtime.

We owe it to our kids to have a flexible career advice system that helps them grow a passion for a career they potentially never knew existed. Out with the old, in with the new!

Newmarket School will get a four-storey high classroom block to cater for its growing roll as part of an $8.7 million redevelopment of the site.

After battling against many illnesses, this teacher is glad Owairoa Primary has started teaching children how to limit infections spreading.

COMMENT: In 2008 John Key said National Standards will lift education. Who bought that? National Standards is only a measuring device. Nothing more, writes Andrew Dickens.

COMMENT: We have a major employment problem in this country, writes Mike Hosking. Kids entering the job market with poor education never catch up.

Six years and $250m down the track, has the National Standards education policy been a success? Recent data shows just a small increase

The changes made to the Health and Safety Act were made for all the right reasons out of the Pike River Mine disaster but if the same rules prevent kids from climbing trees, what's really been achieved?

POLITICAL ROUNDUP: A number of recent reports highlight major problems in primary and secondary education, writes Bryce Edwards.

Students from tiny Orere Primary School are still on cloud nine after jetting to Queenstown on the trip of a lifetime.

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

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

Move over milk and lunch monitors - a cockroach infestation at an Auckland school has forced it to introduce roach monitors.

Senior education officials say the teacher drain from Auckland is reaching crisis point - leading to calls for an "Auckland allowance".

A move by one of the country's most exclusive private schools to take girls at a younger age has seen an exodus of 50 students from its competitors.

The Education Ministry's head of sector enablement and support, Katrina Casey, said a school had been directed to enrol the boy.

Illness has been a major factor in increasing numbers of children missing school.

It is our education system, not the dyslexic child, that needs to be the focus of our attention. There is a better way, writes teacher Mark Brace.

The trend is growing for programming to become the language of choice in schools.

When it comes to hooking young Kiwis on science, there might be no brighter way than making things glow in the dark.

Teachers who hit students at a private Tongan Christian school in Mangere were not taken to court because of the wishes of the families, despite complaints from five children.

A fern on the flag is okay but please keep the red, white and blue ...

Lack of support for special- and high-needs pupils was cited as the single biggest concern of 35 per cent of 104 principals.