The crème de la crème of 6th form academia went head-to-head on our television sets in the 1981 final of It's Academic. Three decades later, Otahuhu College team member Alan Perrott went in search of his teammates and rivals.

Parents are being warned that unimmunised children will have to stay away from school for up to two weeks if they come into contact with measles.

I have to go to a barbecue this week. This, in itself, isn't exactly newsworthy - even though it may very well be one of the last barbecues of the summer, which is always a poignant little mini-event worth noting.

Recent debate supports the call to have the national standards reviewed, New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) president Peter Simpson says.

There were four mistakes in this year's secondary school exam papers despite "robust" checks.

A teacher who used repeated sexualised comments with his year 11 students has escaped being deregistered.

Students are paying people overseas to do their homework, according to a company that "outsources" work.