Teachers at an Auckland school are upset at being told to wear "businesslike" clothing to set an example for students. Do you agree?

A high school student has undergone surgery after suffering severe burns from a technology class assignment gone wrong this morning.

He played 55 internationals for the All Blacks. Now Michael Jones is stepping up to lead West Auckland's Pacific community and agonising over going into politics.

The Government will double funding to tackle truancy after a survey of schools found more than 30,000 children a day are skipping classes.

Police have released the name of the student found dead at King's College in Otahuhu, south Auckland, yesterday.

A 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy has been remanded in custody over the stabbing death of a fellow student.

New Zealand's once-yawning gap in student achievement between schools in rich and poor areas has closed by almost a third in the past five years.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has defended herself against claims she has not been coping with the demands of her education portfolios.

The Ministry of Education was forced to intervene in almost 50 at-risk schools last year, more than four times the amount from 2007.

Booze checks in the greater Auckland area indicate the number of drunk drivers under 20 has risen by 77 per cent compared with three years ago.

A school in Huntly paid out nearly $400,000 in undeclared benefits to its principal, an Education audit found.