A negative experience can stimulate enlightenment; it can reveal the best way forward and motivate you towards it

Some teens know exactly what they want to do with their lives. For others, it can be difficult to decide which career path to follow, writes Louise Richardson

Ant poisoning, mindless retail jobs, summer school - Julie Cleaver says spare a thought for the hard-working students this summer, because they probably won't post about it on Instagram.

It's exam season and time to employ old student standbys - procrastination and distraction, writes an expert in the subject, Julie Cleaver.

"Bro culture" in many workplaces that pay men more than women means that one law student is entering the workforce with apprehension.

Evidence has emerged showing the grades of boys are finally catching up with girls' since a radical overhaul of the secondary school exam system.

Designated staff members should be specially trained to restrain violent and unruly pupils, a leading secondary school principal says.

Little Devon Roke was turned down by three early childhood education centres before BestStart's ABC Waterview agreed to enrol him.

A Cambodian girl who grew up in an orphanage supported by a NZ school is now spending a year at the college that helped give her a home.

Creators of a controversial loyalty card that offers to pay part of a drinker's bar tab off their student loan are planning to go global.

A controversial loyalty card that offers to pay a chunk of a student's bar tab off their student loan has been launched.

By contacting their stolen mobile phone, a group of Auckland students have sweet-talked their possessions back from a remorseful robber.

Students beginning university this week are most likely to take a degree focused on human society or culture, despite the ongoing push towards science and technology.

Teachers showering Kiwi kids with praise - and never allowing them to fail - are threatening to do more harm than good, a leading educationist says.

A large student population surrounds Otago University creating an intense, rich, youthful culture. Great ideas spew out of those messy flats. So does spew, writes Matt Heath.

Students planning to become engineers, scientists, IT professionals or psychologists have the best chance of securing a job, a new Government report shows.

Students are borrowing more than ever as tertiary fees rise - and those who head overseas after study are likely to take much longer to repay their loan.

Students are now less likely to have a male teacher, with many going through their early education years without ever encountering a male role model.

Georgia Webber had "butterflies" in her stomach when she turned up for her first NCEA exam this week.

A teenage girl started self-harming and needed counselling after having an intimate relationship with a disgraced teacher.

Exam time is here for thousands of students across the country. Before the summer fun starts, now is the time do get that last minute revision done.

Hard work, perseverance and a whole lot of love has earned a South Auckland teen an internshipwith superstar chef Gordon Ramsay.

Two University of Canterbury researchers have received $870,000 in Marsden funding over three years to research how engineering and psychology could combine to make wearable computer systems easier....

Seven suspended senior King's College students will have to do voluntary community service and go through anti-bullying programmes before being allowed back in class.

Thousands of students are travelling long distances across Auckland to avoid their local schools - and there's concern about the flow-on effects.

The number of young school children achieving or bettering the national standard in reading has fallen or flat-lined in half of the country's regions.

Children as young as 3 recognise "cute" features that encourage caregiving in adults, a study has found.

Kiwi families reveal their stories of living life with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.