Turnover rates at some schools are sitting at around 56 per cent - more than half of the children who start the year don't finish there.

Parents of students at a top Catholic girls' school are organising an after-ball party with alcohol - despite police warnings.

Manukau's liquor licensing agency is drawing up a list of school ball dates, and will send inspectors to follow buses to after-ball parties.

Public concern over "apero geants", or giant open-air drinks parties, is growing after the horrific death of a student in France.

Our neediest teenagers are often being educated in "Third World" conditions without trained teachers, textbooks or standard school services.

Hundreds of students gathered to farewell their 16-year-old mate "Webby", who died after binge-drinking vodka at the weekend.

Students at an East Auckland college are planning an after-ball party at a secret location this weekend, despite their principal's disapproval.

A boy who stabbed his teacher four times with a knife had been bullied by other pupils, his family say.

The students of Te Puke High School are receiving ongoing support after one of their peers stabbed a maths teacher during class yesterday.

The number of young people aged 20 to 24 with no income almost trebled between 1996 and 2006, according to new figures.

Principals say teachers need the power to search students as schools become increasingly violent.

As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his students, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.

71-year-old grandmother Jennie Oakley was the oldest graduate to walk down Queen St this week.

Cash-strapped New Zealand high schools can no longer afford to put on annual musicals, citing fees - up to $7000 to perform hit Broadway shows.