A system of new national educational standards to assess primary school students is doomed to fail, academics across New Zealand say.

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.

Aussie police have praised 'schoolies' despite 30 arrests overnight as thousands of school leavers descended on Surfers Paradise.

A woman teacher, who had a baby with one of her 17-year-old students, has managed to hang on to her registration.

A survey of 2000 adults in the UK reveals they say they did not realise their true potential until years after they had left school.

An SIS approach to lecturers asking for help to stop foreign states gathering "weapons of mass destruction" information angers the TEU.

Computerised exam marking system gives Winston Churchill's famous wartime speech an F grade.