It is news that should excite geeks - new research suggests maths can boost people's sex lives, even into their 80s.

Kiwi entrepreneur Jake Millar plans to use an interview with Sir Richard Branson to drive the global expansion of video education platform Unfiltered.

A dispute between a Tauranga builder and the Ministry of Education over school weathertightness issues tipped the builder into liquidation, an official report says.

The school with the largest slice of Communities of Learning money is New Zealand's largest school, Rangitoto College.

People need to ask whether course is worth it and how they'll pay off loans, says expert.

Caregivers and teacher aides are a step closer to potentially huge pay rises after employers, unions and Government officials unveiled a consensus on new principles for equal pay.

Children in some of NZ's poorest communities missed out on the first batch of funding from the Govt's flagship education initiative, new data reveals.

Three of Auckland Normal Intermediate's teachers are quite excited. Clara Kim, Alicia England and Ben Griffiths have just shown a group of Epsom Girls Grammar teachers around their school and will go on a a reciprocal trip the following day.

Is private schooling worth the financial cost?

COMMENT: Does tertiary education needs a new approach?

Kiwi living in Australia took out a $6500 loan 21 years ago. She now owes $30,000 and is too terrified to come home.

COMMENT: Last week's Budget had some wins for our kind of education - that is on-the-job training for skills and qualifications.

Exclusive: The woman was arrested at Auckland Airport as she tried to board a flight to Australia on Tuesday, the Herald understands.

Northland will get a new site and buildings for a Hokianga school and 16 new classrooms at three others as part of a $19 million building spend up announced by the Government.

The Commerce Commission has charged Auckland Academy of Learning over the way it sold education software packages.

After one of Brittni Darras' students attempted suicide, she wrote the girl a note, telling her how much she cared. Then, Darras wrote more than 100 notes.

Marama Fox has spoken about discrimination her son suffered at school - saying she demanded a change in teacher after one called him a "predator".

Despite charter school backed by All Blacks legend Michael Jones recording some of the lowest achievement results, ERO praises its progress with transient students.

An 11-year-old boy saved up his pocket money to take seven of his teachers to a farewell dinner before he moved to high school.

The rebuild of Canterbury's schools has been allocated more than $276 million over four years as part of Budget 2016.

A teacher who was struck off for "intimate" contact was allowed to continue teaching, because the school said the inappropriate relationship was with "only one student".

Parents were told a person with a gun was loose at their child's school - only to find out it was a false alarm sent by the school's external comms provider.

The school treated the text as a serious threat and notified staff to lock doors and keep pupils inside their classrooms.

Teacher told a 13-year-old student he "so badly want[s] to climb in your window right now", according to emails and letters exchanged between them.

NZ's skills shortage was highlighted in the Budget yesterday with the Govt allocating $256.5m to promote tertiary education and apprenticeships.

Stefan and Vicki Nogaj spend thousands of dollars a year on education for their three children.

Tristram talks to our panel of NZ Herald experts about what the budget means for you.

Teachers say the $2 per week extra funding for disadvantaged kids announced in the budget is not enough to make a difference.

Dearly beloved: there's a petition to challenge the dress code for this year's school ball at St Dominic's Catholic College, a girls' high school in West Auckland.

Opposition that led to a legal challenge against a popular teaching scheme that puts top university graduates in low decile schools could be reignited.