Canberra Grammar School drops 45 places in HSC rankings

A Canberra Grammar student has topped the state in HSC German

Australian word of the year tastes like democracy

The Australian National Dictionary Centre has picked the word of the year and it tastes good

The students who topped the ACT ATAR rankings are both from the same school

As Year 12 students receive their final results, they plan a future after school

ACT set to lead online transition for NAPLAN 2017

Canberra students have topped the nation in NAPLAN once again and will lead the way for the transition to online testing.

Contemplating life at 50

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Karen Hardy has turned 50 and turned a corner

Be a backyard lifeguard and save a life

The ACT government is calling on all Canberrans to become backyard lifeguards this summer in a campaign aimed at decreasing drowning deaths in the ACT.

Only one in seven ACT primary school students can swim 50 metres

As Victoria plans to make swimming part of the curriculum, ACT students are getting less time in the pool

ACT maths students year and a half behind where they were 13 years ago

Australian students are up to two school years behind their peers in the world's best performing countries.

ANU projects on indigenous health receive major funding boost

A project looking at how cultural factors affect health outcomes in indigenous communities has received a major boost.