Education
St Andrew's school choir to perform before Prince Harry on Anzac Day
Six months ago, 44 students from St Andrew's had never performed together. But this Anzac Day they will count Prince Harry among their audience.
- by Lucy Cormack
Latest
University
Academic jobs cut after ANU scraps migration law courses
The Australian National University has cut its migration law offerings from an entire program to a handful of courses.
- by Emily Baker
Education
Canberra Girls Grammar students nail building a tiny house
These year 11 girls aren't spending their holidays making relaxing in the last of Canberra's final warm days - they're building a house.
- by Emily Baker
Science
From Wee Waa, with heart, to deep in the heart of Texas
Wee Waa students wowed their local community and the tech world, to take them to Texas.
- by Helen Pitt
Education
Cash splash for schools, including one with a long drop toilet
Once a term, the teachers at Middle Indigo Primary have to empty the murky chambers at the bottom of the school's long drop toilets.
- by Henrietta Cook
Education
'Who eats in an empty restaurant?' The downside of the popular school
The more families who flock to a school, the better its reputation and the more funding it attracts. But often a neighbouring school gets left behind.
- by Henrietta Cook
Opinion
Education
Selective school students miss out on broad education
The wider the range of students in a cohort, the greater their daily exposure to the human condition, to talents which echo the breadth of the general population. We unquestionably value this at primary school but for some peculiar reason don’t appreciate its strengths at secondary level.
- by William McKeith
Education
'It took up all my time': Parents move mountains to get in the zone
From moving house not once but twice, to paying a surveyor $1000 to prove a point, to downright cheating, there is no end to the lengths some families will go.
- by Henrietta Cook
Education
ACT schools build 'cultural integrity' to support Indigenous students
The Education Directorate has introduced a new policy aimed at better supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
- by Emily Baker
Education
'Kids can make a difference': Appeal for better Aboriginal education
A letter handwritten in red texta could make a big difference to Canberra schools.
- by Emily Baker
Education
'If I could fly it'd be perfect': The glitch with Melbourne's school zones
As the crow flies, Eliott lives a kilometre from his school. But sometimes the so-called closest school is not that close at all.
- by Henrietta Cook