Education
School where only 10 parents work on mission to build brighter futures
There are 197 students at Lightning Reef Primary School, but only 10 live in a home where a parent works. The school has embarked on a program to lift the aspirations of its pupils.
- by Henrietta Cook
Latest
Education
Top Aussie universities revealed amid stark warning on funding cuts
The ANU fell one place in the rankings, as experts sound the alarm over a $2.1 billion funding freeze on the sector.
- by Sherryn Groch
Education
How did your uni perform in the world rankings?
Six Australian universities have dropped down a prestigious league table of the world’s top 200 institutions, but the University of Melbourne has held onto its prized ranking.
- by Henrietta Cook
Crime
Former Grammar staffer to face court over 'inappropriate behaviour'
A former staff member of Canberra Grammar School will face court on charges related to "inappropriate behaviour" in the 1980s
- by Sally Pryor
Education
Gender differences bigger in languages than STEM, study finds
Girls have higher average scores than boys in science and maths subjects, and there are bigger gender difference in language subjects than STEM fields.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
'Like Stanford prison experiment': Principal slams NAPLAN as damaging
A Canberra principal said he is tempted to steal the NAPLAN papers each year to protect his students from anxiety caused by the test.
- by Sherryn Groch
Education
Canberra university students once snuck an elephant onto campus
Forty-five years after he graduated, Mike Salloom is about to do it all over again.
- by Sherryn Groch
Education
Sydney universities miss the mark on student outcomes
None of the largest Sydney universities or group of eight institutions scored top marks for students' starting salaries or student experience.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
Monkey magic on show at Queensland Museum
The Monkeys! A Primate Story exhibition from Scotland will feature 60 taxidermy primates.
- by Jocelyn Garcia
Opinion
Education
School sectors should unite around needs-based funding: Top headmaster
When it comes to schooling, we don't really have a government and a non-government system. We have two government systems.
- by john collier
University
'Very small' Queensland uni at top of the class for student experience
Queensland universities have proved their mettle against the nation’s best in the latest Good University Guide.
- by Lucy Stone