Non-government schools win big but PS staff feel the pinch
Emma Macdonald Non-government schools have received a windfall in the ACT budget while the number of education bureaucrats will be cut to help pay for new spending.
Salaries soar for 'super teachers'
Emma Macdonald Thirty-year-old Canberra teacher Amanda Hawkins never went into the profession for the money.
ACT children fare better on wellbeing than peers
Emma Macdonald Canberra's five-year-olds are slightly less vulnerable to developmental delays than other children across Australia.
Ten years on, astrophysicist Schmidt's rebuilt dream comes close to ashes
Emma Macdonald Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt might be agnostic but this weekend resorted to his own version of prayer.
Just the bare necessities as budget bites autonomous school
Emma Macdonald Duffy Primary School has run over budget with staff being told that only essentials like toilet paper and handwash can be purchased until the end of the year.
Tight, targeted new spending for schools
Emma Macdonald A modest education budget was announced yesterday which focuses on bringing two new schools into operation, supports the territory's increasing numbers of students with disabilities, and starts a...
