• Education

Overrated PISA envy
Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 14, 2012

Australia’s comparative performance in the recently released Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS)...

Adoption: Proof think tanks CAN DO
Jeremy SammutNovember 2, 2012

The Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry has endorsed adoption ‘as one response’ to the...

The dangerous idea of abolishing private schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 12, 2012

A few weeks ago I was a panellist at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The...

Better schooling, not uni quotas
Sara HudsonOctober 2, 2012The Australian

But the focus should not be on achieving targets. Instead, government should improve education standards...

Literacy gaps exist and socio-economic status
Jennifer Buckingham OAMSeptember 14, 2012

As a result of the Gonski report and the recent budget cuts to NSW schools,...

Importing Australia’s Asia literacy
Benjamin HerscovitchSeptember 7, 2012

Politicians, commentators and academics are all saying Australia’s supposed inability to speak Asian languages and...

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