• Education

Quality school education is vital for individual potential and a healthy society. All children should have access to an education that is responsive to their needs as well as upholding high academic standards. CIS’s research focus is on policies that improve the quality of teaching and student outcomes.

What women want out of childcare
Fiona MuellerOctober 14, 2020Financial Review

Labor has made cheaper childcare a centrepiece of its response to the federal budget, saying...

Closures undermined education
Glenn FaheyOctober 9, 2020Ideas@theCentre

New CIS research confirms the breadth of educational damage of school closures — especially troubling...

Parents’ perspectives on home-based learning in the covid-19 pandemic
Glenn Fahey, Blaise JosephSeptember 30, 2020AP15

School closures during the covid-19 pandemic temporarily shifted schooling from the classroom to the home....

Reading wars rage on
Glenn FaheySeptember 24, 2020Ideas@theCentre

Despite decades of bruising battles, the reading wars rage on — with a new review...

On Liberty EP25 Education reforms to boost productivity
Glenn Fahey, Peter AchterstraatSeptember 22, 2020On Liberty

Hosted by CIS Research Fellow, Glenn Fahey. In this webinar, Glenn spoke with Peter Achterstraat...

Wrestling the writing decline key to education improvement
Glenn FaheySeptember 20, 2020Canberra Times

The dire state of Australian students’ writing is perhaps the worst-kept secret of our education...

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