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Blaise Joseph

Blaise Joseph is a qualified secondary school teacher with experience in education research, policy, and systems. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in accounting and economics, a Master of Teaching from the University of New South Wales, and a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from New York University.

Blaise worked at the Centre for Independent Studies from 2017 to 2020, including with Jennifer Buckingham, before moving to New York to complete his doctoral studies. His research interests focus on education policy and governance and align closely with ENSSA’s work and CIS’s broader education agenda.

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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....

Pain without gain: Why school closures are bad policy
Blaise Joseph, Glenn FaheyMay 24, 2020PP28

The decision by state and territory governments to strongly advise parents to keep their children...

Overcoming the Odds 2: Where are the top-performing disadvantaged secondary schools?
Blaise JosephJuly 23, 2019PP21

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse academically on average than more advantaged students. However,...

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia’s top-performing disadvantaged schools
Blaise JosephMarch 18, 2019RR39

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse on average academically than more advantaged students. This...

What the Gonski 2 Review got wrong
Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Blaise JosephJune 17, 2018PP6

The Gonski 2 Review into Australian schools failed to fulfill its terms of reference to...

Why We Need NAPLAN
Blaise JosephMay 13, 2018RR36

The National Assessment Plan – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a crucial national assessment, but...

Back to homework
Blaise JosephJanuary 24, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

School is almost back; and for most students that means homework is just around the...

Postcodes, not high fees, are best clues to performance
Blaise JosephDecember 20, 2019The Australian

If you need any more proof that higher school spending doesn’t guarantee better academic results,...

Teacher training is the answer to improving student results
Blaise JosephDecember 9, 2019Financial Review

In my teacher education degree four years ago, just one out of 14 courses was...

Why are Australia’s PISA results so bad? Blame mediocre education standards and poor teaching
Blaise JosephDecember 3, 2019The Daily Telegraph

When did we become a nation satisfied with mediocrity? The latest international education rankings confirm...

Co-ed vs  ‘education apartheid’
Blaise JosephNovember 29, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Many progressive advocates would welcome single-sex schools becoming extinct as alleged “educational apartheid.” Nevertheless, Australia...

In defence of the HSC
Blaise JosephNovember 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Undoubtedly, the Higher School Certificate is hard. But final exams are not intended to be...

On Liberty EP7 Learning from home isn’t fair or sustainable
Salvatore Babones, Blaise JosephMay 14, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones is joined by Blaise Joseph, Research Fellow in education and a former secondary...

Submission to NAPLAN Reporting Review 2019
Blaise Joseph, Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 18, 2019

NAPLAN is a key element of government transparency and accountability There is very little evidence...

Submission to the Senate Education and Employment Committee Inquiry into The Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017
Blaise JosephMay 24, 2017CIS Submission

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