• 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.

State of the Nation: An Agenda for Change 2004
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 5, 2004SP06

This book is now in its fourth edition. It offers independent views on Australia’s progress...

Valuing Education: A Response to the Australia Institute Report ‘Buying an Education’
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 21, 2004IA43

The Australia Institute recently published a report called Buying An Education: Where Are The Returns...

Boys’ Education – Research & Rhetoric
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 1, 2004OP89

There is significant evidence that boys have been experiencing educational disadvantage. In this paper, Jennifer...

Uni reform package to benefit students
June 20, 2003The Canberra Times

In most political controversies, the Government exaggerates the benefit of its policies, and the Opposition...

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Dr Nelson Mixes Price Flexibility and Rigid Quotas
Andrew NortonJune 18, 2003IA37

Commonwealth Education Minister Brendan Nelson’s higher education reform package is a radical evolution in policy,...

Higher fees will give students more choice
May 16, 2003The Sydney Morning Herald

During a budget night interview, The 7.30 Report's presenter, Kerry O'Brien, asked the Treasurer, Peter...

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
Productivity Commission Inquiry Into Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Submission in response to issues paper
Trisha JhaJuly 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Human Services Inquiry is ‘examining policy options in the human services sector that incorporate...

Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National Education Evidence Base: Submission in response to the draft report
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Review of Education Evidence (Draft Report)—the ‘Draft Report’—provides a useful, up-to-date overview of the...

Submission to the Parliament of NSW Standing Committee on State Development: Inquiry into economic development in Aboriginal communities
Sara HudsonFebruary 12, 2016CIS Submission

In seeking to improve Indigenous economic development outcomes it is important to recognise that high...

Submission to the National Commission of Audit
Alexander Philipatos, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Jeremy Sammut, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Trisha JhaApril 1, 2014T30.08

The federal government’s Commission of Audit (CoA) was established in 2013 to review the performance...

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