• 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.

Give parents informed choice for schooling
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 18, 2007The Newcastle Herald

In his widely-reported speech to The Centre for Independent Studies this week, the Prime Minister...

Places left untouched by reform
May 16, 2007The Australian

The $5 billion Higher Education Endowment Fund announced in last week's budget gives the Government...

State must focus on Aboriginal schooling
Kirsten StorryMay 11, 2007The West Australian

When the nation’s education ministers met in Darwin last month, nit-picking over the national literacy...

Excuses fail our neediest students
Kirsten StorryApril 4, 2007The Australian

In remote community schools, children often miss one or two days of school a week....

What Is Working in Good Schools in Remote Indigenous Communities?
Kirsten StorryApril 4, 2007IA86

In remote community schools, children often miss one or two days of school a week....

Graduate supply fails to match jobs demand
March 27, 2007The Newcastle Herald

This year more than 170,000 Australians will enrol in an undergraduate course, yet according to...

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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