• 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.

Moving targets are failing Indigenous students
Helen HughesApril 30, 2010

'The realistic timeframe that should be considered to achieve outcomes for Indigenous people equal to...

Education fails indigenous kids
Helen HughesApril 29, 2010The Australian

Australia has to improve its education constantly, performing better from year to year in international...

No Excuses Schooling Needed to End High Indigenous Failure Rates
Helen HughesApril 27, 2010

  The bottom 150 schools in Australia are nearly all Indigenous schools when ranked using...

Indigenous Education 2010
Helen HughesApril 20, 2010PM110

The 2009 NAPLAN results for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students again show high rates...

Indigenous Employment, Unemployment and Labour Force Participation: Facts for Evidence Based Policies
Helen HughesFebruary 10, 2010PM107

More than 300,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders—60% of those identifying as Indigenous—are in the...

Holes in new path to reform child care
January 22, 2010Canberra Times

In December, the Council of Australian Governments comprising the Prime Minister, state premiers, territory chief...

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