• 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.

The new national school curriculum should be celebrated
Glenn FaheyApril 6, 2022Canberra Times

Australia’s educators and policymakers now have a less cluttered, clearer, and more knowledge-based school curriculum,...

Expand University Places without Blowing Out Budgets: The 1/1 Policy for Undergraduate Reform
Salvatore BabonesMarch 28, 2022OP186
As Australia heads to the polls in 2022, higher education is, as usual, a question...
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Setting the preschool foundation for success in Mathematics
David C. GearyMarch 24, 2022AP34
Children’s mathematical competencies in school impact on their long-term outcomes at work and in general...
On Liberty EP83 Who runs our universities?
Gerd Schröder-Turk, Salvatore BabonesMarch 23, 2022On Liberty

We welcomed Murdoch University mathematician Prof Gerd Schröder-Turk, a specialist in nano-geometry and member of...

Australia’s Universities: Can They Reform?
Salvatore Babones, Simon HainesMarch 7, 2022

Join us for a live in-person event on Wednesday, March 30 as we launch Australia’s...

Teacher workforce: fiction vs fact
Glenn FaheyMarch 3, 2022RR43
Australia’s education outcomes have deteriorated, despite increased spending on teachers and policies to increase the...
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