• 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.

Australian schools are failing
Why Australian schools are failing
Glenn FaheyJanuary 23, 2023FINANCIAL REVIEW

A new Productivity Commission report confirms what’s long been known: Australian schools are failing on...

Emily Hanford: Sold a Story
Emily Hanford, Glenn FaheyJanuary 19, 2023
CIS welcomes podcaster Emily Hanford to discuss how teaching kids to read went so wrong...
Practice makes perfect to help kids at school
Glenn FaheyJanuary 17, 2023DAILY TELEGRAPH

The summer school holidays are a great opportunity to set children up for academic success...

A shorter path to teaching: Exploring one-year postgraduate qualifications
A shorter path to teaching: Exploring one-year postgraduate qualifications
Rob JosephDecember 7, 2022PP48

A shorter path to teaching: Exploring one-year postgraduate qualifications – Executive Summary Australia faces major...

Lesson to learn from our class act
Glenn FaheyNovember 30, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

While bad news is all too common in education, there are also some success stories...

Katharine Birbalsingh: How progressive teaching is failing students
Katharine BirbalsinghNovember 15, 2022OP192

Katharine Birbalsingh has been described as ‘Britain’s meanest headmistress’ because of her use of detentions...

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