• 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.

Ditching academics’ fantasy a win for education
Glenn FaheyFebruary 16, 2021Sydney Morning Herald

The government’s decision to torpedo the controversial pitch for an “untimed syllabus” in schools is...

Missed chance for civics
Fiona MuellerFebruary 12, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

The current review of the national Curriculum seems an almost covert operation, and neglects the...

A 2021 education resolution: keep an eye on the Australian Curriculum
Fiona MuellerFebruary 11, 2021OP179

The COVID-19 pandemic is stimulating debate about the relationship between the governed and their leaders,...

Australian schools are failing
Recover and revitalise education
Glenn FaheyJanuary 29, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

As Australia’s 4 million school students and their educators kick off a new school year,...

Complacency on maths just doesn’t add up
Glenn FaheyJanuary 28, 2021Canberra Times

Tolerating low levels of mathematical achievement threatens to leave a generation of Australian children behind...

Worlds Apart: Remote Indigenous disadvantage in the context of wider Australia
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJanuary 25, 2021PP34

Remote and very remote Indigenous communities have become victims of a ‘wicked problem’. A combination...

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