• 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 myth of NAPLAN stress
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 17, 2014ABC The Drum

The catalogue of life events that children find stressful or traumatic is, sadly, quite extensive....

Paul Oslington on Religion and Universities
March 12, 2014
After the National Curriculum Review: What Comes Next in Education Policy?
Ken GannicottMarch 11, 2014Policy

Australian schooling is not in crisis, but it is expensive and it is performing well...

Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability: The Decline of the Social
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 9, 2014Policy

Education, Social Background and Cognitive Ability: The Decline of the Social By Gary N. Marks...

First, let’s teach our children how to read and count
Cassandra WilkinsonMarch 1, 2014The Australian

The debate on a new national curriculum is generating a lot of heat but much...

Curriculum and teacher education review: a necessary evil
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 28, 2014

The federal department of education and, by extension, the federal minister do not have direct...

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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