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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
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...

Advancing Indigenous Education Outcomes
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Lorraine Hammond, Glenn Fahey, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 12, 2021

Indigenous educational disadvantage has persisted despite countless initiatives, programmes, and spending from governments and communities....

Yes, Classical Liberalism is under threat
Robert Forsyth, Glenn FaheyJanuary 5, 2021Liberalism in Question

Glenn Fahey is a Research Fellow in Education Policy at the CIS. Previously Glenn has...

More than money to move the educational needle
Glenn FaheyDecember 12, 2020CANBERRA TIMES

New CIS research shows that sustained, record increases to school funding are not improving Australia’s...

Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
Alison RichJune 26, 2000IA11

The association between family structure and educational performance has been the focus of much research...

Boy Troubles: Understanding Rising Suicide, Rising Crime and Educational Failure
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 14, 2000PM46

Australian boys are at greater risk of doing badly at school, participating in juvenile crime,...

Parents and their children’s education
Alison RichMay 1, 2000PM48

Foreword At a time when many parents are concerned about the quality of their children’s...

The Puzzle of Boys’ Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 18, 1999IA9

The declining standard of boys school performance in the last decade is great cause for...

Taking Education Seriously – A Reform Program for Australia’s Schools
Ken GannicottSeptember 16, 1997PM38

 

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State of the Nation: Statistical Indicators of Australia’s Well-being (1997)
Lucy Sullivan, Barry Maley, Michael WarbyApril 1, 1997SP01

Australia today is very different from the Australia of 100 years ago, or 50 years...

We’ve spent the money, now what about the results?
Blaise JosephFebruary 23, 2026CANBERRA TIMES
We have a great window of opportunity now to finally follow through on education reforms...
Education has become a system designed to issue credentials rather than create knowledge
Steven SchwartzFebruary 10, 2026THE AUSTRALIAN
When a society forgets the difference between learning and performance, between a mind and a...
Science of learning
How revamping education will boost the Australian economy
Trisha JhaJanuary 24, 2026CANBERRA TIMES
If Australia wants productivity growth, it needs to start in the classroom....
Australia’s education system is failing students despite $100bn spending
Fiona MuellerDecember 27, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
Taxpayers know all too well that massive increases in education funding (approaching $100 billion a...
School child reading book
Turning up a first step to success
Trisha JhaDecember 4, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
The best that can be said about the latest national attendance data is that things...
Give teachers clarity: Maths curriculum should build the staircase, not set the high jump
Kelly NorrisOctober 28, 2025EDUCATIONHQ

The national review of the F–2 maths curriculum is a welcome chance to put the...

The Gonski Review: Game Changer or Dust Gatherer. Jennifer Buckingham
March 23, 2012
Q&A The Gonski Review: Game Changer or Dust Gatherer?
March 23, 2012
Andrew Norton
May 30, 2011
Submission to Senate Education and Employment References Committee
Michael Wu October 22, 2025CIS

Despite good intentions, Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care system has expanded well beyond its...

Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Interim Report on Building a Skilled and Adaptable Workforce
Trisha JhaSeptember 18, 2025

Submission at a glance 1. Achieving written curriculum quality is a necessary step for long-term...

Submission to the Independent Review of Education in Tasmania
Trisha JhaOctober 4, 2024

Introduction The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is a leading independent public policy think tank...

Submission to the Inquiry into Literacy and Numeracy in ACT Public Schools
Trisha JhaFebruary 27, 2024

This submission does not directly seek to answer the 20 questions posted in the Consultation...

Submission to the Legislative Council Inquiry into the State Education System in Victoria
Trisha JhaOctober 4, 2023

Introduction The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is a leading independent public policy think...

Submission to the NSW Curriculum Review Interim Report Consultations
Fiona MuellerDecember 1, 2019

The NSW Government commissioned a review of the state’s curriculum in September, 2018, to be...

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