• 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.

Private schools aren’t only for the rich
Blaise JosephFebruary 6, 2018The Spectator

Every time data is released about enrolment numbers in public and private schools, it’s closely...

What’s happened to the University?
Frank Furedi, Marguerite Johnson, Steven SchwartzFebruary 5, 2018OP163

Trigger warnings, cultural appropriation and safe spaces. Who decided to bestow guardian status to Australian...

Teacher training – government and universities need to set tougher standards
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 4, 2018Financial Review

It’s rare to see an issue unite the Australian Education Union, the Australian Labor Party,...

The truth about private schools
Blaise JosephFebruary 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

A huge misconception in Australian education is that all non-government schools charge exorbitant fees —...

Time to stop fixating on Finland
Blaise Joseph, Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 31, 2018SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

It may be a new year, but we’re still stuck with the old myth that...

Can do better
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 31, 2018THE SPECTATOR: FLAT WHITE

  For the last ten years or so, people have been credulously extolling the virtues...

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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