• Curriculum

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia’s top-performing disadvantaged schools
Blaise JosephMarch 18, 2019RR39

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse on average academically than more advantaged students. This...

Don’t choose school texts by identity politics
Irene NocilladoMarch 1, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Queensland University of Technology researchers are pushing for more same-sex literature to be included in...

Attempts to shoehorn indigenous studies into foreign language courses makes hard subjects even harder
Blaise JosephFebruary 27, 2019The Daily Telegraph

In education, some people want to try any new fad — except things that will...

Paying kids to learn?
Kerrie WrattenFebruary 22, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Few people would disagree with the idea of investigating ways to improve student motivation. But...

Misreading the data will not help the teachers
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 9, 2019The Australian

Outdated teaching methods based on disproved theories remain widespread despite the abundance of good and...

Reading Recovery: A Failed Investment
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 7, 2019PP15

Five from Five is now a community education project supported by MultiLit, a reading program...

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