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Our research into disadvantage in education focuses on how disadvantaged schools and students can become high performers.

Early years are of primary importance for vital skills
Blaise JosephSeptember 3, 2018The Australian Financial Review

It’s a myth that primary school is less important than secondary school. Parental engagement and...

Minding the gap
Jeremy SammutFebruary 24, 2018THE SPECTATOR

Once again the start of the federal parliamentary year has been marked by what has...

When Will They Ever Learn?
Steven SchwartzFebruary 15, 2018THE SPECTATOR

One January morning in 1800, a mysterious being emerged from the woods near Aveyron in...

Another year, another failure to close the gaps
Charles JacobsJanuary 5, 2018THE SPECTATOR - FLAT WHITE

A new year typically brings optimism, hope and a sense of progression. However, for the...

Why should the rich have free public schools?
Blaise JosephJuly 10, 2017THE SPECTATOR - FLAT WHITE

  We all know the school stereotype. Government schools are full of disadvantaged students and...

‘Free’ public schooling for all unnecessary and unfair
Blaise JosephJuly 7, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

We all know the school stereotype. Government schools are full of disadvantaged students and struggling...

Mind the Gap: Understanding the Indigenous education gap and how to close it
Glenn FaheyJune 24, 2021RR41

Indigenous education disadvantage remains among the most pressing and persistent public policy challenges in Australia....

Confronting Indigenous educational disadvantage: A Kimberley perspective
Lorraine HammondMarch 24, 2021AP20

Overcoming Indigenous education disadvantage is possible with the right teaching approaches and school policies. It...

Dollars and Sense: Time for smart reform of Australian school funding
Glenn FaheyDecember 1, 2020RR40

Australia is among the world’s highest-spending countries on schooling. Yet, the educational return on this...

Pain without gain: Why school closures are bad policy
Blaise Joseph, Glenn FaheyMay 24, 2020PP28

The decision by state and territory governments to strongly advise parents to keep their children...

Overcoming the Odds 2: Where are the top-performing disadvantaged secondary schools?
Blaise JosephJuly 23, 2019PP21

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

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...

Roll out the test that stops children failing at the first hurdle
Tom SwitzerDecember 11, 2020SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

  Little is more fundamental to the success of an individual than literacy. If our...

Give low-income parents a school choice
Glenn Fahey, Blaise JosephAugust 13, 2020Ideas@theCentre

We have to stop using private schools as a scapegoat for everything wrong with Australian...

Give low-income parents a school choice: that’s the key to equity
Glenn Fahey, Blaise JosephAugust 13, 2020Sydney Morning Herald

We have to stop using private schools as a scapegoat for everything wrong with Australian...

Why drop the ball on our key indigenous targets?
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 15, 2020The Australian

The COVID-19 pandemic — and government responses to it — has halted large sections of...

School closures hurt disadvantaged families more
Blaise JosephApril 23, 2020Spectator

Schools are one of the most complex parts of the policy response to coronavirus. Policymakers...

Learning from home isn’t fair or sustainable
Blaise JosephApril 17, 2020Financial Review

If the best that can be said for digital education is that it’s useful for...

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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 Indigenous Sub-committee of the Standing Committee for the Review of Government Services Provision. 2011
Sara HudsonJanuary 31, 2011

Submission to the Indigenous Sub-committee of the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Services...

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