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Our research into teaching focuses on the quality of the teacher workforce, teacher training and ways to improve student outcomes through better teaching methods.

Read about it: Scientific evidence for effective teaching of reading
Kerry Hempenstall, Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 7, 2016Research Report 11

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

FIVE from FIVE — We can end the reading wars
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 7, 2016The Weekend Australian - Inquirer

One million Australian children are at risk of reading failure, with serious negative consequences for...

MEDIA RELEASE: Launch of national FIVE from FIVE child literacy project
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 7, 2016

The new national literacy project ‘FIVE from FIVE’ aimed at having all Australian children learn...

End the reading wars
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 4, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

It is estimated that around one million (one in four) Australian children is at risk...

Learning to learn to read
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 5, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Reading seems so straightforward. Skilled reading is unconscious and automatic ­– most people are not...

The future of education — a structural perspective
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 22, 2013

AISNSW Executive Conference, Killcare NSW Thursday 22 August 2013 The Centre for Independent Studies For...

Knowledge is power: What do teachers believe about learning?
Trisha JhaOctober 30, 2025AP92

Executive Summary This report presents findings from literature about what teachers believe about how students...

Sex and maths success: myths and interventions
David C. GearyJuly 17, 2025AP83

Executive summary Mathematical competencies at the completion of secondary school influence later educational and occupational...

Early Numbers, Big Ideas. Fostering Number Sense in Young Children
Nancy C. Jordan, Nancy DysonJuly 10, 2025AP82

Introduction Numbers are an integral part of our daily lives, both inside and outside of...

Fractions Minus the Friction. A guide to four teaching practices
Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Allison McClure, Cassandra HatfieldDecember 12, 2024AP78

Introduction Understanding fractions has a significant impact on both individuals and society. Fractions are an...

Using Curriculum-Based Measurement for Primary School Maths Screening
Erica S. Lembke, Emily L. Singell, Gabriella Lyth Donofrio, Megyn MartinAugust 15, 2024AP75
Universal screening is an essential component of a Multi-Tiered Support System (MTSS) for maths and...
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Learning Lessons. The future of small-group tutoring
Trisha JhaJuly 25, 2024AP73
Student data from national and international testing shows a large minority of students are not...
domestic violence
‘Anti-racism’ makes it impossible to speak up about Aborginal domestic violence
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 7, 2022SKY NEWS

Northern Territory Supreme Court Justice Judith Kelly is not afraid to cause a stir by...

Indigenous Australia cannot be spoken for by a single Voice
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 6, 2022THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

No other Western constitution provides for an Indigenous “Voice”. Canada’s Constitution includes a simple statement...

Tax cuts
Why the government has to make the case for stage 3 tax cuts
Robert CarlingSeptember 5, 2022FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Morrison government’s stage 3 income tax cuts— still almost two years away from their...

Voice to parliament
Do we really need an Indigenous ‘voice’ to parliament?
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 4, 2022EPOCH TIMES

While Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his minister for Indigenous affairs frolic together with...

Student debt
There’s a lesson to be learnt in robbing Peter to pay Paul
Steven SchwartzSeptember 3, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

A nanosecond after US President Joe Biden announced the partial cancellation of student loans, a...

truth telling
The next item on the ‘truth telling’ agenda will impose even more control
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 31, 2022SKY NEWS

What’s intended to come after the Voice is equally important in this referendum debate. The...

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Submission to Draft 2025-26 GenCost
February 2, 2026

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) appreciates the opportunity to provide a submission to the...

Submission to Senate Inquiry into Illegal Tobacco Crisis in Australia
Michael StutchburyJanuary 15, 2026
The federal government should pause increases in tobacco excise to weaken the profit of the...
Submission to DCCEEW’s Solar Sharer Offer Consultation Paper 2025-26 
November 24, 2025

What evidence should inform the SSO window (timing and duration), including factors such as wholesale...

CIS Submission to IDSP Directions Paper
November 13, 2025

Question 4: Does the IASR provide the right baseline inputs for the proposed strategic planning...

Submission to AEMC’s Treatment of policies and costs in the ISP Consultation Paper 
November 6, 2025

Question 1: What are your views on AEMO’s current approach to incorporating jurisdictional targets and...

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...

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