National affairs
22 February 2015
Christopher Pyne’s teacher education review wants serious reform, but it may serve to protect the monopoly that produced the problems, writes Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
12 February 2015
Books | An American polemic about Chinese schools and OECD league tables exposes problems closer to home, argues Dean Ashenden
Essays & reportage
27 January 2015
Anyone for astrophysics, statistics or Japanese art? Daniel Nethery samples the evolving offerings of massive open online courses
Books & arts
4 December 2014
What should we learn from US experiments, asks Dean Ashenden
National affairs
22 October 2014
Gonski got it right, and in the years since he reported his findings have become more relevant than ever, write Chris Bonnor and Bernie Shepherd
National affairs
14 October 2014
The federal government review of Labor’s national curriculum failed to provoke the furore most observers were expecting. Dean Ashenden looks at why
National affairs
24 September 2014
The federal government's competition review is disastrously wrong about education, writes Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
11 September 2014
There is a solution to the plight of pariah schools
Books & arts
8 June 2014
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is an important chapter in the evolution of how we learn about science, says Martin Bush. But it’s far from being the last word
National affairs
22 May 2014
Neither Labor nor the Coalition is rising to the challenge posed by Gonski, writes Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
5 March 2014
A new narrative for Australian schooling would accept diversity and competition, but competition for achievement rather than for students or money, writes Dean Ashenden
International
12 February 2014
Christopher Pyne’s plan for “independent” public schools bears a family resemblance to the academies and free schools that have undermined British education,…
National affairs
11 February 2014
A new analysis of schools data shows why we mustn’t walk away from the promise of Gonski, writes Chris Bonnor
Essays & reportage
19 November 2013
Technology is going to drive the first revolution in schooling since the invention of the printing press, says Dean Ashenden. But it’s not just a matter of the machinery
National affairs
29 August 2013
Gonski has come to symbolise a sense of social decency, writes Dean Ashenden. But how much “Gonski” is left in the plan, and how will it look after the election?
National affairs
15 July 2013
It may be that school policy can learn more from the Australian Football League than from Shanghai or Finland, says Dean Ashenden
Essays & reportage
2 July 2013
The Grattan Institute has much of importance to contribute to the education debate, writes Dean Ashenden. Its hits and misses reveal a lot about Australian schooling, and…
National affairs
10 April 2013
Amid the fraught discussions about Gonski, the need to resolve deep-seated problems of equity and student achievement remains urgent, writes Bernie Shepherd
National affairs
28 March 2013
A different visa category could be the subject of future debates about temporary migration, writes Peter Mares
National affairs
1 March 2013
Sure, smaller classes would be good, but at what opportunity costs, asks Dean Ashenden
Essays & reportage
15 February 2013
The current system of teacher education isn’t working for many students. Dean Ashenden looks at the alternatives, and their adversaries
National affairs
20 December 2012
Removing staff and student representatives from university councils in Victoria threatens scholarly values and independent criticism, argues Paul Rodan
National affairs
28 November 2012
In a forthcoming paper for the Centre for Policy Development, Chris Bonnor describes a worsening school equity problem that will persist for decades to come
Essays & reportage
22 November 2012
Twenty-five years ago, John Dawkins dramatically reshaped higher education. His critics still fail to distinguish the good from the bad in his reforms, writes Dean Ashenden
National affairs
17 October 2012
All’s not necessarily well in the classroom – even when it happens to end well
Essays & reportage
8 October 2012
In 1990 a team of researchers began tracking a group of babies born in two inner suburbs of Melbourne. Their latest results paint a complex picture of obstacles, opportunities and…
National affairs
26 September 2012
A new parliamentary report challenges the thinking behind the downgrading of Indigenous languages in schools, writes Lisa Waller
National affairs
5 September 2012
The government has at last come up with the outline of a strategy for reforming schools, writes Dean Ashenden. The worry is in what the prime minister didn’t say
National affairs
27 August 2012
Mark Latham’s school funding policy was seen as an electoral minus for Labor. The polls disagree
National affairs
2 August 2012
Gonski’s recommendations can work if we keep in mind how they might fail, writes Dean Ashenden