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National affairs The Gonski prospect Dean Ashenden 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 Competition, “autonomy” and schools Dean Ashenden 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 The Grattan line Dean Ashenden 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 Student achievement: frozen by inequity Bernie Shepherd 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

Retrospective Frank Gagliado’s schooling: a one-hundred year view Dean Ashenden 14 October 2012 All’s not necessarily well in the classroom – even when it happens to end well Essays & reportage Two suburbs, 167 lives: how the Life Chances study turned twenty-one Melissa Sweet 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 A shift in the monolingual mood Lisa Waller 26 September 2012 A new parliamentary report challenges the thinking behind the downgrading of Indigenous languages in schools, writes Lisa Waller National affairs The revolution that became a crusade Dean Ashenden 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 Gonski the game-changer Chris Bonnor 29 February 2012 The Gonski report has brought together an enormous body of evidence to show why equity must be at the centre of school policy, writes Chris Bonnor, and has decisively… National affairs Gonski’s review: another salvo in the Hundred Years’ War Dean Ashenden 24 February 2012 Strongly argued, thoroughly evidenced, and unlikely to succeed. Dean Ashenden looks at the Gonski report on school funding National affairs Closing the gap: another year of slow progress Lesley Russell 24 February 2012 Lesley Russell analyses the figures in the prime minister’s 2012 report Essays & reportage Learning in both worlds Lisa Waller 27 October 2011 Despite the international evidence, the Northern Territory has discouraged bilingual programs in its schools, writes Lisa Waller. But there are early signs of another…