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Books & Arts Dean Ashenden 12 November 2021 A new analysis of Australian education provides clues as to what’s gone wrong
Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 7 August 2021 How a distinguished educator fell victim to church politics and personal enmities From the archive Robert Milliken 11 June 2021 Aboriginal people in the town famously visited by the Freedom Ride are taking an innovative approach to their community’s problems National Affairs Chris Bonnor 18 February 2021 Good intentions won’t solve the problem of Australia’s increasingly segregated school system National Affairs Tom Greenwell 11 August 2020 Adrian Piccoli’s plan to fully fund non-government schools would reduce educational inequality
National Affairs Dean Ashenden 9 April 2020 A new settlement might just appeal to Coalition supporters, and to Labor’s
Essays & Reportage Tom Greenwell 9 April 2020 The success of Canada’s education system can help us rethink our own Summer season Chris Bonnor and Rachel Wilson with Paul Kidson and Tom Greenwell 16 March 2020 No longer can non-government schools be said to be saving taxpayer dollars National Affairs Tom Greenwell 24 January 2020 The decades-long expansion of public funding to private schools has done the opposite of what its proponents claim Books & Arts Janet McCalman 12 December 2019 Books | Jean Blackburn played a central role in a wave of educational reform
Essays & Reportage Tom Greenwell 9 December 2019 Only fifteen minutes from Parliament House, four Canberra schools reveal the growing segregation in Australian education — and how government policy is at its heart
Books & Arts Dean Ashenden 3 December 2019 Another bad PISA report suggests that Australia has not learned the basic lesson: school reform won’t work in the absence of major structural change National Affairs Tom Greenwell 1 October 2019 Uncertain goals and doubts about effectiveness have prompted a major reappraisal National Affairs Julie Sonnemann and Jonathan Nolan 25 September 2019 Myths about teachers’ pay are derailing the Australian debate National Affairs Chris Bonnor 1 February 2019 Focusing on local schools is the first step to restoring equity in education
Essays & Reportage Tom Greenwell 17 January 2019 Gonski called time on Australia’s “industrial” model of “mass education.” But does the diagnosis — and the prescription — reflect classroom reality?
National Affairs Robert Milliken 11 December 2018 An outback town’s gamble on cutting Indigenous crime is paying remarkable dividends Essays & Reportage Robert Milliken 18 September 2018 An outback town finds a way to cut Indigenous crime and imprisonment where governments have failed Books & Arts Chris Bonnor 16 August 2018 Books | As Gabbie Stroud’s memoir shows, reformers will get nowhere if they don’t take teachers with them National Affairs Jennifer Martin & Matthew Ricketson 28 June 2018 The royal commission has shown how institutions can rebuild their relationships with the children in their care
National Affairs Dean Ashenden 4 May 2018 The latest Gonski report points a way to the future of school reform, but has not broken with its disastrous past
National Affairs Chris Bonnor 20 April 2018 The second Gonski report has been presented to the federal government, and will soon to be made public. Will it back innovative ideas to improve schools — and if it does, will… National Affairs Chris Bonnor 28 March 2018 By promising special funding deals for Catholic schools, Labor is reviving the earliest deal-making in the “state aid” battle. What did that compromise actually achieve? National Affairs Tom Greenwell 7 March 2018 The former NSW education minister says Australia has a cultural problem when it comes to schooling National Affairs Dean Ashenden 5 March 2018 Labor’s shadow education minister faces the problem of working out why school reform has failed, and what a federal education minister could do about it
National Affairs Chris Bonnor 19 February 2018 Rising averages mask deepening inequalities in Indigenous education
National Affairs Bill Hannan 11 January 2018 Before he joined the Age, Ron Tandberg played a key role in Victorian teachers’ campaign for professional recognition National Affairs Dean Ashenden 9 November 2017 How can money make an educational difference? In his submission to the second Gonski review, Dean Ashenden offered some suggestions National Affairs Chris Bonnor 12 October 2017 Gonski 2.0 is a chance to influence school policy for the better, but the window closes soon Essays & Reportage Tom Greenwell 28 September 2017 Could a new model of online learning break down the growing divide between Australian schools?