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National affairs 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 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 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 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 National affairs Dean Ashenden 1 March 2013 Sure, smaller classes would be good, but at what opportunity costs, asks Dean Ashenden
Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 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 Chris Bonnor 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 Retrospective Dean Ashenden 14 October 2012 All’s not necessarily well in the classroom – even when it happens to end well Essays & reportage 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 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 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 Peter Browne 27 August 2012 Mark Latham’s school funding policy was seen as an electoral minus for Labor. The polls disagree National affairs Dean Ashenden 2 August 2012 Gonski’s recommendations can work if we keep in mind how they might fail, writes Dean Ashenden National affairs Chris Bonnor 12 July 2012 Creating better schools is a long and often tortuous process, writes Chris Bonnor. The first step is to focus on policies that can actually work Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 13 June 2012 Restless innovation saved Australian schools from their structural problems, writes Dean Ashenden. But now the strains are well and truly showing
National affairs 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 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 Lesley Russell 24 February 2012 Lesley Russell analyses the figures in the prime minister’s 2012 report Essays & reportage 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… National affairs David MacKenzie and Monica Thielking 21 July 2011 The debate about the federal government’s school chaplaincy program has suffered from a lack of hard evidence, argue Monica Thielking and David MacKenzie
Frank Bongiorno 5 June 2011 Another history war under another conservative government. Frank Bongiorno reports from London
National affairs Chris Bonnor 11 May 2011 Do schools determine the performance of students, or do students determine the performance of schools? Chris Bonnor investigates National affairs Chris Bonnor 8 March 2011 My School 2.0 promised improvements, but how much better is this latest version? National affairs Daniel Nethery 6 October 2010 The expanded Education Tax Refund should be on the list of election promises up for reappraisal, writes Daniel Nethery National affairs Ben Eltham 23 July 2010 Schools policy is back on the election agenda, writes Ben Eltham. But will it lead to substantial reform?
National affairs Dahle Suggett 15 July 2010 Australian policymakers are undoubtedly watching developments in Britain and the United States with interest. But how much can we learn from systems that are so different from our…
National affairs Dahle Suggett 18 May 2010 Whatever NAPLAN’s limitations, it does provide intriguing information about how different school systems perform, writes Dahle Suggett National affairs Chris Bonnor 23 April 2010 While My School says very little about the effectiveness of any school, it does offer some tantalising information about Australia’s school system in general, writes… National affairs Paul Bamford 7 April 2010 Once an advocate of testing and accountability in schools, Diane Ravitch has reassessed the evidence, writes Paul Bamford National affairs Chris Bonnor 24 February 2010 My School promises to compare like with like, but a close look at thirty-six “average” schools reveals the limitations of this way of measuring achievement, writes…