Education

A quality school education is vital for individual well-being and for a healthy society. All children should have access to an education that is responsive to their needs as well as upholding high standards of academic rigour. CIS's focus is on policies that restore the role of parents in education and devolve greater authority and responsibility to schools to meet these goals.
The CIS is also involved in examining higher education and offers alternatives to the current Australian model.
Publications
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Indigenous Education 2010
& | 20 Apr 2010 | Policy MonographsThe 2009 NAPLAN literacy and numeracy tests confirm the continued failure of Indigenous education. The government's 'closing... Read More...
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REVIEW ESSAY: The New Middle Class and Education
| 22 Mar 2010 | POLICY MagazineNowadays, few academics write books on contemporary educational problems; fewer still analyse the socio-historical context... Read More...
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Educating The Disadvantaged
| 01 Oct 2009 | Issue AnalysisEvery child can succeed at school if education providers take the right approach. In a collection of four essays, Educating... Read More...
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In Defence of Non-Government Schools
| 02 Jul 2009 | Issue AnalysisNon-government schools are providers of public education and deserve adequate public funding, This report argues that... Read More...
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Schools of Thought: A Collection of Articles on Education
| 01 Jul 2009 | Special PublicationsOver the last decade, schools policy in Australia has undergone significant changes. Jennifer Buckingham has been a significant... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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Graduates can afford to top up funding
| 08 Sep 2010 | The AustralianIn higher education, the key issue of funding rate per student remains unresolved.... Read More
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In search of that last small step
| 31 Aug 2010 | The AgeIn abolishing controls on higher education student numbers, the two parties are coming very close to a reform that combines ... Read More
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Putting a case for fee deregulation
| 25 Aug 2010 | The AustralianOn the key issue of funding per student, Julia Gillard's legacy as education minister is uncertain, says Andrew Norton ... Read More
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Simple ambition for all schools
| 12 Jul 2010 | The AustralianThe much-needed review of school funding should fix a very confusing system.... Read More
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Students are bound to be the biggest losers
| 01 May 2010 | The AustralianThe stand-off between Julia Gillard and the teachers union is a no-win situation, says Jennifer Buckingham in The Weekend ... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre
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Overcoming poverty of ambition
| 16 Jul 2010Study shows that children of the poorest parents – both in terms of income and education – can go on to become tomorrow’s ...
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Moving targets are failing Indigenous students
| 30 Apr 2010Forty percent (60,000) of Australia’s Indigenous students fail to meet the national literacy and numeracy standards. The ...
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Charter schools gain traction in 2009
| 11 Dec 2009This has been the year of the charter school (public schools run by private operators) in education policy in the United ...
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Overcoming socio-economic disadvantage in education
| 02 Oct 2009Literacy and numeracy are not everything, but they are almost everything. Somewhere between one in five and one in six students ...
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OECD study holds lessons for Australian education policy
| 11 Sep 2009This week, the OECD released its annual Education At A Glance report which provides country comparisons of spending, participation, ...

