This report sets out the results of detailed analysis and benchmarking of the Australian science curriculum with curriculums in comparable and high-performing systems around the world. The results show the lack of breadth and depth of the Australian science curriculum, the flaws in its sequencing of content, and the lack of clarity about what to...

The report examines the timetables and budgets of six diverse schools across the country to identify ways they can change their practices in order to free up time for teacher development. Overview School education in Australia is slipping. We are falling down the international rankings and our students are performing at a lower level in...

Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne's promise to overhaul Gonski has become a lightning rod for conflict between the Abbott Government and the States. But his critics argue that clawing back the Gonski reforms would see the return of the deep inequities of the SES scheme implemented by the Howard government. But what impact might any...

This report argues that neither creating more competition among schools nor giving them more autonomy without support to improve learning are the vital solutions that will lift the performance of Australian students. Neither creating more competition among schools nor giving them more autonomy without support to improve learning are the vital solutions that will lift...

Improving teacher effectiveness would have a greater impact on economic growth than any other reform before Australian governments, this paper argues. The improvement in student learning could lift Australian students to the top of international performance tables. An increase in teacher effectiveness of 10% would lift Australia’s education systems into the highest performing group of...