School attendance in Australia is a big and growing problem. Federal, state, and territory Education Ministers have committed to getting school attendance back to pre-pandemic rates by the end of the decade. However, this analysis shows there is a long way to go. The brief proposes that governments should take five key first steps.

Australia has a maths problem, and it starts in primary school. This guide shows how schools can start to fix it. It identifies the practical steps school leaders can take right now to improve maths teaching in their classrooms. The guide draws on lessons learnt studying seven schools across Australia that exemplify great practice.

One in three school students fail to achieve proficiency in maths. The opportunity to lift maths achievement starts in primary schools. This report presents five recommendations to show how governments can turn this around.

Australia should trial multi-school organisations to give schools a better chance of improving student performance, according to this Grattan Institute report.

A fundamental promise of an education system is that almost every child who goes to school will learn how to read. This report outlines evidence showing about one in three Australian school students are not mastering the reading skills they need.