Publications & resources
Years apart: Australia’s growing educational inequality
Australia is not tracking well in meeting its goals of equity and excellence, with large learning gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students that continue to grow. This report draws on…
Assessing the ATAR: Exploring the use of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
Mitchell Institute report explores ATAR’s changing role in school-to-university transitions and its impact on equity and opportunity.
Calls for full-service schools to tackle Australia’s growing education divide
Researchers from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute are calling for the implementation of full-service schools to tackle Australia’s widening education divide.
Achieving Better & Fairer Schools: The case for full-service school models in Australia
In their new report, the Mitchell Institute calls for full-service school models as a purpose-built solution to Australia's growing educational inequality.
The changing value of a university degree
Mitchell Institute has recommended replacing Job Ready Graduates and diversifying post-secondary school pathways.
Research Spotlight: Australian Early Development Census 2024
The latest Mitchell Institute Research Spotlight analyses the 2024 AEDC results, showing increased levels of developmental vulnerability in Australian kids.
Unequal from the start: The achievement gap & the early years
Disadvantaged children who perform well at a very young age are overtaken by their peers from more advantaged backgrounds as they move towards school age.
Higher education pain points in this election
16,000 Australians in every electorate has a HECS-HELP debt - could Labor's commitment to cutting HECS debts encourage swings in marginal seats?
Election 2025 Education Policy Brief: Schools
School education is always a policy priority for voters in Australia. So what’s on the table for this year’s federal election?
Election 2025 Education Policy Brief: Early Childhood Education & Care
Cost of living pressures and childcare access concerns mean early childhood education and care is a key election battleground.
New research shows the disadvantage ‘achievement gap’ starts before preschool
Disadvantaged children who perform well at a very young age are overtaken by their peers from more advantaged backgrounds as they move towards school age.
School bullying review – why the whole school needs to be involved
There’s a new ‘rapid review’ into school bullying. Research shows we need to involve the whole school to stop it.