Publications & resources

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.

International childcare: Mapping the deserts looks examines how care is being delivered in the United Kingdom.

World-first study analysing centre-based childcare and nursery data finds almost half of the population in England (45%) live in a childcare desert.

VU's Mitchell Institute has found that around 24% of Australians live in 'childcare deserts', where there are more than three children per childcare place.

New analysis shows which electorates across Australia have the most expensive childcare, least childcare access and the most children that are developmentally at risk.

The Conversation: About 9 million Australians, 35% of the population, live in neighbourhoods where there are more than three children per childcare place.

More than nine million Australians live in an area where there are insufficient childcare places for families, according to our comprehensive analysis.

Direct public funding, based on evidence that shows two years of preschool are highly beneficial, is good social and economic policy.

The primary objective of the Universal Access National Partnership is ‘to facilitate children’s early learning and development and transition to school.

Many early childhood education and care providers are charging above the cap for government subsidies and parents are being forced to meet the costs.

Government can do more to improve student outcomes than run schools and set curriculum — they can help schools partner with industry, rebuilding connections between learning and work.

Future jobs need skills that many schools struggle to develop in students.